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

3 May 2025 23:51 BST

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Israeli air strikes have killed at least 39 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn on Saturday.

  • The Gaza government media office has reported that 57 Palestinians have died of malnutrition, with most of the victims children, the sick and the elderly.

  • At least 70 Palestinians have been killed and 275 others injured in Israeli attack across Gaza in the last 48 hours, the enclave's Ministry of Health has reported.

  • Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups reported that Israel continues to hold 49 Palestinians journalists in custody.

  • Israel's military said on Saturday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen and Houthi forces claimed responsibility for the attack, the third of its kind by the group in 24 hours.

  • Israeli Channel 14 reports the military will issue emergency call-up orders tonight for approximately 60,000 reserve soldiers, in one of the largest mobilizations since the war began.

  • Israeli air strikes on Syria have killed two civilians and injured at least eight.

  • Israel launched around 20 air strikes on Syria late on Friday in what the country's new rulers branded as a "dangerous escalation".

  • UN special envoy Geir Pedersen has called on Israel to immediately end its attacks on Syria after fresh air strikes targeted government sites overnight.

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cancelled visit to Azerbaijan resulted from Turkey's refusal to grant airspace access to his official plane, according to Walla news.

  • Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has called for nationwide protests to remove Benjamin Netanyahu, telling Channel 13 the current leader has "declared war on Israel."