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

2 August 2025 09:31 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers. Here are the latest updates:

  • Three more Palestinians, including two children, have died from Israeli-imposed starvation on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths from malnutrition in the enclave to 162, including 92 children.

  • Israeli forces killed over 100 people across Gaza on Friday. Attacks have continued into Saturday, killing 24 since dawn, including 13 aid seekers.

  • Israel has allowed three European countries to conduct limited aid drops over Gaza. Unrwa has warned the operation is "dangerous" and "inefficient".

  • US envoy Steve Witkoff and ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited a GHF-run aid site in Gaza. According to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the pair did not meet anyone from the UN during the visit.

  • The Israeli military has conducted raids in a series of occupied West Bank towns and cities: Beit Duqqu, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, Qalqilya and Nablus. They shot two Palestinian men during the raids. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it was treating a 21-year-old with bullet wounds in both legs.