This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Biden urges Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas for hostage deal
Morning update
4 April 2024 06:15 BST
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates:
- Overnight Israeli bombings on homes on Rafah have killed eight people, Palestine's Wafa news agency is reporting
- Israel called up its air defence reservists for duty two days after the reported Israeli strike on Damascus which killed a top Iranian commander and several other people
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Israel's explanation for the killing of international aid workers in Gaza was "not good enough," while US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said he expressed his "outrage" to his Israeli counterpart over the incident.
- Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf wrote to British Prime Minister RIshi Sunak asking for an "immediate end" of arms sales from the UK to Israel
- US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller hinted that his country may not support Palestine's bid for full membership at the UN, saying that the issue of Palestinian statehood should be addressed through "direct negotiations" and "not at the United Nations."