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

8 August 2025 05:55 BST

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza:

  • The Israeli security cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal for the Israeli military to take control of Gaza City, following a marathon meeting that ended early on Friday morning, according to Haaretz.

  • Australia has urged Israel "not to go down this path", after Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of Gaza.

  • NBC News reported that commercial satellite images show the Israeli military amassing troops and equipment near the boundary of the Gaza Strip for a possible imminent major ground operation.

  • Hamas said in a statement that Netanyahu's "plans to expand the aggression confirm beyond any doubt that he seeks to get rid of his captives and sacrifice them," warning that it would treat any force formed to govern the territory as "an 'occupying' force linked to Israel".

  • Israeli police arrested 10 protesters, including two minors, in Tel Aviv on Thursday night as thousands gathered to demand a captive deal, Haaretz reported.

  • Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community pledged to resist government moves to call up seminary students for military service on Thursday, as demonstrators took to the streets in Jerusalem to protest the arrest of two objectors.