Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

- US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he believes it is possible that a ceasefire in Gaza will be reached within a week. He did not elaborate on how this will be achieved.

- Israeli troops have admitted to deliberately shooting and killing unarmed Palestinians waiting for aid in the Gaza Strip, following direct orders from their superiors. This is according to soldiers and officers who spoke to the Haaretz newspaper. 

- The Gaza government media office condemned the discovery of oxycodone pills in flour bags distributed by the US-Israeli aid scheme, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). 

- The head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said that 50 team members have now been killed in Gaza. 

- The Quds Brigades, working alongside the Qassam Brigades, said on Friday that they ambushed a group of Israeli soldiers using heavy mortar shells near the Halima Mosque, south of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The Israeli military has yet to confirm any losses.