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

4 May 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:

  • Gaza's health ministry is reporting that at least 40 Palestinians have been killed and another 125 wounded in Israeli attacks across the enclave in the last 24 hours.

  • At least 13 Palestinians, including seven women and a child, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Sunday morning, Wafa news agency reported, citing medical sources.

  • Over 35,000 children under the age of five in Gaza face imminent death by starvation, the enclave's Government Media Office said in a statement.

  • A Palestinian detainee has died in Israeli custody following months of medical neglect, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society are reporting.

  • Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the bombing of Gaza’s food and electricity supplies, as the security cabinet prepares to debate the next stage of the war.

  • Yemen's Houthis have claimed responsibility for the missile launched at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, the group's military spokesperson has said.

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is "acting against [the Houthis] in coordination with the US" following today's missile launch targeting Ben Gurion Airport.

  • Yemen’s Houthi group has announced it is enforcing a full air blockade on Israel.

  • The United States has stepped up its military campaign against Yemen, with a White House official confirming that more than 1,000 strikes have so far been carried out.

  • Iran has warned it will launch a military response if the United States or Israel initiates an attack.