Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza
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Late night update

27 March 2024 23:56 GMT

Hello MEE readers. On Wednesday, Israeli forces continued their raid on al-Shifa hospital for the 10th consecutive day.

Israel said it killed "dozens" of Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters, but Hamas denies having any of its fighters inside the hospital.

One of the journalists who was inside the hospital, Bayan Abulsultan, has not been seen since 19 March, and Reporters Without Borders is calling on Israel's military to share any information about the reporter.

The cross-border attacks between Hezbollah and Israel escalated on Wednesday, with Hezbollah launching a barrage of rockets at the largely evacuated town of Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel. The attack was in retaliation for Israel's overnight strike on an emergency health centre in al-Habbariyeh, south Lebanon, that killed seven rescuers.

Israel responded again with two strikes in southern Lebanon that killed at least eight people.

Here's what else you need to know from Wednesday's developments:

  • Thousands of Jordanians took to the streets of Amman for another night, protesting against the ongoing war in Gaza.

  • A State Department official has resigned from her position, citing US support for Israel's war. Annelle Sheline became the most significant Biden official to resign from their position since Josh Paul, who oversaw arms transfers at the State Department, resigned in October.

  • Al Jazeera Arabic aired footage showing Israeli forces killing two unarmed Palestinians attempting to return to northern Gaza, and then burying them afterwards.

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been working to reschedule a meeting with the White House regarding the planning military invasion of Rafah. This comes after he cancelled the meeting in anger over the US abstention on a UN Security Council vote calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

  • Matthew Miller, a spokesperson for the State Department, accused UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese of having a history of antisemitic comments. Albanese released a report this week stating there are reasonable grounds to believe Israel is committing genocide.

  • The White House expressed condolences to the people who drowned while trying to retrieve aid that was airdropped into the water off a beach in Gaza.