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Evening recap

19 February 2024 23:44 GMT

Good evening Middle East Eye readers,

More than 29,092 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October, said Gaza’s Health Ministry on Monday, confirming that yet another grim milestone had been crossed. 

At least 107 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza in the past 24 hours

The ministry said that more than 69,028 others have been wounded since Israel launched its brutal campaign in the besieged Strip.

Witnesses told Reuters that two air strikes hit near the town of Ghaziyeh on Lebanon's coast, around 60km north of the border with Israel.

Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy chief, announced on Monday that 26 out of the 27 EU member states have advocated for "an immediate humanitarian pause that would lead to a sustainable ceasefire" in Gaza.

In other developments:

  • The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Monday opens a week of hearings on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, with more than 50 states due to address the judges.
  • Israel’s economy shrank by nearly 20 percent on an annualised basis in the last quarter of 2023, as significant resources were diverted to its military engagement in the war in Gaza, the Financial Times reported.
  • Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recalled his ambassador to Israel back for discussions, according to a source from Brazil's foreign ministry.
  • An eight-year-old Palestinian girl has died from dehydration and starvation in Gaza City, the NGO, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported on Saturday.
  • Yemen’s Houthis targeted a Belize-flagged, UK-registered and Lebanese-operated cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden and it is now at risk of sinking.
  • Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari has criticised the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for suggesting that Doha was standing in the way of the release of Israeli captives in Gaza. 
  • The Green Party of England and Wales has demanded a ceasefire in Gaza, an arms ban to Israel and boycotts.