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UPDATE: Scores killed as Israelis celebrate US embassy move

Good evening, 

Areeb here from the MEE office in London. Here's the latest update on the current situation in Gaza and the West Bank:

  • Gaza's health ministry said that, at the time of writing, 52 Palestinians had been killed and 2,410 injured in Gaza by Israeli fire. 
  • Riyad Mansour, Palestine's UN ambassador, called for an emergency Security Council meeting and condemned the Israeli violence.
  • UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein described Israel's actions as "outrageous" and demanded it "be held to account."
  • Jared Kushner used his address at the US embassy in Jerusalem to condemn the "flawed Iran deal".