This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire proposal, vows ‘total victory’
Evening recap
2 February 2024 23:29 GMT
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
At least 27,131 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli attacks since 7 October, while another 66,287 have been wounded, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday.
It added that 112 Palestinians have been killed and 148 wounded over the past 24 hours.
Unicef estimates that almost all the children in the Gaza Strip require mental health support. Prior to 7 October, the agency estimated that 50,000 children were in need of help.
In other developments:
- On Friday evening, the United States initiated its initial round of counterstrikes against Iran-supported groups in Iraq and Syria.
- More than 800 European and American officials published an open letter on Friday condemning Israel’s war on Gaza as “one of the worst human catastrophes of this century.”
- 25 Palestinians, including a woman, an injured person and several children, have been arrested following raids by Israeli occupation forces in towns across the West Bank.
- Satellite imagery shows that 30 percent of Gaza has been destroyed or damaged, according to the United Nations Satellite Centre.
- Canada is considering implementing sanctions against "extremist" settlers in the West Bank, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday.
- US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that a Security Council resolution proposed by Algeria might risk undermining "sensitive negotiations" intended to facilitate a ceasefire in Gaza.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to visit the Middle East next week.