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Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza

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

'Scenes of horror' and the 'smell of death' are just some of the phrases used to define the situation in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, as Israeli troops lay siege to the city of over 100,000 people. 

Al Jazeera reporter Hossam Shabat said the camp's inhabitants are, "literally living our last moments," adding that "enemy tanks are less than 700 meters away from us. The artillery is shelling us and the quad-copters are controlling the movement of people and firing at us." 

Meanwhile, Israel launched strikes on the main commercial market street of Nabaiteh, a major city in southern Lebanon. Late on Saturday, Israel also struck the Beqaa Valley. 

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • At least 36 people have been killed across the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours

  • The US is mulling deploying the THAAD anti-ballistic missile system to Israel along with US troops to operate it,  according to reports by Channel 12 news and Israel's Army Radio

  • The Israeli army is storming Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Arabic media reports 

  • The Israeli military said that Lebanese Hezbollah fired about 320 projectiles into Israel over Yom Kippur, which ended at nightfall on Saturday