Evening Recap

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

• Death toll in Gaza climbs to 39,480 as Israeli bombing continues

• Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, under the protection of Israeli police

• Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said that the "only solution" to the escalating tensions between the group and Israeli forces is to "end hostilities in Gaza"

• Israel has turned into a "rogue" state with its assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and needs to be stopped, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said

• Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by an explosive device that was secretly smuggled into Tehran weeks ago, according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday

• Retaliataion against Israel is 'inevitable', Hezbollah chief Nasrallah says 

• Iran and several Tehran-backed groups are reportedly preparing a coordinated retaliation meant to deter Israel but avert all-out war

• Aljazeera denies claims that killed journalist was Hamas member 

• Hezbollah said it launched dozens of rockets on northern Israel Thursday in response to the killing of top military commander Fouad Shukr earlier this week