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

5 December 2023 23:45 GMT

Good evening Middle East Eye readers, 

Today marked the 60th day of Israel's relentless campaign of bombing, invasion and siege of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces launched a devastating assault on the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, in one of the most violent days since the military launched a ground offensive on the besieged enclave in October. 

At least 43 dead Palestinian bodies were brought to Khan Younis's main medical facility, and transported to the hospital in ambulances, cars, flatbed trucks and donkey carts. 

Here are some of the  updates from the past few hours: 

  • Over 15,900 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israel since the start of the war on 7 October, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced.
  • Israel is considering a plan to flood a network of tunnels in the Gaza Strip with seawater, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
  • A Lebanese soldier was killed and three others were wounded from Israeli shelling near a village in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel. The Israeli military later expressed its "regret". 
  • Israeli forces stormed the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after the discovery of special forces by residents. 
  • The US State Department announced that it will impose travel bans on Israeli settlers involved in attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.

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