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A 70-year-old man, who was injured in the stabbing and shooting attack, has died, according to Israel’s national ambulance service.

Medics are treating four more wounded people, including three in “serious condition”. They include a 15-year-old boy, as well as a man and a woman in their 30s.

The Israeli police said the attacker has been “neutralised”.

Israel’s Arutz Sheva reports that four more people have been injured in the attack.

Israeli-Palestinian film 'No Other Land' has won the 97th Academy Awards' best documentary film award.

Set in the town of Masafar Yatta in the occupied West Bank, the film is directed by Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and Palestinian journalist Basel Adra.

Its shortlisting for the Oscar was announced on Thursday despite the film not having any distribution deal in the US.

Much of No Other Land is made up of footage dating back to Adra's childhood showing his activist father squaring off against Israeli soldiers and settlers in order to stop appropriation of Palestinian land.

The movie previously won the Documentary Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, otherwise known as the Berlinale, in February last year.

Read more: 'No Other Land': Israeli-Palestinian film wins Oscar for best documentary feature

Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli drone fire in the central area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Reuters reported, citing medics and the Hamas media office.

Israeli forces have detained six people during a wave of raids across Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.

The agency also reported that a 16-year-old boy was injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Biddya, west of Salfit.

The army detained at least one Palestinian in the town, and fired live rounds and sound bombs in the streets.

Israel is planning to displace the Palestinians in northern Gaza to the territory’s south and later, if needed, cutting all electricity to the Strip, in a bid to pressure Hamas into accepting the extension of the first phase of the ceasefire, the Kan public broadcaster reported.

Report says the final step is a complete return to war, with the heavy bombs previously withheld by the former US administration and the billions of dollars in arms and military equipment now being sent to Israel by the Trump government.

On Sunday, Israel blocked all aid from entering Gaza after Hamas refused to implement Israel's plan to extend the first phase of the ceasefire deal.

Hamas said it will not agree to an extension of phase one of the ceasefire and instead demands a start to phase two as originally planned under the terms of the ceasefire deal initially agreed upon by Israel and Hamas.

A group of pro-Palestine activists projected the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone onto a BBC building in Glasgow in protest against the broadcaster’s decision to remove it from its streaming service.

The activists, part of the Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee, criticised the BBC’s move, calling it “shameful.”

In a statement shared on X, they said: “We’re showing it right back to them. For the children of Gaza.”

The BBC pulled its documentary about children in Gaza from iPlayer after mounting pressure over a featured child, 13-year-old Abdullah al-Yazouri, being the son of a Palestinian minister, in a move some commentators have slammed as "cowardly".

Hundreds of British celebrities signed a petition calling for the BBC to restore the documentary on Gaza that has been pulled after complaints from pro-Israel activists.

Shamefully, the BBC pulled its showing of How To Survive a Warzone.

Tonight, at BBC Scotland, we’re showing it right back to them.

For the children of Gaza.🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/98VKUeDTRL

— GGEC (@ggectee) March 2, 2025

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are some of the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza: 

• No Other Land, an Israeli-Palestinian film which tells the story of Palestinians resisting the Israeli occupation and its military's attempts to demolish their homes in the West Bank, won the documentary feature film Oscar on Sunday.

• Israeli forces, alongside illegal settlers, attacked the Palestinian community of Masafer Yatta - featured in the documentary No Other Land - destroying their water and solar panels and arresting three people, hours before the film won an Oscar.

• Five rights organisations, including Israeli nonprofit Gisha, have asked Israel’s Supreme Court for an interim order barring the Israeli government from preventing aid from entering Gaza, saying the move "constitutes a war crime".

• Israeli protesters gather in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in West Jerusalem, demanding the return of the remaining captives in Gaza.

Good evening Middle East Eye readers,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blocked all aid from entering Gaza after Hamas refused to implement Israel's plan to extend the first phase of the ceasefire deal.

Here are the latest updates:

• Hamas called Israel’s aid blockade a violation of the ceasefire agreement and urged Israel to respect the original terms.
• The UN labelled Israel's move "alarming" and several countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar and Jordan denounced the decision as in contravention of international law.
• The UK government told MEE it was "concerned" by the developments, while the EU condemned Hamas but not Israel.
• Israeli forces carried out several attacks across Gaza, with medical sources saying the attacks had killed at least four people. 

The European Union's diplomatic service has condemned "the refusal of Hamas to accept the extension of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza".

In a statement on Sunday, the service did not condemn Israel's decision to block aid from entering Gaza, but said that "Israel's subsequent decision to block the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza could potentially result in humanitarian consequences."

Meanwhile other countries have criticised Israel's move, with Qatar's foreign ministry denouncing it as a "clear violation of the ceasefire agreement, international humanitarian law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and all religious principles."

Jordan's foreign ministry likewise "condemned in the strongest terms" the decision and said it represents a "blatant breach of the ceasefire agreement".

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi has confirmed that the group will not agree to an extension of phase one of the ceasefire and instead demands a start to phase two.

In comments to Al Jazeera Arabic, Mardawi insisted Hamas would only release the remaining Israeli captives under the terms of the ceasefire deal initially agreed upon by Israel and Hamas.

Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry has condemned Israel's decision to block aid from entering Gaza, calling it a "blatant violation of international law and a direct violation of the rules of international humanitarian law".

The ministry further accused Israel of using aid "as a tool for blackmail and collective punishment".

The Egyptian foreign ministry labelled Israel's move a "flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement and international humanitarian law".

It added that there is "no justification, circumstance, or logic that allows the use of starvation of innocent civilians and imposing a siege on them".

The UK government has expressed concern over the Israeli government blocking the entry of aid into Gaza.

In comments to Middle East Eye on Sunday evening, a foreign office spokesperson said: "We are very concerned at reports that Israel has announced it will pause all aid going into Gaza.

"We urge all parties to engage constructively in negotiating the subsequent phases of the deal to help ensure its full implementation and a permanent end to hostilities."

Read more: UK expresses concern over Israel blocking Gaza aid

The Israeli military has escalated its attacks on Tulkarem and its Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli bulldozers demolished Palestinian homes and infrastructure on Sunday, reportedly to make way for a new road for military transport. 

This is the latest phase in a military attack that has been ongoing for over three weeks.

Tom Fletcher, the UN's emergency relief coordinator, has called Israel's decision to halt aid into Gaza "alarming".

"International humanitarian law is clear: We must be allowed access to deliver vital lifesaving aid," he said. 

"We can’t roll back the progress of the past 42 days. We need to get aid in and the hostages out."
 

Good afternoon Middle East Eye readers, 

Here are the latest updates from Gaza after Israel refused to implement the second phase of the ceasefire deal:

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blocked all aid from entering Gaza after Hamas refused to implement Israel's plan to extend the first phase of the ceasefire deal. 
• Netanyahu's move has been praised by prominent right-wing Israeli ministers. 
• Hamas has called Israel’s aid blockade a violation of the ceasefire agreement and urged Israel to respect the original terms.
• Israeli forces carried out several attacks across Gaza, with medical sources saying the attacks had killed at least four people. 
• Israel said Hamas would "face the consequences" for refusing to extend the first phase of the ceasefire deal. 
• Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said Cairo will press for its "full ceasefire deal" that will ensure Palestinians remain on their land in Gaza. Abdelatty added that he will call on the European Union to enforce this plan.