Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

- Canada, the UK, Europe, and Arab nations condemned on Friday the Israeli decision to mount a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip.

- Vice President JD Vance has reiterated that the US has "no plans to recognise the Palestinian state" in a joint press conference with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy during an official visit.

- The number of Palestinians who have starved to death as a result of Israel's siege on Gaza has risen to 201, with 98 of them being children.

- A joint statement by all Palestinian political factions has called on the United Nations and the international community to immediately intervene to support the healthcare system in Gaza.

- Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said that only pressure by the international community can stop Israel's full military takeover of Gaza, and end the war.

- An Israeli strike killed one person in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said.