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

25 February 2025 05:58 GMT

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are some of the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza: 

  • The Palestinian Water Authority and Unicef have begun operating 13 mobile desalination stations in Gaza, where displaced families are enduring a dire water crisis due to Israel's war on Gaza.

  • Israeli forces made arrests in several locations across the occupied West Bank amid a continuing Israeli assault on the Palestinian territory.

  • Three more children have died from the “severe cold” in Gaza as Israel continues to bar the entry of temporary homes into the enclave, Saeed Salah, the director of the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society in Gaza City said.

  • Israel said it will release 620 Palestinian prisoners, who were set to be released last Saturday if Hamas hands over the bodies of four Israeli captives later this week without a ceremony, Ynet News reported.

  • Columbia University-affiliated Barnard College has expelled two students for participating in a pro-Palestine protest in January.

  • Israeli police have arrested Nidal Badarna, a Palestinian comedian of Israel, from his home in the city of Haifa, accusing him “mocking” the captives held in Gaza, according to a legislator and Ynet News.