Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Gaza live: Several dead including Hezbollah commander after Israeli strike on southern Beirut

Morning update

18 September 2024 06:09 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, 

Here are the latest updates from the Israeli war on Gaza, now in its 347th day: 

  • Hezbollah has vowed to continue "its blessed efforts to support Gaza, its people, and its resistance," even after recent explosions in Lebanon that claimed at least nine lives and left thousands injured.

  • Jordan has offered to provide medical aid for "the thousands of Lebanese citizens injured in the mass bombing," according to a statement on X by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that Israeli soldiers attacked one of its ambulance crews as they attempted to evacuate a sick child in Nablus, a city in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa news agency

  • The Israeli military confirmed that four soldiers died in Rafah, located in southern Gaza, due to an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion

  • The US military reported that a Yemen-based group shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone on September 10, with a second one being destroyed on Monday.