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Morning update: Day 131 of Israel's war on Gaza

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, 

Here are the latest developments from Israel's war on Gaza, which enters its 131 day today: 

  • Releasing Palestinian prisoners is now the “main gap” as truce negotiations continue, according to Israeli and US officials who spoke to Israel’s Walla news outlet
  • A US funding bill which bans funding to UNRWA  and gives $14.1bn to Israel has been adopted by the US Senate and will now go to a vote in the Congress
  • Israeli drones have ordered people to leave Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis but Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) says those sheltering there are afraid to leave after reports people have been shot
  • Israeli forces have arrested more than 7,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7, according to new figures released by the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society