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

13 March 2024 23:39 GMT

Hello MEE readers.

On Wednesday, Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that Israel was planning to forcibly displace a large portion of Rafah's civilian population, and transfer them to "humanitarian islands".

The news comes as Israel has continued to say it will go ahead with its planned invasion of Rafah, the southernmost city in the besieged enclave.

Meanwhile, Israel continues to attack locations throughout Gaza, including a strike on an aid distribution centre that killed at least four Palestinians, including a Unrwa staff member.

In Lebanon, Israel struck targets in southern Lebanon, and killed one member of Hamas. The strike comes after Israel struck eastern Lebanon for two straight days.

Here's what else you need to know from today's developments:

  • Israeli forces fired on Palestinians waiting for aid distribution in Gaza City, with at least nine being injured.

  • The European Union has called on Israel to open more land crossings into Gaza besides the Cyprus maritime corridor, to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the enclave.

  • A report by the Financial Times is saying  that the US and Iran held confidential discussions this year to discuss the ongoing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

  • An Italian appeals court is refusing to send 36-year-old Palestinian man Anan Kamal Afif Yaeesh to Israel. Yaeesh was arrested on suspicion of planning an attack in an unspecified country.

  • A UN investigation concluded that an Israeli tank killed Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon last October, after it fired at a group of "clearly identifiable journalists" in violation of international law.

  • A coalition of rights groups has issued a legal notice to the government of Canada that it has failed to prevent genocide in Gaza, including by selling weapons to Israel and "failing to fulfil its preventative duties under the Genocide Convention".

  • A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down the entire international terminal at San Francisco International Airport in California to protest against Israel's war on Gaza.