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Good morning readers of Middle East Eye,

We are on day 105 of the Israeli war on Gaza and the Palestinian death toll in Gaza has passed another grim milestone with at least 24,620 Palestinians deaths recorded by hospitals, 10,600 of them children and 7,200 women.

At least 61,830 people are also wounded in the Strip, many go without proper health care treatment.

More than 8,000 are missing, believed to be dead and buried under rubble. 

Here are the major developments from the last few hours: 

• More than 40 people have been killed after the latest round of Israeli attacks throughout the Gaza Strip
• Palestinian Foreign Ministry accuses Israel of committing 15 “massacres”, killing 172 people under the cover of a communications blackout in Gaza
• Israeli forces continue to hold parts of Tulkarm and surrounding areas in the occupied West Bank under a second day of siege
• “No security and stability in the region” without “an independent Palestinian state”: spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
• Israel reports another soldier killed, three seriously wounded in Gaza
• Families of Israeli captives promise to block Gaza humanitarian aid if Israeli government doesn’t do enough to bring their family members back home