Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Morning recap: Day 21

27 October 2023 07:57 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

As we near the end of the third week of Israel's war on Gaza, the Palestinian death toll keeps rising sharply, the threat of an Israeli ground invasion remains high and the Israeli army, police and settler violence escalates against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and inside Israel. 

Overnight, relentless Israeli air strikes continued to pound Gaza. The daily death toll has been rising steadily since 7 October, going from 200 to 300 people killed a day at the start of the war, to more than 700 killed in recent days. More than 7,000 people have been killed in total. 

Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that Israel would be willing to pay a big price for the release of some prisoners held in Gaza by Hamas. It's unclear what that price will be, but some reports speculate it could include allowing fuel into Gaza, the release of some Palestinian prisoners and a temporary ceasefire. 

Here are the latest updates from the last few hours:

  • Israeli forces launched night raids in the West Bank cities of Jenin, Nablus and Jericho, clashing with Palestinian fighters and arresting dozens of people. At least one Palestinian was killed in Jenin.

  • The Israeli army said it conducted a limited raid into Gaza for a few hours before retreating. 

  • The Pentagon said US forces attacked two facilities in Syria allegedly used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in response to a spate of attacks against US bases in Iraq and Syria.

  • A blast was reported in Egypt's Taba near the border with Israel. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion. The Israeli army said it was aware of the "security incident".

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