Live Updates: Israeli troops storm north Gaza hospital, 'round up men'

10:35 GMT - Israeli drone strike kills Palestinians in Jenin

Four Palestinians were killed in a drone strike during an Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, the Palestinian health ministry and the Palestinian official news agency WAFA has said.

One other person was injured in the attack on the al Sibat neighbourhood in the city of Jenin, WAFA reported.

Jenin hospital director told the agency the Palestinians were directly targeted.

Israeli forces are encircling three hospitals in the area, WAFA added.

10:00 GMT - UN General Assembly set to demand Gaza ceasefire

The UN General Assembly appeared set to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month-long Israeli war on Gaza after the United States vetoed such a move in the Security Council.

No country has a veto power in the 193-member General Assembly, which is due to vote on a draft resolution that mirrors the language of one that was blocked by the United States in the 15-member Security Council last week.

General Assembly resolutions are not binding but carry political weight and reflect global views on the war in Gaza, as health authorities in the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave say the death toll from Israel's offensive had passed 18,000.

06:29 GMT - Israel claims Hamas near 'dissolution', continues war on Gaza

Israel has pressed on with its bombing of Gaza after saying its campaign to destroy Hamas has left the Palestinian resistance group on "the verge of dissolution".

Humanitarian leaders fear the besieged territory will soon be overwhelmed by disease and starvation, and are piling diplomatic pressure on Israel to boost efforts to protect civilians.

Fighting raged on Tuesday, with Hamas saying clashes had taken place in central Gaza and witnesses reporting deadly Israeli strikes in the south of the territory.

05:56 GMT - Palestinian rights groups ask Israel to end forced displacement in Gaza

Palestinian human rights organisations have called on Israeli authorities to end the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza.

In a joint statement, the organisations, including the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, said Israeli authorities are forcibly displacing hundreds of Palestinians arrested in Gaza, including dozens of women.

On Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Israeli prison authorities are holding 142 Palestinian females, including infants.

04:49 GMT - Ship attacked off Yemen coast

A ship off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea has been attacked, private intelligence firms said. The attack on the vessel comes as threats have increased from Yemen's Houthi rebels on commercial shipping in the area over Israel's war on besieged Gaza.

The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack, though rebel military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said an important announcement would be coming from them in the coming hours.

The private intelligence firms Ambrey and Dryad Global confirmed the attack happened near the crucial Bab al-Mandeb Strait separating East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula, but said they had no other details.

04:04 GMT - Israel ready for new swap deal with Hamas: local media

Israel is ready to resume contact with mediators for the possible release of other Israeli captives held in besieged Gaza, local media have reported.

The new exchange deal would be carried out within the framework of a humanitarian truce and include women still in captivity, patients and the wounded and elderly people, said Israel’s Channel 12.

According to Israeli media, Hamas still holds 137 captives, including 126 Israelis and 11 foreigners.

03:34 GMT - Biden alludes to disagreements with Israel's Netanyahu

US President Joe Biden has alluded to the complex relationship he has with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, suggesting the prime minister is in a "tough spot" and that the two have had their share of disagreements over the years and at present.

Biden, speaking at a White House reception for the Jewish Hanukkah festival, recalled his decades-long relationship with Netanyahu.

He noted he made an inscription on an old photograph of the two men, using a nickname for the Israeli leader.

03:00 GMT - US calls for war law compliance as Israel gets 14K tank shells

Israel is no exception to US policy that any country receiving its weapons must comply with the laws of war, the State Department has said after Washington sold about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review.

The US expects every country receiving its military assistance to use it "in full compliance with international humanitarian law and the laws of war, and Israel is no exception," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told a news briefing.

Miller was asked if Washington has assessed whether Israel has complied the Biden administration's February 2023 Conventional Arms Transfers (CAP) policy. That requires the State Department to determine arms are unlikely to be used to for genocide, crimes against humanity, breaches of the Geneva conventions or serious violations of international law.

02:30 GMT - Israeli army raids shelters in northern Gaza, kicks displaced Palestinians out

The invading Israeli army has raided several schools where displaced Palestinians have been taking shelter and kicked them out in the cold of northern Gaza.

Israeli troops stormed into a number of schools in the Al-Faluja area in Jabalia, kicked the women and children out, and arrested the men, eyewitnesses told the Anadolu Agency.

A state of panic and fear prevailed among the women and children who left the schools under the Israeli bullets and shelling, the eyewitnesses added. They also said they were forced to leave the shelters completely empty-handed, without even water, food, or even blankets to protect them from the December cold.

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