This is an entry from: Gaza live: Several dead including Hezbollah commander after Israeli strike on southern Beirut
Morning update
17 September 2024 05:49 BST
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates:
- Three people were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City, including a child, while two were killed in a strike on a tent sheltering displaced people in Deir al-Balah, according to the Wafa news agency
- Israel's security cabinet has updated its goals for its ongoing war on Gaza, adding "the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes", hinting at more escalations with Lebanon
- A statement by 15 aid organisations has revealed that Israel is blocking 83 percent of food aid reaching Gaza
- Israeli forces have arrested the wife of Ahmad Saadat, the long-imprisoned leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, during a raid on his home in al-Bireh, occupied West Bank