This is an entry from: Live: Strike announced in Israel amid mounting anger at Netanyahu
Morning update
19 August 2024 07:10 BST
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates:
- The director of northern Gaza's Al Awda Hospital warned that the facility may have to shut down if it does not receive fuel supplies within the next day
- The Israeli army says that several drones were fired by Hezbollah into northern Israeli on Monday morning. While many were intercepted, some impacted in the Ya'ara area
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu and other top Israeli officials in an attempt to unblock the process for a Gaza ceasefire
- Physicians for Human Rights-Israel said that Israel plans to return 20 cancer patients receiving treatment in occupied East Jerusalem to the Gaza Strip
- US Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris told reporters that she is "not giving up" on a Gaza ceasefire