Evening recap

Our liveblog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are today's key developments:

-There are at least 63 known dead across Gaza as a result of Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday, and 28 known dead across Lebanon, authorities confirmed. 

-The US will not be taking any action to hold Israel accountable for not providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza despite a provision in US law that demands the halt of weapons transfers in such a case and a written US ultimatum to Israel, the State Department said on Tuesday.
“We want to see continued progress” and will “constantly assess” the conditions on the ground, deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters.

-US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he is nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee for the ambassadorship to Israel. Huckabee is an ardent supporter of Israel and an evangelical Christian Zionist. Trump also chose real estate tycoon Steven Witcoff as his Special Envoy to the Middle East. 

-US President Joe Biden met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Oval Office on Tuesday, marking the fourth time these two leaders have met since Biden was elected. Biden reiterated that the US "commitment to Israel is ironclad" and that "first and foremost, we have to get the hostages back home" from Gaza. For his part, Herzog added: “It all starts in Tehran. It all starts in the empire of evil.”

-Hezbollah released a statement saying it sent a "swarm of drones" to attack an Israeli army logistics base, east of Nahariya in northern Israel. The group said it "achieved accurate hits".