This is an entry from: Live: At least 75 killed in Israeli strikes on second day of Eid al-Adha
Evening recap
31 May 2025 00:01 BST
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
The UN said on Friday that 100 percent of Gaza is at risk of famine, as the head of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, Unrwa, said the level of aid being allowed into Gaza is a "mockery to the mass tragedy unfolding" there.
We will be pausing our coverage for the evening. Here is everything you need to know:
- Israel in an escalation has decided to block a delegation of Middle Eastern foreign ministers led by Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, several Israeli media outlets reported
- US President Donald Trump said he believes his administration is close to a Gaza ceasefire and may have an announcement later today “or maybe tomorrow”
- Hamas's armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, said it carried out a joint military operation against Israeli forces with the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the al-Quds Brigades
- A new poll found that 82 percent of Israeli Jews support the forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, while an additional 56 percent support expelling Palestinian citizens of Israel