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Morning update
7 December 2025 09:59 GMT
Good morning,
Here are the key updates from Gaza and the Middle East:
- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said it has found children in Gaza suffering from acute malnutrition during routine screening.
- Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday have launched a general strike after Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in Bab al-Zawiya on Saturday.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his first official visit to Israel on Sunday.
- Qatar said it will support the Palestinian people but will not fund the reconstruction of what others have destroyed in Gaza.
- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of fighting “ghosts” at a conference in Doha and said that Israel has rejected his overtures since he came to power.