Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Morning update

15 May 2025 08:31 BST

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are some of the latest updates on Gaza and across the region:

  • Gaza rescuers said at least 34 people were killed in Israeli strikes and artillery shelling in the war-battered Palestinian territory since dawn on Thursday.

  • Ben Cohen, co‑founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and a longtime progressive activist, told AFP he was speaking for millions of Americans outraged by the "slaughter" in Gaza after his removal from a US  Senate hearing on Wednesday.

  • A US-backed humanitarian organisation will start work in Gaza by the end of May under a heavily criticised aid distribution plan, but has asked Israel to let the United Nations and others resume deliveries to Palestinians now until it is set up.

  • The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees has warned that life-saving humanitarian aid stuck in warehouses outside the Gaza Strip is "at risk of spoilage" due to Israel's closure of the crossings.

  • A Palestinian young man was shot and wounded by Israeli occupation forces tonight during a raid on the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, according to Wafa news agency.