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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza

Morning update

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates:

  • A new wave of air strikes pounded Beirut overnight.

  • At least nine people, including a pregnant woman and a child, were killed in an Israeli attack on Tyre, Lebanon on Friday.

  • At least 19 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza since dawn. This includes two families who were killed in a strike on the Fahad al-Sabah school, where displaced Palestinians were sheltering, in Gaza City. Nine others were killed when Israeli forces bombed tents in al-Mawasi "safe zone" near Khan Younis. Four more were killed in Israeli attacks in Beit Lahia.

  • Several soldiers were injured in an Israeli air strike near Aleppo, Syria.

  • A committee of global food security experts warned on Friday that there is a “strong likelihood” of imminent famine in areas of northern Gaza.

  • The UN Human Rights Office has verified 8,119 Palestinian deaths in Gaza during the first seven months of Israel’s war on the enclave.