Live Blog Update| Gaza Under Attack
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Morning update

20 December 2024 05:49 GMT

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates from the Israeli war on Gaza, now in its 440th day:

  • More than 50 people had been killed in Israeli raids since dawn on Thursday, Al Jazeera Arabic reported Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal saying. Basal condemned strikes on displaced civilians in schools being used as shelters.

  • Ireland's Taoiseach, Simon Harris, urged the European Council during a meeting in Brussels to address what he described as double standards in the EU's stance on upholding international law in Ukraine compared to Gaza.

  • Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, has said it is “an utter disgrace” that the UN’s 192 member states could not prevent Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

  • EgyptAir resumed direct flights between Cairo and Beirut on Thursday "in light of the stability in Lebanon" after a three-month hiatus, it said in a statement.

  • Nine Palestinian Americans sued the US government on Thursday, saying that it had failed to rescue them or members of their families who were trapped in Gaza where Israel's war has killed tens of thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis.