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Evening update
20 January 2025 00:29 GMT
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
Our live coverage will now pause for a few hours until the morning. Here's a quick summary of developments from the last few hours:
- Israeli authorities released 90 Palestinian prisoners early on Monday morning as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement
- Israeli settlers launched a string of attacks on towns and villages in the occupied West Bank, ahead of the release of Palestinian prisoners
- A Palestinian teenager was shot and killed during an Israeli raid on the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank
- Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's far-right national security minister, called for the remaining captives in Gaza to be released "through force", including by stopping humanitarian aid
- Givara Budeiri, a prominent Al Jazeera journalist, was detained by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank while covering the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
- Prominent British MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell were questioned by the police under caution following a pro-Palestine protest that led to numerous arrests
- Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obeida said his group was committed to the ceasefire deal, as fighters from the group released three Israeli captives