Evening recap

Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

  • Israel said that at least 20 people were injured when a drone crashed and exploded in Eilat. Yemen’s Houthi group claimed responsibility for the attack.

  • Israeli forces arrested the mayor of Bruqin, west of Salfit in the West Bank, the latest in a string of arrests targeting Palestinian officials since August.

  • Multiple military raids and attacks by Israelis from illegal settlements took place across the occupied West Bank, where settlers attacked the mayor of the Beita municipality, Mahmoud Barham. 

  • A group of settlers fired at mourners of Saeed Murad al-Nasan, who was killed on Tuesday by armed settlers in the village of al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah.  

  • A state of alert was declared on board the Global Sumud Flotilla after drones flew over it. Several countries warned their citizens on the flotilla of an imminent Israeli attack.

  • Unrwa chief Philippe Lazzarini said that Gaza has become home to the highest number of child amputees per capita worldwide. 

  • WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that 15,600 patients in Gaza are waiting for medical evacuation to receive lifesaving care. 

  • Iran said it has obtained documents about Israel's nuclear reactor in Dimona, its weapons programs and a list of scientists involved in the country's nuclear project

  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that statements condemning Israel are not enough and "force is needed to confront the occupation".

  • GCC said that any aggression against a Gulf state is an aggression against all GCC countries.

  • Macron said that the fate of Palestinian civilians should not be left in the hands of Netanyahu, "for whom the release of hostages is not a priority".

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