Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Week three ends with over 7,000 Palestinians killed

Morning recap: Israel bombs Gaza, Jenin, Lebanon and Syria

22 October 2023 07:44 BST

Hello Middle East Eye readers,

Israel has bombed Gaza, Jenin, Syria and Lebanon in overnight air strikes as we go into the third week of the ongoing conflict in the region. 

The air strikes in Jenin and southern Lebanon mark a new escalation by the Israeli military, which has been bombing Gaza round the clock for over two weeks.

Alongside the air strike in Jenin, Israeli troops have ramped up raids in the occupied West Bank, including in Jenin, Nablus and Ramallah.

Here's some update you might've missed:

  • Overnight shelling in Gaza has killed at least 50 Palestinians. Israel has been killing an average of 300 people a day in Gaza since 7 October, 70 percent of whom are children, women and elderly people.

  • Israel bombed a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp at around 3am local time, killing at least two people with another three killed elsewhere in the West Bank.

  • An Israeli missile attack targeted Damascus and Aleppo international airports in Syria, killing at least one person and putting the airports out of service.

  • The Israeli army said it carried out air strikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon as tensions continue to build up on that front. 

  • Israeli authorities are planning to evacuate 14 communities close to the Lebanese border after previously evacuating 28 towns.

  • The US military is deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) battery and multiple Patriot missile defence systems to the Middle East as it continues its military support of Israel. 

  • The UK-based charity Medical Aid for Palestinians posted on X that the lives of 130 premature babies in Gaza's hospitals are in danger if fuel does not reach the hospitals soon.

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