Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

• The toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 2023 has surpassed 70,000, the Palestinian health ministry has announced. 

• Wafa news agency reported that two brothers, both children, were killed on Saturday morning by Israeli gunfire in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

• The Palestinian Red Crescent said that 10 Palestinians were injured on Saturday by Israeli settlers and security forces near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

• Israel’s army and Shin Bet have pulled out of Tubas after four days of raids across the occupied West Bank’s northeastern governorate, leaving behind mass arrests, injuries and widespread damage, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

• Hezbollah has urged Pope Leo XIV to reject Israeli "injustice and aggression" against Lebanon, in a message to the pontiff who arrives in Beirut this weekend.

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Israel of breaking the ceasefire, saying it is hiding behind “flimsy pretexts” as its forces continue to violate the truce on the ground.

• Marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara is working to push more humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, where Israel’s assault has shattered daily life and left families struggling through winter with almost nothing.

• Athens has seen another show of public solidarity with Palestine as hundreds of people rallied in the city centre to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

• Paris saw a massive show of support for Palestine on Saturday as tens of thousands of people filled the streets to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.