Evening recap

Good evening Middle East Eye readers,

More than 31,988 Palestinians have been killed and 74,188 wounded by Israeli forces since 7 October, the Palestinian health ministry said on Thursday.

The Israeli military has said that it killed more than 50 "terrorists" around al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.

In other developments:

• Analysis by the United Nations Satellite Centre (Unosat) found that 35 percent of Gaza's buildings have been destroyed or damaged by Israel's war on the enclave. 
• The Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Israeli forces arrested 25 Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem over Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
• A burning object was thrown at the Israeli embassy in The Hague on Thursday morning, according to Dutch police.
• A Palestinian man who had converted to Judaism was shot dead by an Israeli reservist near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. 
• David Barnea, the head of Israel's intelligence, is scheduled to visit Qatar this Friday for discussions with mediators working towards a ceasefire in Gaza and the releasing of hostages.
• On Friday morning, the United States will present a resolution to the United Nations Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal for a vote.
• Leaders of the European Union demanded an "immediate" humanitarian pause in Gaza, aiming for it to pave the way to a ceasefire.