Morning Update

Good morning MEE readers, 

Here are some of key developments from the last few hours:

• • The death toll from attacks on Gaza City on Tuesday rose to eight. The victims included a Palestinian girl who was shot and killed near Deir el-Balah

  • Israeli forces have opened fire in the southern and eastern areas of Rafah, as Israeli gunboats stationed off the coast of Gaza are shelling areas in the north of Gaza

  • The Houthis said they would resume attacks on “any Israeli vessel” passing through the Red and Arabian Seas, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden, and that assaults would continue until Israel’s blockade on Gaza is lifted

  • Israeli police raided the popular Education Bookstore in occupied East Jerusalem for the second time in a month, briefly detained the shop’s co-owner and confiscated more than 100 books, including titles by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe and Rashid Khalidi