This is an entry from: Gaza live: Israel continues bombing central Gaza
Evening recap
25 April 2024 23:59 BST
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
Gaza's health ministry said that 43 people were killed in Israeli attacks on the enclave in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 34,305 Palestinians killed since 7 October.
An additional 77,293 people have been wounded since the start of the war.
Between 80,000 and 100,000 Palestinians have entered Egypt from Gaza since 7 October when the war broke out, the Palestinian ambassador to Cairo said.
In other developments:
- The Gaza government's media office said that a Falastin Al An reporter, Mohammad Bassam al-Jamal, was killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Rafah.
- Gaza's Civil Defense said that they believe at least 20 people have been buried alive by Israeli forces in the mass grave at Nasser hospital, Khan Younis.
- The Islamic Waqf said that over 900 Israeli settlers and extremists have stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compound with heavy police protection.
- Belgium is summoning the Israeli ambassador over the killing of a worker at a Belgian aid agency in Gaza.
- Eighteen countries have written a joint statement calling on Hamas to release all captives still being held in Gaza.
- The Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military has started the construction of a maritime pier aimed at facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.