Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza
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Evening recap

4 June 2024 23:56 BST

Hello MEE readers.

Our live coverage from Gaza will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

  • The Israeli army has killed more than 15,000 Palestinian children in its eight-month-long war on Gaza, mostly students, the Palestinian education ministry said on Tuesday.

  • The Palestinian government in Gaza has accused Israel of inciting chaos after Israeli forces killed eight police officers in their latest attack

  • A South African man appeared in court on Tuesday accused of stabbing to death a mother and of wounding her husband and son because of the family's pro-Palestinian views

  • US President Joe Biden has told Time magazine that people have "every reason" to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging the war in Gaza for his reasons of self-preservation

  • The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that 7,000 to more than 11,000 Palestinian patients need immediate medical evacuations from the Gaza Strip

  • Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has called on Israel, saying that it must abide by the International Court of Justice’s order to halt the offensive on Rafah

  • The Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz says hostilities on the northern border with Hezbollah will be dealt with by September “whether by [diplomatic] arrangement or [military] escalation”

  • Palestinians in Gaza are increasingly resorting to desperate measures in a bid to stay alive, the regional director of the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday

  • The Slovenian parliament approved the recognition of an independent Palestinian state with a majority vote on Tuesday, following in the steps of Spain, Ireland and Norway

  • The House approved legislation on Tuesday seeking to sanction the International Criminal Court for its move to issue arrest warrants against Israeli leaders for their conduct in the war on Gaza

  • An independent group of experts warned on Tuesday that it's "possible, if not likely" that a famine is underway in northern Gaza