Morning recap

Good morning MEE readers. It has now been 43 days since war broke out between Israel and armed Palestinian groups based in Gaza.

On Saturday morning, Israeli forces intensified air strikes on southern Gaza, and have now told people in the south to evacuate. This comes after Israel's military operation in the northern part of the enclave, where they ordered Palestinians to flee south.

Meanwhile, the remaining functioning hospitals in Gaza are on the brink of collapse, even as more and more wounded and dead arrive on their doorsteps.

The death toll in Gaza has now surpassed 12,000 Palestinians, with the majority of those killed being women and children.

Here are the latest developments if you are just tuning in:

Dozens of Palestinians were killed during an Israeli air strike on a residential neighbourhood in Khan Younis.
At least five people were killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Fatah movement's headquarters in the Balata refugee camp just east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Forty patients at al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza have died since 11 November due to a lack of electricity, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia called for an end to the fighting in Gaza during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
Elon Musk has said that using the terms "decolonisation" or "from the river to the sea" implies genocide and said anyone using such language could face a suspension from the social media platform X.

Morning recap

Dozens of Palestinians were killed during an Israeli air strike on a residential neighbourhood in Khan Younis.

At least five people were killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Fatah movement's headquarters in the Balata refugee camp just east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Forty patients at al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza have died since 11 November due to a lack of electricity, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia called for an end to the fighting in Gaza during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Elon Musk has said that using the terms "decolonisation" or "from the river to the sea" implies genocide and said anyone using such language could face a suspension from the social media platform X.