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Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza

Evening recap

Hello Middle East Eye readers,

On Sunday, Israel launched fresh attacks in the occupied West Bank and launched airstrikes from Gaza and Lebanon to Syria. 

An Israeli strike on Damascus, Syria killed at least 7 people.

At least 40 people were killed by Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip. While the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza. 

In Lebanon, at least 41 people were killed by Israeli strikes. Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack on a naval base in Haifa Israel. 

Here is what else you need to know. 

  • Israel has “defeated” Hezbollah, the country’s new defence minister Israel Katz said
  • US national security advisor Jake Sullivan said that the US will decide this week whether Israel has addressed a US letter warning that it has not done enough to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, in a first public disclosure, that he had okayed a September attack on Hezbollah in which thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded
  • Israel said that its air force intercepted two drones that were en route to Israel from the east
  • The Jewish National Fund of Canada has lost its appeal to stop the tax department’s revocation of its charitable status