With the top US diplomat Antony Blinken in Israel for talks, dozens of deaths are reported in Gaza.The Hamas-run health ministry says 57 deaths were reported in one central Gaza hospital alone
- Deaths were also reported in the north of the Strip - Israel says it targeted Hamas sites across Gaza from air and sea in the past 24 hours
- In Khan Younis in the south, Israel says it "eliminated 40 terrorists", and found Hamas tunnels and weapons
- After meeting Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Blinken's team says he "emphasised the need to take all feasible precautions to minimise harm to civilians"
- Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after a cross-border assault by Hamas more than three months ago, which saw 1,300 people killed in Israel
- Since 7 October, more than 22,000 people - mostly women and children - have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry there.
If you're just joining our live coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict, here's what has happened so far today:
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Israel as part of a diplomatic tour of the Middle East
- He has met Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, with more high-level meetings to take place this afternoon
- The talks come after deadly violence in Gaza overnight and more clashes along the border with Lebanon
- Israel says it "eliminated 40 terrorists" in Khan Younis, an area of southern Gaza, last night. The Hamas-controlled health ministry said 57 deaths were recorded at a hospital in central Gaza
- The IDF has carried out strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, and said the group had hit one of its bases with a drone but did not cause casualties
- The Israeli military has confirmed nine more of its soldiers have died in the fighting.
Earlier, we brought you comments from the Saudi ambassador to the UK, discussing how Gaza might be goverened after the war ended.
Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud also told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the West should "treat Israel the same way it treats everyone else".
"If anyone else had done what the Israelis are doing today you would have seen them cut off from the international community, you would have seen people talking about sanctions, you would have seen all sorts of things," he said.
"I just don't see that fair behaviour. And the blind spot towards Israel is a real problem because it provides a blind spot to the peace.
"And you know like a lot of things that are linked, we will find no justice for the Palestinians if we don't find justice with the Israelis.
"And I think it's difficult for anyone with any sense to look at what's happening and say it's justified."
The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed the deaths of nine more of its members.
The soldiers, aged between 19 and 35, were killed during battles in southern and central Gaza.
It brings the number of Israeli troops killed since the ground offensive in Gaza began to 185, according to the Times of Israel.
The IDF has confirmed a military base in northern Israel was struck by a drone launched from Lebanon today. Hezbollah earlier said it targeted an Israeli command post in Safed.
The Israeli military said no one was killed in the strike. It also said rockets had been fired from Lebanon towards two border communities.
The IDF confirmed its fighter jets targeted what it called "terrorist infrastructure" in the village of Kila in southern Lebanon this morning, and launched drones against an unspecified target.
It comes after an apparent Israeli drone strike killed a top Hezbollah commander on Monday.
There have been regular clashes along Israel's northern border with Lebanon between the IDF and the Iran-backed militia, which is allied with Hamas, since 7 October.
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