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

21 June 2025 23:52 BST

Our live blog is now closed until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

  • At least 41 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, according to hospital sources in the enclave speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.

  • Israeli strikes have killed 202 people in Gaza within the last 48 hours, the Palestinian health ministry said, adding that 1,037 were wounded.

  • According to health officials, 450 Palestinians have been killed so far near aid distribution sites and at least 3,466 were wounded.

  • The number of casualties since the end of the ceasefire in March has risen to 5,599 dead and 19,097 wounded.

  • Since the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023, the death toll in Gaza has reached 55,908 and 131,138 Palestinians have been wounded.

  • The United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA will open an office in Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, urging Muslim countries to give the agency more support after Israel banned it.