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Morning update
16 May 2025 05:36 BST
Here are some of the latest updates on Gaza and across the region:
- At least two people have been killed by Israeli shelling that targeted housing areas for displaced Palestinians in Beit Lahiya, according to Al Jazeera Arabic
- The Israeli army said it killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after an Israeli settler was killed in a shooting there
- Medical sources in Gaza say at least 21 people are now confirmed killed by Israeli attacks in the five hours since midnight local time in Gaza
- Israeli settlers have raided town of Bruqin, west of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank and set fire to a Palestinian flag and Palestinian-owned vehicles
- In the west of Jabalia camp in northern Gaza, at least two people have been killed and more injured after the Israeli military bombed a home in al-Fakhoura
- We have been reporting on the Israeli military’s aerial assault on the Beit Lahiya area of northern Gaza over recent hours.
- Hundreds of Beit Lahiya residents have fled the area to escape Israel’s bombardment.