Summary
We’re closing our live coverage of the Middle East for today. In case you missed anything, here’s a quick summary of all the day’s developments.
Three Israeli hostages set to be released on Thursday under the terms of the ceasefire deal have been named as Arbel Yehoud, 29, Agam Berger, 19, and the man as Gadi Mozes, 80
Five Thai nationals will also be released, an Israeli official said, although their names have not been released
US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, is in Jerusalem and has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Trump has announced plans to deport foreign nationals living or attending college in the US if they have taken part in the pro-Palestinian protests of recent years
The death toll in Gaza since Israel launched its operation now stands at 47,417, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health
Two Palestinians were also killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, according to the ministry
A Turkish ship carrying 871 tons of humanitarian aid for Gaza docked at the Egyptian port city of El-Arish
Israel has dismissed claims by two Hamas officials that it is delaying the delivery of aid to Gaza as “totally fake news”
Egypt has said the forced displacement of Palestinians on its territory or that of Jordan, as Trump has suggested should be done, would be an “act of injustice”
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, told the UN general assembly that “respect for international humanitarian law is in crisis” and “threatening the very humanity that these laws seek to preserve”, citing the situations Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank
Al-Qaida’s affiliate group in Syria, Hurras al-Din, has announced its dissolution just weeks after the regime of Bashar al-Assad was toppled by Islamist group HTS
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Gaza death toll reaches 47,417, says Hamas-run health ministry
The death toll in Gaza since Israel launched its operation in the territory following the 7 October attacks now stands at 47,417, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health.
In its latest daily update, the ministry added that the latest figure for people injured was 111,571.
Speaking on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the World Health Organisation, Christian Lindmeier, said the ministry’s figures only included deaths counted in official facilities, such as hospitals and morgues, so were likely to be an underestimate.
