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

2 April 2025 05:55 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are some of the latest updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and the occupied West Bank:

  • At least 17 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the early hours of this morning, according to Al Jazeera, citing medical sources.

  • Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Amnesty International condemned Israel’s killing of 15 medics and emergency workers, calling it a “yet another unconscionable attack on health and humanitarian operations in Gaza".

  • The US is deploying one more aircraft carrier in the Middle East, while keeping one that is already there, according to a spokesman for the Pentagon.

  • Amnesty International’s secretary-general said Hungary, a member of the International Criminal Court, has “an unequivocal obligation to arrest and surrender” the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the court if he is within its jurisdiction.

  • Tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing Rafah under gunfire, UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA said in a post on X.

  • Hundreds of Israeli settlers have opened fire at Palestinians and burned vehicles and agricultural land in the occupied West Bank village of Duma, Al Jazeera reported.