Evening recap Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning. Here are the day's key developments: The Israeli military killed three Palestinians in the Shujaiya neighbourhood east of Gaza City on Sunday morning, according to local medical sources. Israel's security cabinet has approved a new proposal by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defence Minister Israel Katz to recognise 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has proposed creating a “detention facility surrounded by crocodiles” to hold Palestinian prisoners, Israeli media reported on Sunday. Israeli strikes in south Lebanon on Sunday killed one person and wounded another, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel's military claimed it targeted Hezbollah members. WHO chief said 100,000 children in Gaza are projected to suffer acute malnutrition through April. The Israeli Supreme Court has decided to set 4 January as the final deadline for Israel to respond to a petition by the Foreign Press Association for media access to Gaza. Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians, injured multiple others across the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reported.