Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza
This is an entry from: Gaza live: Israeli protesters demand ceasefire as war enters 10th month

Evening recap

5 July 2024 23:52 BST

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Independent pro-Gaza candidate Shockat Adam unseated Labour's shadow cabinet minister Jon Ashworth in the East Midlands constituency of Leicester South on Friday, in one of the biggest shocks in the UK general election. He was amongst three other independent candidates who ran on a pro-Palestine ticket

  • Israeli forces concluded an hours-long raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Friday morning killing at least seven people

  • Hamas, amongst other groups, said on Friday that it will not accept plans to impose foreign forces on Gaza, adding that the administration of the Strip is for Palestinians alone

  • Israeli and foreign sources have expressed concern that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may sabotage a potential Gaza ceasefire deal despite a recent breakthrough in indirect negotiations with Hamas, Haaretz reported on Friday

  • Hamas official Mohammad Nazzal said the Palestinian group's demand for a permanent ceasefire as part of a deal with Israel to end the war has not changed

  • Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and top Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and negotiations aimed at reaching a ceasefire there during a meeting, Hezbollah said on Friday

  • The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief has warned that a dire lack of fuel in the Gaza Strip could have a "catastrophic" impact on already devastated health services in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory

  • The armed wing of Hamas said on Friday that its fighters its snipers shot an Israeli soldier in Rafah as the ground offensive there is set to enter its third month

  • When asked how they rated the handling of the war by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 68 percent of respondents to a Channel 12 survey rated him negatively, compared to 28 percent who gave him a good score