Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted to arming dangerous gangs in Gaza to undermine law and order when the United Nations would distribute aid. Officials in Gaza called the revelation proof of 'incompetence' and 'failure'. 

- At least four Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli strikes targeting a group of media workers in Gaza City's Al Ahli Arab hospital's courtyard, local reporters told Middle East Eye.

- Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya said in a video statement that contrary to what the US envoy had announced, Hamas did not reject the ceasefire proposal Washington crafted with Tel Aviv, and instead only requested changes.

- More than a dozen Israeli air strikes have hit Beirut's southern suburbs, known as the Dahiyeh, late on Thursday evening. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the attacks a "blatant violation of an international agreement".

- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against four judges at the International Criminal Court, in retaliation for the arrest warrant out for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant.

- Israel’s Ministry of Defence announced on Wednesday that arms exports by Israeli companies reached an all-time high in 2024, totalling $14.8bn.