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

18 November 2024 23:51 GMT

Our live coverage from Israel's war on Gaza and Lebanon will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are some of the day's key developments:

  • The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll in the Strip has now reached 43,922

  • More than 103,898 are injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October attacks

  • At least 76 Palestinians were killed and 158 wounded in the last 24 hours

  • The death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks has reached 3,516, with 14,929 wounded since October 2023, the Lebanese health ministry reported

  • A convoy of 109 trucks was violently looted on Nov. 16 after crossing into Gaza, resulting in the loss of 98 trucks, an UNRWA aid official told Reuters on Monday

  • Gaza’s interior ministry reported on Monday that at least 20 people were killed in an operation targeting “gangs” accused of looting United Nations aid trucks in the famine-stricken territory, where an Israeli blockade has severely restricted most goods and services

  • Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza, emphasising the severe humanitarian crisis in the region

  • Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a US ceasefire proposal with Israel, offering some comments on its content, according to a senior Lebanese official. The official described the effort as the most serious attempt yet to end the ongoing conflict

  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israel will maintain military operations against Hezbollah, even if a ceasefire agreement is reached in Lebanon

  • Amos Hochstein, the US envoy to Lebanon, is expected to travel to the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, according to Reuters citing Lebanese sources

  • Unesco has granted "provisional enhanced protection" to 34 heritage sites in Lebanon, providing stronger legal safeguards amid ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah

  • A large fire broke out in downtown Tel Aviv on Monday after air raid sirens sounded across the city. Video footage showed flames engulfing the area, reportedly caused by a rocket strike from Lebanon that hit a shopping centre in Ramat Gan

  • Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called for the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which was adopted in 2006, to end a month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah and establish a buffer zone in southern Lebanon