Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Morning update

3 July 2025 04:45 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

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

  • The proposed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas would see the release of 10 of the remaining living captives and return 18 bodies it holds in five stages over a 60-day period, according to a report from The New York Times.

  • Gaza's health ministry said on Wednesday that 139 Palestinians were killed and 487 wounded by Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours.

  • President Donald Trump's administration is withholding previously approved funding to schools during what the White House calls an ongoing review process, with a non-profit research group saying $6.2 billion is being withheld. 

    The administration has threatened schools, universities and colleges with withholding federal funds over issues including pro-Palestinian protests against Israel's war on Gaza.

  • Cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party called on Wednesday for Israel to annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank by the end of the month, as they issued a petition ahead of Netanyahu's meeting next week with US President Donald Trump.

  • The Metropolitan Police has said four people have been arrested following a Westminster protest by Palestine Action, during a protest outside of Parliament as MPs gave their approval to the UK government's decision to ban the activist group as a terror group.