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

16 October 2025 05:48 BST

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers.

Here are the latest updates from Israel's war on Gaza:

  • Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir has said that the army “failed in its mission to protect the country and its citizens” on 7 October 2023. 

  • Gaza’s healthcare is facing a crisis. While aid is trickling into Gaza, medicine, specialised equipment and nutritional supplements are still in short supply.

  • Rights groups in the US have written to Marco Rubio condemning Israel’s “illegal abduction, detention, and mistreatment of journalists”.

  • Israeli officials say they expect Germany to lift a partial halt on arms exports to Israel and drop a travel warning to the country following the start of the ceasefire in Gaza.

  • Spanish unions protested in Madrid in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Tens of thousands of demonstrators held banners and confronted police officers, with clashes reported at a similar rally in Barcelona. 

  • Ellie Chowns, a UK Member of Parliament for the Green Party, has called for the release of Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti.