Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza
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Evening recap

14 February 2024 23:46 GMT

Hello MEE readers. The situation at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis remains dire, as Israel is forcibly removing Palestinians from the hospital at gunpoint. Thousands have sought refuge there.

Dr Khaled Asreer, one of the last remaining surgeons in Nasser Hospital, told MEE that he had seen three Palestinians killed at the northern gate of the hospital and that others were made to walk through an Israeli cordon of tanks and soldiers.

Meanwhile, tensions continue to rise in the conflict between Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel, with the two sides exchanging missile fire.

One Hezbollah strike killed an Israeli soldier, while strikes from Israel killed a Hezbollah fighter, along with several women and children. The killing of Lebanese civilians deep inside southern Lebanon marks a major escalation.

Hezbollah's executive council vowed that the Israeli strike would not go without a response.

Here's what else you need to know from today:

  • US President Joe Biden issued a directive that would delay the deportation of Palestinians from the US for the next 18 months, citing the conflict in Gaza.

  • Prominent political prisoner Marwan Barghouti was transferred from Ofer prison in Israel to isolation, according to Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

  • The State Department said it was "devastated" by the news of the killing of 17-year-old Mohammad Ahmad Khdour, who Israeli forces shot dead earlier this week. He's the second Palestinian American teen killed in the West Bank by Israel this year.

  • A report by the rights group Sinai Foundation for Human Rights has said that construction is currently under way to create a security zone with Gaza, that would act as a buffer area that could receive Palestinian refugees in the event that they are forced out of Rafah.

  • Israeli forces killed Ayman Rafati, a political analyst in Gaza and a frequent guest on Al Jazeera, along with his wife and children.

  • The White House said that the US expects Israel to meet its commitment to allow a shipment of flour to be moved into Gaza, after reports that an Israeli minister was blocking the shipment.