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

2 May 2025 06:05 BST

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the key developments overnight:

  • The Palestinian health ministry said that the Israeli military killed Alaa Akhdir, 29, in the village of Beita in the Nablus area in the occupied West Bank.

  • The Israeli military says in a statement that its fighter jets launched strikes near Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa’s official residential compound in Damascus.

  • Al Jazeera Arabic reported that the Freedom Flotilla activist group vessel was attacked by an Israeli drone off the coast of Gaza when attempting to break Israel’s blockade on the Palestinian enclave.

  • Israel’s military said it successfully intercepted a missile launched from Yemen earlier today.

  • At least seven people have been killed in overnight Israeli attacks across Gaza over recent hours, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources.

  • Hamas said its Qassam Brigades fighters carried out a complex ambush in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood, west of Rafah in southern Gaza, several days ago, resulting in Israeli military casualties.

  • A Jordanian citizen residing in Florida has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for attacking businesses for their perceived support of Israel, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.

  • Israel has issued forced evacuation orders in parts of the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, telling Palestinians to leave within 24 hours as they prepare to demolish 106 houses.

  • Israeli attacks killed at least 31 Palestinians over the past 24 hours, including women and children.