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

20 July 2025 00:54 BST

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

  • At least 116 Palestinians were killed on Saturday by multiple Israeli attacks across Gaza, including 37 aid seekers.

  • Tribal fighters were pushed out of the southern Syrian province of Sweida, and clashes have stopped, according to the spokesman for Syria’s Interior Ministry

  • Tens of thousands rallied in Israel towards the US embassy in Israel calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and appealing to US President Donald Trump to end the war and bring back all captives from the Strip.

  • Several attacks by Israeli settlers were reported in different areas in the occupied West Bank, while Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces stormed villages there.

  • Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has hosted his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shibani and US special envoy for Syria Thomas Barak in Amman on Saturday. The three officials agreed on ‘practical steps’ to support the ceasefire that was announced in Sweida.