Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Evening recap

28 February 2024 23:43 GMT

Good evening MEE readers. One hundred and forty-six days into Israel's war on Gaza, the humanitarian situation of the Palestinians in the enclave has never been more dire.

Aid is not reaching many parts of Gaza, with rights groups accusing Israel of blocking aid supplies. In northern Gaza, convoy of 31 trucks carrying food reached there on Wednesday according to the Israeli military office overseeing Palestinian civilian affairs (Cogat).

Still, that aid is nowhere near the 500 trucks of aid per day that would enter Gaza prior to the war, and starvation continues to be on the rise.

The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza reported that several children died of either starvation or malnutrition. On Tuesday, the UN warned that one quarter of the enclave's population is just a step away from starvation.

Here's what else you need to know from today's developments regarding the war on Gaza:

  • US Congresswoman Madeleine Dean issued a statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and also said that "what is happening is beyond self-defense and is unacceptable to me", in reference to Israel's claim that the war is an act of self-defence.

  • Another congresswoman, Pramila Jayapal, led a letter on Wednesday calling for the US to fully fund Unrwa, as other lawmakers are keen to fully cut off financial assistance to the aid agency providing relief to Palestinians in Gaza.

  • The White House is looking at options for air dropping aid into Gaza using military planes, Axiost reported citing several US officials.

  • A federal appeals court has granted a motion to expedite the appeal of a lawsuit that accuses Biden of failing to stop an unfolding genocide in Gaza. The lawsuit was dismissed by a lower court last month, but the judge said there was a plausible case for genocide in Gaza.

  • The UK government is facing pressure from a coalition of rights groups to explain how it knows that British-made weapons have not been delivered to Israel since the 7 October attacks.

  • Just over 100,000 people in Michigan voted uncommitted in the swing state's Democratic primary election, marking a major victory for organisers who led the campaign to protest against the Biden administration's steadfast support for Israel's military assault on Gaza.

  • The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians issued a notice to a constituent school of the University of Cambridge, warning that its investments in certain companies could make it potentially complicit in Israeli war crimes, and "plausible genocide". This comes after MEE reported that the school was investing in companies profiting off the war in Gaza.