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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza

Evening recap

Good evening Middle East Eye readers, 

At least 70 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes on Thursday. Meanhwile, Israel killed two people in strikes on Lebanon. The fighting in Gaza raged as famine stalks the enclave. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said that Israel is using “starvation" and "threatening the future of the children” in Gaza. 

We will be pausing our coverage for the evening. Here is what else you need to know: 

  • Hamas said it is weighing a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, but Hamas official Bassem Naim said that it does not halt the war on the enclave
  • The Israeli government’s approval of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank is a "deliberate obstacle" to Palestinian statehood, the UK said
  • At least two Palestinians were injured after Israeli soldiers fired their weapons during a raid in a town west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank