Morning update

Good morning readers of Middle East Eye,

We are on day 117 of the Israeli war on Gaza and the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since 7 October now stands at 26,751, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

In its latest update the Palestinian Health Ministry has said that  at least 65,636 have been wounded in attacks by the Israeli military.

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

Here are the major developments from the last few hours: 

• The Israeli army confirms it has been flooding tunnels in Gaza with seawater for several weeks
• Israel has issued evacuation orders for the west of Gaza City where the UN says 88,000 Palestinians are sheltering
• The “unlawful killing of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank” by Israeli forces must “immediately end”, the UN’s human rights office has said, after the “extrajudicial execution” of three men in a Jenin hospital
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for major donors to resume funding the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees
• The fate of six-year-old Hind Hamadeh and an ambulance crew in Gaza City is still “unknown”: Palestine Red Crescent (PRCS). Hind survived but her family were killed when their car was attacked by Israeli forces in Gaza City on Tuesday