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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza

Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

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

  • The Israeli military attacks killed at least 14 people in Gaza's Khan Younis, according to Al Jazeera.

  • US President Donald Trump has nominated Yehuda Kaploun as his “Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism”.

  • A series of US air strikes targeted Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen over recent hours.

  • Israel’s military announced that it will increase the presence of combat forces during Passover, a Jewish festival which begins on Saturday and ends on 20 April.

  • Israeli forces have arrested the mother and brother of Abdullah Jalmana in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, in an attempt to pressure the wanted Palestinian man to surrender himself, according to the Quds News Network.

  • US authorities have charged 12 protesters with felony vandalism for participating in a June 2024 pro-Palestine demonstration at Stanford University in California.