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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza

Midnight update

Good evening, 

It's midnight in Gaza, and here are your latest updates on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. 

  • The Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza has "completely shut down" after enduring weeks of Israeli bombardment. 
  • The Palestinian Health Ministry said a dialysis patient had died during Israel's raid of the al-Shifa hospital. 
  • The Israeli army said it found the body of an Israeli hostage in a building "adjacent" to the al-Shifa hospital. Hamas-affiliated groups abducted Yehudit Weiss on 7 October and was taken to Gaza. 
  • The head of US Centcom, General Michael Erik Kurilla, is scheduled to visit Israel for the second time since 7 October. Kurilla will meet with Israeli army officials to discuss the Gaza war and tensions on the Israeli-Lebanese border. 
  • The Palestine Prisoner Society said Israel has detained nearly 3,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since 7 October. 
  • Hamas claimed responsibility for a shooting at the Tunnels checkpoint between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. 
  • The Palestine Red Crescent said Israeli tanks had laid siege to Gaza's al-Ahli hospital.