This is an entry from: Gaza live: Israel continues bombing central Gaza
Morning update
29 April 2024 05:49 BST
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates:
- At least 26 people were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes on Rafah and Gaza City, Palestine's Wafa news agency reports
- Delegations from both Israel and Hamas are expected to arrive in Cairo today to hold hostage and ceasefire talks
- Basim Khandaqji, a Palestinian imprisoned by Israel since 2004, won the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for his novel, A Mask, the Colour of the Sky, which he wrote in prison
- The US's Central Command says American forces "successfully engaged" five unmanned drones over the Red Sea
- Over 900 pro-Palestine protesters have been arrested in the US since the 18 April, when police forcefully removed a pro-Palestine encampment at Columbia University