This is an entry from: Gaza live: Fresh Israeli order forces over 170,000 Palestinians to leave their homes
Morning update
8 August 2024 06:02 BST
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates:
- Israeli strikes on Khan Younis and Gaza City have killed six people on Wednesday night, the Wafa news agency reports
- The World Health Organisation said that it aims to vaccinate 600,000 Gaza children under the age of eight for polio
- The number of Palestinians displaced in the occupied West Bank has doubled since 7 October, reaching 3,070 due to home demolitions, settler violence and land confiscation, The UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA reports
- According to Axios, Israel told the US it would respond disproportionally should Hezbollah's retaliation for the assassination of its commander harm Israeli civilians