Evening recap

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Here are the day's key developments:

• Israeli forces have killed at least 51 Palestinians in attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera Arabic.

• Munir al-Bursh, director of the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip, has issued a stark warning about the escalating famine crisis in the enclave. 

• Unrwa Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has described Gaza’s famine as the “last calamity” hitting the besieged territory, calling the situation “Hell in all shapes.”

• UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called on leaders from the European Union to pressure Israel to release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya. 

• Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has doubled down on his genocidal stance against Gaza, insisting that no humanitarian supplies should be allowed into the besieged enclave.

• A senior Houthi leader has condemned Israeli air raids on Sanaa, saying that Israel attacked civilian areas and warning of intensified retaliation.

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened Yemen’s Houthi movement with further escalation, vowing they will “pay a heavy price” for striking Israel.

• Irish rap trio Kneecap used their set at France’s Rock en Seine festival to again condemn Israel’s ongoing genocide on Gaza, ignoring pressure from French officials and pro-Israel lobby groups to drop what they claimed was political messaging.

• Israel’s far-right finance minister has boasted of a “conquest of the land” while fighter jets bombed Yemen, drawing sharp criticism of the country’s ongoing military campaigns and settlement expansion.

• The Israeli army has warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it could take over a year to demolish Gaza City if the military goes ahead with plans to invade the besieged territory.