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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza

Morning recap

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, 

Here are the latest updates from the Israeli war on Gaza and Lebanon, now in its 404th day:

  • Israeli forces continued to pound various locations across the Gaza Strip, with heavy shelling reported in Gaza City and the besieged northern towns.

  • The Palestinian civil defence said on Wednesday that Iyad Abu Khater, a football player for the Tuffah club, was killed in an Israeli bombing in northern Gaza. 

  • Meanwhile, Israeli settlers torched Palestinian cars in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem overnight, as troops raided Jenin and clashed with local fighters. 

  • In Lebanon, Israeli fighter jets heavily bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut overnight, as the health ministry announced the killing of 32 people across the country on Tuesday.