Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates from the Israeli war on Gaza:
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The Israeli air strikes hit Gaza's Rafah and Khan Younis in the south of the besieged enclave, and Gaza City and Beit Lahiya in the north overnight. Al Jazeera reports that the Israeli assault continues.
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Israel’s cabinet voted to remove Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar from his post, in what represents the first time in the country’s history an intelligence chief has been fired.
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Trump administration National Security Adviser Mike Waltz voiced his support for Israel’s renewed assault, which has killed hundreds of Palestinians since Tuesday.
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The US military has carried out air strikes on Yemen for a sixth night in a row, hitting targets in At-Tuhayta district in Hodeidah governorate.
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Lawyer of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian post-doctoral fellow at Georgetown University who was detained by US immigration authorities on Monday, said Suri and his Palestinian American wife Mapheze Saleh “have long been doxxed and smeared”.
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US District Judge Patricia Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, has ordered US President Donald Trump’s administration not to deport Suri until the order is lifted.
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The Israeli military has carried out raids in several locations across the occupied West Bank, forcing more than 100 families to flee their homes in Tulkarm.