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

24 January 2025 23:54 GMT

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • At least seven Palestinian children have died from the cold in Gaza since the ceasefire began on Sunday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has reported.

  • Hamas has expanded its ranks significantly since the outbreak of the war on Gaza, enlisting between 10,000 and 15,000 new fighters, according to Reuters, which cited intelligence seen by two US congressional sources.

  • Israel's ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, which is set to come into force at the end of January, risks depriving around 50,000 Palestinian children of their education.

  • Israeli forces have killed 34 Palestinians, including six children, in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of January, according to a report by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha).

  • Mustafa Barghouti, secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement, has accused Israel of carrying out "ethnic cleansing" in Jenin’s refugee camp.

  • The Israeli raid in Jenin has forced 1,800 Palestinian residents to leave the Jenin refugee camp through crossings put in place by the Israeli army since the army began its operation in the area, according to a report by Haaretz.

  • Doctors Against Genocide said Israel denied exit to 11 American doctors and nurses from Gaza and called on the US government, the international community and humanitarian organisations to secure their safe evacuation in a statement.

  • Israel has ordered the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) to shut down its operations in Jerusalem and vacate all premises by 30 January, according to a letter sent by Israel’s envoy to UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Friday.

  • Hamas has criticised Washington’s decision to classify Yemen’s Houthi movement as a “foreign terrorist organisation”, calling it a politically motivated act of retaliation.