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

28 February 2025 05:57 GMT

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

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

  • Asked whether Trump’s Gaza plan aligns with the UK’s foreign policy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

  • Palestinian Authority security forces have arrested Kamal al-Khatib, a commander with Palestinian armed group the Tulkarem Battalion, during a raid in the Nur Shams camp in the occupied West Bank, according to Al-Aqsa TV.

  • Israeli forces have continued to carry out raids and arrests in locations across the occupied West Bank overnight.

  • Israel’s former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir invited Jewish people to resettle Gaza and rid the Palestinian enclave of its population, Al Jazeera reported.

  • Ten people were injured in a car ramming, stabbing attack near the city of Haifa in northern Israel, according to the emergency services.

  • Israeli forces are reportedly heavily shelling the outskirts of Aitaroun, a town near Israel’s border in southern Lebanon, according to the Palestinian Information Centre.

  • Palestinians in Gaza are preparing for Ramadan, a holy month of fasting for Muslims between February 28 and March 29, among the ruins.

  • Israel announced imposing extra restrictions around Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as 3,000 armed Israeli personnel will be stationed at checkpoints on roads leading to the site.