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

31 August 2024 23:33 BST

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • Israeli forces have killed at least 40,691 Palestinians and wounded 94,060 since their incursion into Gaza began in October 2023, according to the Palestinian health ministry

  • Israeli raids across the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday have killed at least 61 Palestinians

  • Israeli soldiers have forcibly removed Palestinians from their homes in Jenin as a major offensive in the occupied West Bank enters its fourth day

  • The Palestinian Health Ministry in the occupied West Bank reported that at least 22 people have been killed in Israel's ongoing operation in Jenin

  • The UN Human Rights Office has called for an immediate end to Israeli military raids in the Jenin refugee camp

  • The Israeli army announced on Saturday that one of its soldiers was killed in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank

  • The Jenin Government Hospital has suspended its daily dialysis services due to ongoing disruptions in essential supplies caused by the Israeli military siege of the city, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported

  • Yemen's Houthi Foreign Minister, Jamel Amer, announced that tugboats are expected to begin towing the Greek tanker Sounion on Sunday after it was damaged by the group on 21 August

  • Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has expressed concern over the Israeli forces' actions in Jenin, accusing them of obstructing access to health facilities and targeting ambulances

  • Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is calling for the ongoing assault on the northern occupied West Bank to be expanded to the south of the territory

  • The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports that Gaza’s children will receive polio vaccinations en masse