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

12 June 2024 06:14 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates from Israel's ongoing war on Gaza now on its 250th day:

  • Israeli strikes in Gaza City and Rafah have killed at least nine Palestinians, including two children, on Wednesday morning, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. 

  • In the occupied West Bank, the city of Jenin is observing a commercial strike over the killing of six Palestinians by Israeli forces on Tuesday night during a raid on nearby Kafr Dan village. 

  • Mediators said Tuesday night they received Hamas's official counter-offer to the latest ceasefire proposal. The United States said it was "evaluating" the Palestinian group's response. 

  • Hezbollah confirmed that senior commander Taleb Abdallah was killed an in Israeli strike on Tuesday night. A Lebanese military source told AFP the commander was "the most important in Hezbollah to be killed up to now since the start of the war".