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We're now pausing our live coverage of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict - many thanks for staying with us.

To recap, here are the key developments from the past 24 hours:

  • Three Palestinians have died following clashes with the Israeli security forces in the West Bank, with 72 injured, the Palestinian Health Ministry says
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, had "received blows it did not expect" and had been set back by "years"
  • Egypt has sent 65 tonnes of medical aid to neighbouring Gaza - the UN said at least six hospitals in the territory had been damaged since the conflict erupted
  • Israel closed crossings into Gaza just hours after opening them to allow in humanitarian aid. It said it was responding to a barrage of mortar shells fired by Palestinian militants into southern Israel
  • Two men from Thailand working at a packaging factory in southern Israel, near the Gaza border, were killed by Palestinian rocket-fire. At least eight others were wounded in the attack.
  • The fighting has now killed 213 Palestinians, according to the health ministry in Gaza. The death toll on the Israeli side rose to 12 today

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