This is an entry from: Live: Over 200 Lebanese children killed in two months of Israeli attacks
Evening recap
17 November 2024 23:45 GMT
Our liveblog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.
Here are the day's key developments:
- A brutal Israeli air attack on Gaza's Beit Lahiya killed at least 72 Palestinians, bringing the number of known dead in Gaza near to 44,000.
- Pope Francis called for a gobal probe into possible genocide in Gaza.
- Israeli attacks on the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon killed at least eleven people. Two people were also confirmed dead in an Israeli strike on the Mar Elias area in central Beirut, as Lebanon's education minister announced that schools and universities in Beirut and the Mount Lebanon Governorate are to be closed for two days over safety concerns.
- Yemen's Houthis have said they successfully hit a number of "vital targets" in Israel.
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog reportedly cancelled a planned visit to the UN's Cop29 climate conference in Azerbaijan because Turkey refused to allow Israel’s state airline, Wing of Zion, to fly though its airspace.