This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Unicef says over 13,000 children killed in Gaza
Evening recap
8 March 2024 23:45 GMT
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
Israeli forces have killed at least 78 Palestinians and wounded 104 more over the past 24 hours in eight "massacres", according to the Palestinian health ministry.
This brings the Palestinian death toll in over five months to more than 30,878, with over 72,400 wounded and at least 7,000 missing, believed to be dead and buried under rubble.
Israeli forces have killed 370 paramedics working for the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) since the start of the war in October.
In other developments:
- US President Joe Biden said on Friday that achieving a ceasefire agreement in Gaza by the beginning of Ramadan on Sunday was "looking tough."
- Israeli forces have killed an average of 63 Palestinian women in Gaza each day since 7 October, including 37 mothers, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa).
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she expected a maritime aid corridor to start operating between Cyprus and Gaza over this weekend.
- Israel is to be allowed to compete in the Eurovision song contest after changing the lyrics in its entry that referenced the 7 October killings by Hamas.
- At least two Palestinians were killed and one other wounded after a faulty aid drop in Gaza City on Friday.
- A painting of Arthur Balfour - the former British prime minister and foreign secretary - has been spray painted and torn apart by pro-Palestine activists.
- A Pentagon spokesperson said on Friday that the construction of a temporary port, which the United States intends to establish to accelerate aid delivery to Gaza, will require “several weeks” for planning and implementation.