This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Biden urges Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas for hostage deal
Morning update
30 March 2024 09:20 GMT
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates:
- An Israeli strike hit a car carrying UN observers near south Lebanon border, security sources told Reuters
- The Israeli military struck the Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat and Maghazi refugee camps in central Gaza, destroying residential buildings. It also targeted northern Gaza with massive aerial attacks
- A 13-year-old Palestinian child was shot and killed and two youths were wounded during a dawn raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency
- The US said it welcomes the nomination of a new Palestinian Authority cabinet
- Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that Israel will expand its offensive on the northern border and increase attacks on Hezbollah
- The Israeli army said that it has killed the deputy commander of Hezbollah's rocket and missile unit, Ali Abdel-Hassan Naim, in an air strike near the southern city of Tyre.