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Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza

Afternoon update

It is past 6pm in Gaza, and here is your afternoon update on the latest developments in the region.

  • Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least 64 people in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 38,983 Palestinians since 7 October.
  • Yemen continues to reel from Saturday night's Israeli strikes on the port city of Hodeidah. The local health ministry confirmed that the strikes killed at least six civilians.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drafted a response to this week's ICJ advisory opinion without consulting Israel's attorney general.
  • Israel is set to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men after the Supreme Court ruled that the draft should include the Haredim, ending a 76-year exemption.
  • Palestinian NGOs reported that Israeli forces have imprisoned dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.