Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning. 

Here are the day's key developments:

- The Quds News Network is reporting that northern Gaza is coming under heavy bombardment overnight into Saturday, with air strikes focused on targets in Beit Lahia and Jabalia. The Israeli army had earlier told residents of those areas to leave, but residents have repeatedly said that nowhere in Gaza is safe. 

- NBC News, citing five unnamed US officials, reported on Friday that the Trump administration plans to permanently "relocate" up to one million Palestinians to Libya. Hamas said it has no knowledge of such a plan. 

- Drop Site News revealed that Hamas was promised by US President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, that the crippling Israeli blockade of Gaza would be lifted 48 hours after the release of US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander. It was not. 

- Trump admitted to reporters in Abu Dhabi that "a lot of people are starving" in Gaza. "We're looking at Gaza. And we're going to get that taken care of," he said. 

- Israel blasted the United Nations aid chief for asking the Security Council if it would act to "prevent genocide" in the Gaza Strip, calling him "inappropriate" and "irresponsible."

- Ceasefire and hostage deal negotiations between Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked, an Israeli source told the Israeli media outlet Haaretz.