Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Live: Six more Palestinians die of famine as Israel blocks Gaza aid

Morning update

2 September 2025 05:25 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates on Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza and developments in the occupied West Bank:

  • Sumud aid flotilla, which aims to break the Israeli siege of Gaza, has set sail again after overcoming stormy weather. 

  • Gaza's civil defence agency has said that Israeli strikes on an apartment and a residential building killed 13 people overnight.

  • Israeli forces have stormed the town of Yamoun, and the city of Qalqilya in the West Bank.

  • Israeli media have reported that the proposed prisoner exchange deal has the support of the Chief of Staff, Mossad, and Shin Bet, which the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected. 

  • More than 250 media outlets from around 50 countries are taking part in an initiative denouncing the killing of journalists by Israel in Gaza.

  • The world's leading genocide scholars' association has said Israel has met the legal criteria for genocide in Gaza.

  • Government Authorities in Gaza have said that only 534 aid trucks out of the estimated 3,000 have entered over the past five days.

  • Israeli soldiers raided the town of Tamun in the West Bank and attacked and injured around 10 Palestinians, including 3 children.