This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Biden urges Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas for hostage deal
Evening recap
20 March 2024 23:56 GMT
Good evening readers of Middle East Eye,
Gaza's health ministry said the Palestinian death toll from Israel's war on Gaza has reached 31,923 with over 104 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours.
The Israeli army said it killed dozens of "terrorists" and apprehended around 300 people in its latest raid on al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
In other developments:
- US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is due to make another trip to the Middle East in a new push to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
- The World Health Organisation said it has recorded 410 attacks on healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip since 7 October.
- The Gaza government's media office said that over 100 aid workers and seekers were killed by Israeli forces over the course of one week.
- Nine women shaved their heads outside the UK's parliament on Tuesday, as an act of protest against Britain's role in the war on Gaza.
- Israeli air strikes have targeted two vehicles in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian media reported on Wednesday.
- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that efforts are in progress for an incursion into Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, but noted that this operation "will take some time".
- Arab foreign ministers and a senior Palestinian official are set to meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cairo on Thursday.