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French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman Wednesday on the second leg of his regional tour. His visit comes as a UN agency warned it could be forced to stop aid operations in war-riven Gaza on Wednesday due to dwindling fuel supplies, as calls mounted for a humanitarian “pause” in fighting. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
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- French President Emmanuel Macron is on the second leg of his Middle East tour. After meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, Macron arrived in Jordan, where he will meet King Abdallah II.
- Three people were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli attack near the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian media reported Wednesday.
- Israeli fighter jets on Tuesday struck military infrastructure in Syria in response to fire directed at Israel, the IDF said Wednesday.
- One of two elderly Israeli hostages released from Hamas captivity told reporters she was beaten as she was taken to Gaza on October 7, but was then treated well and given medical attention during her two-week captivity.
- Hamas has so far released four hostages. Israel has not freed Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostage releases, which was an initial Hamas pre-condition.
- The death toll in Gaza rose to 5,791, including 2,360 children, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said Tuesday. The Israeli military put the number of people taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 at 222. The official number of people killed in the Hamas attack has not been revised since Saturday; it remains at 1,400.
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Key developments of Tuesday, October 24:
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