Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Gaza live: Biden moves ahead with military aid for Israel as it launches ground assaults on Rafah

Morning update

12 May 2024 09:37 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates:

  • The Israeli military has intensified attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, with 27 Palestinians killed overnight, including several children in southern Rafah.

  • Israeli forces "carpet-bombed" Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing and wounding several Palestinians, Wafa news agency is reporting. Residential houses and evacuation centres have been flattened. The death toll is currently unknown.

  • In the West Bank, Israeli forces have raided the Arroub refugee camp near Hebron on Sunday, Wafa is reporting.

  • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed calls for an "immediate ceasefire".

  • UN agencies have warned that food supplies for distribution in southern Gaza will run out today.

  • Unrwa estimates that 300,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah in the last week, emphasising that displaced people have "nowhere safe to go".