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

1 January 2026 05:29 GMT

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers. Here are the latest updates from Gaza, where Israel continues to violate the ceasefire more than two months after it came into effect:

  • Three Palestinians were wounded in Israeli army gunfire east of Maghazi camp, while two others were wounded in the Nuseirat, and Bureij refugee camp where Israeli tanks opened fire. 

  • Israeli aircraft launched an air strike targeting the eastern part of Khan Younis, as Israeli gunboats fired flares over the sea off the coast of the city. Army vehicles also opened fire north of Rafah.  

  • Israeli forces detonated car bombs in the Tuffah and Sanafoura neighbourhoods, east of Gaza City, as drones opened fire near the area. 

  • Local press reported artillery shelling on Jabalia camp in northern Gaza. 

  • The Israeli military prosecution admitted to withholding water from prisoners as "collective punishment" during the genocidal war.