Evening recap

Good evening Middle East Eye readers,

At least 27,019 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli attacks since 7 October, the Palestinian health ministry said on Thursday. Another 66,139 have been wounded in the besieged enclave, the ministry said.

At least 118 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours and 190 were wounded. Over 30,000 Palestinians who have been forcibly displaced now have no food or water in Khan Younis.

The ministry called on the UN and its institutions to intervene urgently to respond to the needs of the displaced people.

In other developments:

• Nine petitioners, among them former Israeli military chiefs Moshe Ya'alon and Dan Halutz, have submitted an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court calling to declare the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit for office.
• David Cameron, the British foreign secretary, arrived in Lebanon's capital Beirut on Thursday, to discuss tensions with Israel along the border. 
• Next week, the US Senate is set to vote on a bipartisan bill aimed at enhancing border security, while also offering additional support to Ukraine and Israel.
• US officials engaged in "very frank" discussions with Israeli authorities regarding violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
• US President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Thursday that imposes targeted sanctions on Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
• US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the current situation in the Middle East is dangerous, but that the United States is committed to preventing the escalation into a broader conflict.
• Israeli forces are searching and raiding homes in northern Gaza on foot, MEE's correspondent in Gaza reported on Thursday.
• A group of 100 prominent figures, including political leaders, humanitarians, artists and scholars have called on the EU to do more to uphold international law in Gaza and allow for aid to come into Gaza.