Morning update

Good morning readers of Middle East Eye,

We are on day 112 of the Israeli war on Gaza and the Palestinian death toll in the besieged strip stands at almost 26,000, the vast majority women and children.

In its latest update the Palestinian Health Ministry has said that  at least 64,110 have been wounded in attacks by the Israeli military.

More than 8,000 missing who are believed to be dead and buried under rubble.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to deliver on Friday its ruling on the provisional measures requested by South Africa in its genocide case against Israel.

The court is not expected to provide a final ruling on whether Israel is guilty of committing genocide in its war on the Gaza but instead will be ruling on the nine provisional measures requested by South Africa in its case.

Here are the major developments from the last few hours: 

• An Israeli air attack on a house in the al-Hassayna neighbourhood of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has killed at least 11 people
• Heavy fighting is under way in the vicinity of the Al-Aqsa, Nasser, al-Amal and Al Kheir hospitals in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the UN report
• At least 200 people killed and 370 injured in 24-hour period between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry
• The US lauded Qatar’s “integral, irreplaceable” mediation efforts in the Gaza conflict after Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly called Doha’s role in negotiations “problematic”