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Good morning readers of Middle East Eye,

We are on day 101 of the Israeli war on Gaza and the Palestinian death toll in Gaza stands at least 23,968 deaths recorded by hospitals, 10,600 of them children and 7,200 women.

At least 60,317 people are also wounded in the Strip many go without proper health care treatment.

More than 8,000 missing who are believed to be dead and buried under rubble. 

Here are the major developments from the last few hours: 

• The Israeli military killed five Palestinians, three of them teenagers, in different incidents across the occupied West Bank
• The US military says it shot down a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile fired from Yemen towards the USS Laboon warship in the Red Sea
• Bangladesh becomes the latest country to express support for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice
• Colombian president says South Africa’s legal team deserves Nobel Prize
• Egypt blames Israel’s ‘stubbornness’ for blocking aid through Rafah