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

24 June 2024 23:56 BST

Our live coverage from Gaza will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Gaza death toll tops 37,626 as Israel kills 28 Palestinians in past day

  • Up to 21,000 Palestinian children are estimated to be missing in the Gaza Strip, Save the Children said in their latest report

  • There are "catastrophic levels of hunger" across the Gaza Strip resulting from "human action," Unrwa chief Philippe Lazzarini said on Monday

  • Israeli military officials estimate that approximately 50,000 bombs have been dropped on the Gaza Strip since 7 October by the Israeli air force, according to Army Radio

  • The Rory Peck Trust, which supports freelance journalists worldwide, has expressed support for Maha Hussaini after the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) withdrew its Courage in Journalism Award from the Palestinian journalist

  • European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says “despite all tactical pauses announced, the situation is that no help is entering Gaza”

  • The US State Department has rebuked comments made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on a clandestine effort to expand Israel’s civilian control of the occupied West Bank