This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Thousands in state of panic as Israel continues to strike hospitals
Evening update
4 November 2023 23:16 GMT
Good evening MEE readers,
At the end of the 29th day of the war, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza now stands at 9,572. At least 26,000 others are injured, and over 1,600 missing - feared dead under the rubble.
A Palestinian has been killed every four minutes in Gaza since the start of the war, according to the health ministry.
Here's what you may have missed from the last few hours:
- Several Palestinians were killed and wounded after an Israeli air strike once again hit the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on Saturday evening.
- Hamas' armed wing said that 60 Israeli captives were missing due to Israeli bombardment, adding that 23 bodies of captives were under the rubble. MEE could not verify the claim.
- Tens of thousands of demonstrators from all corners of the US came to Freedom Plaza in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon to demonstrate in support of Palestine and call for a ceasefire.
- Huge protests took place in London too, for the fourth week in a row. Tens of thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square, while protesters staged a sit-in in Oxford Circus.
- Israeli demonstrators gathered outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem. Scores of them chanted "Bibi is a murderer" and clashed with Israeli police.
- Antony Blinken rejected calls for a ceasefire during a meeting with his Arab counterparts in Amman. He said it would leave Hamas in a position to regroup and launch attacks similar to the one on 7 October.
- Jordan's foreign minister said Israel was committing war crimes and that Blinken had a leading role to play in ending the war. Meanwhile, Egypt's foreign minister said Israel's actions in Gaza could not be considered "self-defence".
- Israel bombed Al-Azhar University in Gaza on Saturday afternoon, adding to several other universities it has struck in the enclave since the war began.
- Turkey recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations due to ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza.
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