Evening recap

Good evening Middle East Eye readers,

At least 25,490 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army since the start of the war on 7 October, according to the latest figures by the Palestinian Health Ministry. 

It said 63,354 people have also been injured since October 7.

At least one Palestinian has been killed and 12 wounded as Israel targeted the Palestine Red Crescent Society headquarters in Khan Younis and the El Amal City Hospital.

In other developments:

• Gaza is once more affected by a “near-total telecommunications blackout” amid relentless Israeli bombardment, according to an internet watchdog.
• Israel’s military says it killed “dozens” of Palestinian fighters during fierce fighting in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours. The claim could not be independently verified.
• Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza announced on Tuesday that he would be leaving the war-torn Gaza Strip on Tuesday for Qatar. 
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that the US does not support any permanent change to Gaza's territory, but indicated openness to considering "transitional arrangements" as potential solutions to the war in Gaza.
• United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that "clear and repeated rejection of the two-state solution at the highest levels of the Israeli government is unacceptable", while he called for increased humanitarian aid access across the Gaza Strip.
• In a joint statement released on Tuesday, Britain announced that a coalition of 24 countries, including the United States, Germany, and Australia, carried out further strikes on Monday, targeting eight locations in Yemen's Houthi-held regions.