Evening recap Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning. Here are some of the day's key developments: Member states of the Group of 7 (G7) - the world's wealthiest industrialised democracies - on Wednesday condemned the decision by Israel to approve a swathe of new settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel’s Knesset approved a one-year extension of a temporary order allowing the Israeli military and Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet to hack into private security cameras without owners’ knowledge, Haaretz reported. An Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle in the southern Lebanese town of Jannata, killing one and injuring others, Al Jadeed News reported. Israeli settlers set fire to a home in the town of al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya in the occupied West Bank and left a threatening message on the property, The Times of Israel reported. Israeli authorities barred Hussein al-Sheikh, the vice president of the Palestinian National Authority, from attending the Christmas Eve mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, preventing his convoy from entering the city, Wafa reported. Insurance companies Allianz and Aviva have reportedly ended their coverage of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, according to campaigners. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would spend $110 billion on developing its own arms and reducing dependency on other countries. Israeli military on Wednesday targeted civilians, including women and children, with smoke bombs in the northern Quneitra countryside of Syria, local media reported. Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network director Amjad al-Shawa said on Wednesday that about one and a half million citizens lost their homes as a result of the Israeli aggression.