This is an entry from: Gaza live: Israel continues bombing central Gaza
Evening recap
26 April 2024 23:31 BST
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
Gaza's health ministry said that 51 people were killed by Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 34,356 since 7 October.
Additionally, 77,368 people have been wounded since the start of the war.
In other developments:
- Thirty-seven-million tonnes of debris and rubble now litter the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel's bombardment, according to the UN.
- Hala Rharrit, the Arabic language spokesperson of the US State Department, has resigned, citing her opposition to the Biden administration's Gaza policy.
- An Israeli air strike on a home near Gaza City's al-Rimal neighbourhood killed at least three people, including a woman and a child.
- Pro-Palestine protesters launched a Gaza solidarity encampment in front of the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh.
- Shaimaa, the eldest daughter of killed Palestinian poet Refaat al-Areer, was killed along with her husband and her newborn son in an Israeli strike near al-Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City.
- A Palestinian baby rescued from the womb of her mother in Gaza while she lay dying has died, according to her doctor.
- Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir sustained minor injuries in a car accident and was transported to hospital on Friday.
- A group of over 135 imams and religious scholars signed a statement of solidarity with student encampments in support of Palestine.