Benjamin Netanyahu set for defiant UN speech as Trump warns on annexation of West Bank - Middle East crisis live

Israeli PM expected to share a defiant message at the UN general assembly on Friday against a Palestinian state

Palestinians living in poverty were also affected, the Palestinian prime minister’s spokesperson Mohammad Abu al-Rob told Agence France-Presse (AFP), with their numbers rising by more than 150% since the start of the Gaza war, and with cash assistance not paid out in more than two months.

An increase in the number of Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, and a reduction in work permits for West Bank Palestinians seeking work inside Israel have had a drastic impact.