Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Recap: Palestinians urge action to stop 'war of extermination'

15 October 2023 08:03 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Israel's campaign of retaliatory and indiscriminate bombardments and siege on the Palestinian civilian population of Gaza has entered it's ninth day.

The shelling, combined with Israeli orders of forced displacement of 1.1m people, is pushing Gaza into the brink of humanitarian disaster.

The situation amounts to a "war of extermination", the Palestinian health ministry said.Here’s a recap of the last few hours:

  • Israel dropped equivalent to 'a quarter of a nuclear bomb', the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said

  • Israel has now killed more Palestinians in eight days than they did in 51 days of war on Gaza in 2014. Netanyahu said this was just the start

  • WHO decries Israeli 'death sentence' of 22 hospitals ordered to clear out. Hospitals at risk of shelling at any moment say they are not leaving

  • Russia, China seek ceasefire as non-western powers urge peace. US sends second carrier strike group to Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel

  • Iran's foreign minister says an Israeli invasion of Gaza would be a 'red line'

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