This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Thousands in state of panic as Israel continues to strike hospitals
Evening recap
9 November 2023 22:01 GMT
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
As the number of fatalities approaches 11,000, thousands of Palestinians are being forced to flee the northern Gaza Strip on foot.
Today, a senior US official suggested that the Gaza death toll may be even higher than Palestinian health ministry figures.
At least 14 Palestinians were killed in a Jenin raid in the West Bank, and currently, 1,350 Palestinian children in Gaza remain trapped beneath rubble.
In other updates:
- The White House has announced that Israel has agreed to suspend fighting for four hours on a daily basis to allow for Palestinian civilians to flee northern Gaza.
- The heads of Mossad and the CIA met with the Qatari prime minister in Doha to discuss a deal to release captives held in Gaza and a pause in the war.
- Al-Quds Brigades, the military branch of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has said it will release two captives if conditions on the ground in Gaza permit it to do so.
- Dozens of experts label Israel’s actions against the Palestinians as "genocide".