Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Late night update

28 March 2024 23:46 GMT

Hello readers of Middle East Eye. On Thursday, the International Court of Justice issued additional provisional measures, ordering Israel to allow the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza without any hindrances.

The order was issued with special emphasis on the situation regarding hunger in Gaza, with the ICJ noting that "famine is setting in".

The political leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad,  Ziyad al-Nakhalah, met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran and Khamenei told the Palestinian leader that the group would "see final victory of the people of Gaza".

And despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire and renewed negotiations, Israel is continuing to bomb areas all across the Gaza Strip. The current death toll stands at  32,552 Palestinians.

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

  • An Israeli air strike has killed at least 12 Palestinians in Rafah.

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Israel's top court to defer a 31 March deadline for the government to come up with a new military conscription plan addressing the exemptions granted to members of the ultra-Orthodox community.

  • Politico is reporting that the Pentagon is in "preliminary conversations" about a proposal to help fund either a multinational peacekeeping force or a Palestinian peacekeeping team in Gaza in a post-war scenario.

  • Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa has formed a new cabinet, in which he will also serve as foreign minister.

  • A six-year-old Palestinian boy died from malnutrition in the northern Gaza Strip.

  • The Israeli military released 102 Palestinians who were detained from across the Gaza Strip in recent months. The military also released seven members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society.