Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Evening recap

28 August 2024 23:45 BST

Hello MEE readers. On Wednesday, Israel's military continued its massive raid on the occupied West Bank, with the death toll standing at 10 Palestinians.

The raid, which deployed hundreds of Israeli soldiers, is the largest one to take place since the Second Intifada more than two decades ago.

The administration of US President Joe Biden has told Middle East Eye that it is monitoring the developments, while also stressing "Israel’s right to defend itself against threats to its security".

A siege has been imposed on the three cities of Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas in the northern West Bank, cutting them off from the rest of the Palestinian territory. 

The raids caused Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to cut short his trip to Saudi Arabia, where he was on a diplomatic tour of the Arab Gulf countries.

Israel's military has said that it plans to continue the assault for several days.

Here's what else happened today:

  • Journalist Mohammed Abd Rabbuh and his sister were killed in Israeli air strikes that hit his sister’s home in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

  • The UN’s World Food Programme is suspending its operations in the Gaza Strip, after Israel's military attacked a convoy of UN aid trucks.

  • A report in Israel's Channel 12 news station said that Israel was pausing military operations in some parts of Gaza in order to allow for the distribution of the polio vaccine. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied it was a "truce".

  • The US State Department announced it was imposing new sanctions on Hashomer Yosh, an organisation providing material support to an illegal Israeli settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank. It also announced sanctions against Yitzhak Levi Filant, the civilian coordinator of the Yitzhar settlement in the West Bank.

  • The Israeli military said the body of a soldier who was captured by Palestinian fighters during the 7 October attacks was rescued and taken to Israel.

  • The Israeli military confirmed that another soldier was killed in Gaza.