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

6 October 2024 00:00 BST

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

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • The Palestinian health ministry reported that Israeli forces have killed over 23 Palestinians in "three massacres" across the enclave over the last 24 hours

  • The Israeli army has razed 814 of Gaza's 1,245 mosques and severely damaged 148 since October, the enclave's ministry of religious affairs said on Saturday

  • Israeli air strikes on Friday claimed the lives of 25 people and left 127 others wounded, Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday

  • The Israeli army announced that its forces will expand their raids into Lebanon in the coming days

  • The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reported that the army is preparing for a "significant and difficult" assault on Iran in response to Tehran's ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier this week, which was in retaliation for the assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders

  • Israeli forces said two senior Hamas commanders were killed in Israeli strikes in northern Lebanon

  • The president of Ireland has strongly criticized Israel’s request for UN peacekeepers to vacate their positions in southern Lebanon

  • After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for an arms embargo on Israel as “a disgrace,” the ElysEe emphasized that Macron “supports Israel’s security and demonstrates it"