Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Morning update

31 January 2025 06:01 GMT

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are some of the latest updates:

  • Israel’s army said it bombed “several targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation” overnight in Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa valley despite a ceasefire deal since November.

  • The Israeli military continued its raid in the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates of the occupied West Bank, besieging several homes and making arrests overnight.

  • The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that an Israeli air strike left three women injured by shrapnel in the Jenin refugee camp.

  • Israeli forces opened fire on two individuals they accused of throwing firebombs at a highway near the Palestinian village of al-Khader, west of Bethlehem.

  • The UN reported that 171 Palestinian bodies were recovered from the rubble in Gaza between 22 and 28 January.

  • Israeli doctors confirmed that five Thai nationals, released from Gaza in a recent prisoner exchange, were in "fair" health.

  • Media reports from Israel and New Zealand stated that Israeli soldiers travelling to New Zealand were asked about their military service, with at least one denied entry as a tourist.