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

20 October 2025 05:32 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

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

  • Hamas has dismissed Israel’s claims that the Palestinian group breached the ceasefire in Gaza as “baseless”.

  • Israel's political leadership has accepted a military recommendation to suspend aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip "until further notice".

  • Israeli forces violated the ceasefire by bombing areas in the central Gaza Strip, Khan Yunis, and Rafah, Gaza's civil defence agency said. 

  • Israel has confiscated more than 70 acres (28.3 hectares) of Palestinian land near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, declaring the area off-limits, the Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission has said. 

  • Trump’s aide, Steve Witkoff, has said that reconstruction of Gaza will cost $50bn, where Israel has destroyed more than 80 percent of buildings.

  • US congressman Randy Fine has said that Gaza should be turned to glass. Fine is known for his bigoted comments against Palestinians. 

  • Israeli forces launched an arrest campaign in several cities and villages in the occupied West Bank, arresting 11 Palestinians.