Morning update

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and the region:

- US President Donald Trump's administration has ordered its missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visitor visa applicants as the State Department prepares to expand social media vetting of foreign students, according to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

- Gaza rescuers said eight people were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike in the north of the besieged Palestinian territory.

- An Israeli drone struck a motorcycle, killing one person in the town of Yater in southern Lebanon, Al Jadeed reported.

- A new open letter by former and current Israeli military officers calling on the government to stop its war on Gaza circulated on Tuesday, receiving 1,200 signatures to date, Haaretz reported.

- Germany's foreign minister said his country will not be forced into solidarity with Israel, and that its "committed fight against antisemitism" cannot be "instrumentalised for the conflict" in the Gaza Strip.