Tens of thousands of protesters waving Israeli flags and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday, demanding new elections and the return of hostages held in Gaza. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments.
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Summary
- Israeli strikes on Gaza City districts in the north of the Palestinian enclave on Saturday killed at least 24 people and wounded several others, according to health authorities in Gaza. The IDF said it struck two Hamas infrastructure sites in Gaza City.
- An Israeli national was found shot dead in a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank Saturday morning, Israel's army said, as violence surges in the occupied territory.
- A commercial ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden saw explosions near the vessel, authorities said Saturday, likely the latest attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels attempting to target the shipping lane.
- Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians outside Gaza's southern city of Rafah late Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50.
- At least 37,551 Palestinians have been killed and 85,991 injured in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Yesterday’s key developments:
- The "pause" the Israeli military had declared in Gaza to facilitate aid flows has not improved the flow of humanitarian aid, the UN's health agency said on Friday.
- Armenia has officially recognised a Palestinian state, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday, defying Israel which is opposed to such moves
- Israel and Hezbollah traded fresh cross-border fire late Thursday, as fears of a regional conflict grew after Israel revealed it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive and Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement said none of Israel would be spared in a full-blown conflict.
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and Reuters)
