Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
At least 39 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip with Israel attacking Gaza City, Khan Younis and other locations.
Meanwhile, the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, or Unrwa, said Gaza is now enduring the longest siege by Israel since the war began on 7 October 2023.
"During the ceasefire, 500–600 trucks arrived daily. Now, nothing," Philippe Lazzarini, the chief of Unrwa said.
Here is what else you need to know:
- US Senator Bernie Sanders said on Thursday that he plans to force votes to block an $8.8bn arms sale to Israel next week on the Senate floor
- US President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador
- Trump's administration is discussing plans to block certain colleges from having any foreign students if it decides too many are "pro-Hamas", Axios reported
- Egyptian mediators are traveling to Doha, Qatar for ceasefire talks, Reuters reported