This is an entry from: Live: Strike announced in Israel amid mounting anger at Netanyahu
Morning update
30 August 2024 06:03 BST
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates:
- Israeli strikes on Khan Younis, southern Gaza and Jabalia, northern Gaza killed five people, including a child in Jabalia, the Wafa news agency reports
- Israel is also said to have carried out a strike on a vehicle travelling in an aid convoy organised by US-based humanitarian group Anera in southern Gaza on Thursday evening, killing at least five people
- The attacks come as the WHO announces that Israel has agreed to a temporary pause in fighting to allow for polio vaccinations to be given to children
- Three pauses, from 6am to 3pm (03:00 to 12:00 GMT) will take place starting Sunday in different areas of Gaza
- An Israeli strike on a vehicle in Jenin, occupied West Bank reportedly killed three people as Israeli widespread operations in the occupied territory continue
- Israeli troops have withdrawn from Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank following a two-day operation that killed four people
- Israeli ministers have voted to back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial position in favour of keeping Israeli troops in the Philadelphi corridor as part of the ceasefire and captive deal currently being negotiated, the Times of Israel reports
- In an interview with CNN, US Vice President and Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris said she would not change Biden's policy regarding sending weapons to Israel, refusing to withhold even "some" weapons