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Evening Recap

15 February 2025 23:59 GMT

Good evening Middle East Eye readers, 

Our blog will soon be closing for the day. Here are some of today's main developments:

  • The death toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since 7 October 2023 has risen after a total of 25 deaths were recorded in Gaza hospitals over the last 28 hours, the enclave's health ministry has said.

  • The Palestinian health ministry said in a statement that the latest deaths brought the overall toll to at least 48,264, with another 111,688 wounded.

  • Four of the released Palestinian prisoners who arrived in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, have been immediately transferred to a hospital due to the severity of their health conditions, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported.

  • The Palestinian prisoners' media office has said that the poor health of the recently released Palestinian prisoners indicates the “extent of the crimes and violations inside the prisons”.

  • Israeli forces have shot and killed a 19-year-old Palestinian man following a military offensive on the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, Wafa news agency reported, citing medical sources.

  • The first bus carrying freed Palestinian detainees has arrived in the occupied West Bank's Ramallah, live footage showed. The detainees were greeted by a crowd of supporters, friends and family.

  • Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa), has warned that the agency is at a critical juncture due to a sustained misinformation campaign led by the Israeli government.

  • Israeli settlers, backed by the Israeli military, have carried out an assault on the Palestinian village of Jalud, located south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.  

  • The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) have voiced their support for the “full implementation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.