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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Live: Gaza death toll nears 50,700

Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

  • Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed 32 people since dawn

  • Since 7 October 2023 at least 49,747 Palestinians have been killed including 634 killed since Israel broke the ceasefire on 18 March. 

  • More than 113,213 Palestinians have been wounded overall. At least 10,000 people are still missing, likely dead and buried under rubble.

  • Israeli forces have killed Hamas Political Bureau member Salah al-Bardawil and his wife in an air strike targeting his tent in Khan Younis.

  • Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement called on Hamas to relinquish power in order to safeguard the "existence" of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

  • France, Germany and the UK said Israel's decision to resume air strikes on Gaza marked a "dramatic step backward" and urged Israel to return to a ceasefire.

  • Israeli fighter jets are bombing several locations across southern Lebanon. 

  • Israel’s assault on Lebanon has killed at least seven people and left at least 40 wounded.