Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Evening recap

17 April 2025 23:59 BST

Our live coverage from Gaza will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Israeli air raids have killed at least 32 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera on Thursday.

  • The head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Khalil al-Hayya, has said in a statement on Thursday that the group is prepared to begin negotiations on a “comprehensive package” to end the war, accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of torpedoing a previous agreement.

  • At least 40 Palestinians have been killed and 73 others injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of ongoing Israeli attacks, according to medical sources.

  • Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said Thursday that Israel had failed to respect January's ceasefire agreement in Gaza, as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

  • About 200 French journalists staged a die-in in Paris and Marseille on Wednesday evening to protest against Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalists and show solidarity with their colleagues in Gaza.

  • UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has informed Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar that a legal request seeking his arrest was dismissed by the British Attorney General’s Office.

  • Harvard University will lose its ability to enrol foreign students if it does not meet the Trump administration's demands to provide information on some visa holders, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned.