Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Morning update

12 January 2025 09:28 GMT

Good morning Middle East Eye readers. In the past 24 hours, at least 28 Palestinians in Gaza were killed by Israeli attacks. Meanwhile on Saturday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that he approved a delegation of top security officials to travel to Doha and attend the ongoing talks around a possible ceasefire in Gaza.

This came as Steve Witkoff, US President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, urged Netanyahu in a visit to Tel Aviv to reach a ceasefire deal before Trump's inauguration on 20 January.

Here's what else you need to know about Saturday night's developments in Israel's war on Gaza:

  • Israel issued new forced displacement orders for the Nuseirat camp's Block 662 in central Gaza. The Israeli military bombed the Nuseirat and Bureij camps.

  • The Palestinian Authority's security forces laid siege to the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank as part of an operation against Palestinian fighters. Al Jazeera reported that the PA cut off water and electricity from the camp.

  • At least four Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting in Gaza's Beit Hanoun.

  • Israeli media reported that eight Israeli soldiers were wounded after an explosion in northern Jabalia on Friday, although the military did not publicise this at the time.