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

4 February 2025 23:39 GMT

Good evening Middle East Eye readers, 

Our blog will soon be closing for the day. Here are some of today's main developments: 

  • More than 9,000 people have been reported missing in Gaza since the war began, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing the International Committee of the Red Cross

  • Israeli forces have forced around 3,420 families to flee the Jenin refugee camp at gunpoint, according to Jenin Governorate, as reported by Al Jazeera Arabic

  • Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said Israel is preventing the entry of essential humanitarian aid, including tents, gas and heavy equipment to clear rubble, despite the ceasefire

  • At least 380 Palestinians have been detained in the occupied West Bank since the Gaza ceasefire agreement took effect, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS)

  • Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House, Human Rights Watch has urged the US to cut off military support to Israel

  • US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Palestinians have no alternative but to leave Gaza, adding that he would like to see neighbouring countries, Jordan and Egypt, take in the displaced Palestinians

  • A senior Hamas official slammed Donald Trump’s remarks on Tuesday as a “recipe for creating chaos” in the region after the US president said Palestinians were staying in Gaza because “they have no alternative”