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

2 March 2024 00:14 GMT

Hello MEE readers. A day after Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians waiting for food in northern Gaza, the number of calls from the international community demanding an investigation into the incident is growing.

Meanwhile, the government of Nicaragua has submitted an application to the International Court of Justice, accusing Germany of being complicit in the genocide in Gaza.

In a press release issued by the Nicaraguan government, Managua said that Germany provided Israel with "political, financial, and military support" despite knowing that "the military equipment would be used in the commission of serious breaches of international law".

Here is what else you need to know from today:

  • White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the US is redoubling efforts to establish a maritime corridor that could see humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.

  • In a speech outside his Downing Street office, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for increased policing around pro-Palestine rallies in the country, saying he wants police to "not merely manage these protests, but police them".

  • President Joe Biden said on Friday the US military would drop humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip in the coming days.

  • The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza announced that three more Palestinians were found dead at al-Rashid Street in Gaza City, where Palestinians waiting for food aid were killed by Israeli forces. This raises the total death toll to 115.

  • The spokesperson of the armed wing of Hamas said that seven captives have been killed in Israeli air strikes in recent weeks. This takes the death toll among captives as a result of Israeli bombing to over 70.

  • A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy serving as a military adviser in Syria was killed in a suspected Israeli strike.