Evening recap

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Here are the day's key developments:

• The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said on Friday that the official death toll from Israel’s genocide in Gaza has climbed to 65,549 since 7 October 2023. The ministry added that at least 167,518 people have been wounded during the same period.

• Hospitals in Gaza report that at least 60 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks since dawn, amid ongoing airstrikes and house demolitions.

• ​​Doctors at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Al Jazeera Arabic that a 17-year-old Palestinian boy has died of starvation in the Gaza Strip.

• The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) says one in three children in Gaza went without food in the past 24 hours due to severe shortages caused by Israel’s blockade.

• UN rights chief Volker Turk has condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank as “absolutely horrific”, describing them as a relentless cycle of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

• Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he is “not done yet” with Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.

• A group of 48 athletes, including France’s World Cup winner Paul Pogba and England cricketer Moeen Ali, have signed a statement demanding Israel’s suspension from international football over its assault on Palestinians in Gaza.

• Hamas has issued a statement responding to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address at the UN General Assembly. The group said the speech was “boycotted by the majority of delegations” and delivered by a man wanted by the International Criminal Court.

• Israeli forces have taken control of the phones of Palestinians in Gaza to live broadcast Netanyahu’s address at the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister announced on X.

• ​The UN human rights office has named 158 companies with operations in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The updated database, published on Friday, added 68 firms since its last release in 2023. The list includes travel giants Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor.

• A Quinnipiac University poll published by Haaretz shows US support for Israel has dropped sharply amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The survey found that 47 percent of Americans believe backing Israel serves US national interests, while 41 percent disagree and 12 percent declined to answer.

• The spokesperson for the Palestinian Border and Crossings Police Walid Ghannam stated that “thousands of citizens and travelers have been waiting since the morning for the Karama crossing to open to traffic, after it was closed by the Israeli side,”according to a Friday morning report by Wafa news agency.

• A group of nations providing financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority has agreed to an emergency package increasing the support, Norway's foreign ministry said on Friday.

• Saudi Arabia, Spain, Britain, Japan and France were among the nations supporting the initiative dubbed the Emergency Coalition for the Financial Sustainability of the Palestinian Authority.

• The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises the Eurovision Song Contest, said on Friday its members would vote in November on Israel's participation next year, amid calls to boycott over its genocide in Gaza.