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Morning update: Day 129 of Israel's war on Gaza

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, 

Here are the latest developments from Israel's war on Gaza, which enters its 129th day today: 

  • At least 60 people were killed as Israeli planes and ships bombarded Rafah overnight, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported
  • The Israeli army says it rescued two captives from a house in Rafah’s Shaboura neighbourhood at about 1am local time 
  • The director of the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah, Suhaib al-Hams, has said that “the hospital is full of wounded people in a very dangerous situation”, Wafa reports
  • On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank
  • Egypt warned of "dire consequences" of a potential Israeli military assault on the southern Gazan city of Rafah near its border
  • Unrwa is facing growing administrative hurdles from Israel, with a shipment amounting to a month's supply of food blocked in port, the agency's chief said