Evening recap
Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.
Here are the day’s key developments:
– Canada, the UK, Europe, and Arab nations condemned on Friday the Israeli decision to mount a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip.
– Vice President JD Vance has reiterated that the US has “no plans to recognise the Palestinian state” in a joint press conference with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy during an official visit.
– The number of Palestinians who have starved to death as a result of Israel’s siege on Gaza has risen to 201, with 98 of them being children.
– A joint statement by all Palestinian political factions has called on the United Nations and the international community to immediately intervene to support the healthcare system in Gaza.
– Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said that only pressure by the international community can stop Israel’s full military takeover of Gaza, and end the war.
– An Israeli strike killed one person in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said.
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