Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day’s key developments:

• The toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 61,944, the majority of whom are children and women. At least 155,886 others have been wounded during that time. 

• Al Jazeera is reporting that in Gaza Israeli forces have killed at least 57 people in the enclave today. Local officials say 38 of them were shot dead while trying to reach desperately needed aid.

• The increase comes after Israeli forces killed 47 people over the past day, of whom nine were recovered from rubble. At least 226 others were wounded in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.

• Hamas said on Sunday that Israel’s plan to concentrate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into one confined location in southern Gaza constituted a “new wave of genocide and displacement”.

• Israeli protesters took to the streets on Sunday calling for an end to the war in Gaza and a deal to release captives held there.

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned nationwide protests demanding an end to the war in Gaza, accusing demonstrators of boosting Hamas’ position in negotiations.