Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, 

It's just after 11:30am (8:30am GMT) in Palestine and Israel. Here are the latest developments on day 198 of Israel's war on Gaza: 

• Nine Palestinian children were among 16 killed in yet another wave of early Sunday morning Israeli air strikes on homes in Rafah. 

• Civil defence teams discovered a mass grave with 50 bodies buried in the courtyards of Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, which was raided and attacked by Israeli forces in February. 

• In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces withdrew from Nur Shams refugee camp later on Saturday after a 50-hour-long assault, leaving 14 people killed and mass destruction to residential homes.

• On Sunday morning, two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces near Hebron after they allegedly attempted to attack soldiers. 

• Israeli officials have slammed the US after it was reported that the Biden administration was slated to announce sanctions against an Israeli army battalion accused of human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank. 

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the move the "height of absurdity and a moral low" while war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said it was "a dangerous precedent".