Evening recap

Our liveblog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

-At least seven Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli air strike on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, medics told the Reuters news agency in the early hours of Wednesday, local time. 

-The Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth, commonly referred to as Ynet, has quoted an Israeli official who thinks a Gaza ceasefire deal is possible in January. According to the official, it's Hamas that has changed its mind and is now leaning toward the completion of an agreement. 

-The Biden administration also sees increased energy towards a Gaza ceasefire deal after hostilities were tamped down between Israel and Lebanon, US deputy national security advisor Jon Finer said in an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Tuesday.

-The Government Media Office in Gaza has reported that 25 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike targeting a residential building in Beit Hanoun. Dozens more were injured.

-More than 353 footballers, including 91 children, hav been killed by Israel's war on Gaza since October last year, according to the Palestinian Football Association. It said that 546 people from the Palestinian sports and scouting movements had been killed in total. 

-Israel's war on Gaza has led to a health disaster, particularly in the overcrowded southern areas of Mawasi, Rafah and Khan Younis, reported the Palestinian news agency Wafa. The situation is dire for the displaced population, with conditions posing a significant threat to their lives.