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Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza

Morning recap

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, 

Here are the latest updates from the Israeli war on Gaza and Lebanon: 

  • Lebanon’s health ministry reports that Israeli air strikes have killed four people and wounded 24 in at least 13 attacks targeting three sites in southern Beirut
  • Sahel General Hospital is being evacuated after Israel claimed a Hezbollah bunker filled with cash was hidden beneath the facility – a charge denied by the hospital's director
  • Israel’s military says a strike in Damascus has killed a Hezbollah commander involved in transferring weapons from Iran
  • The head of Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, accuses Israel of preventing humanitarian aid from reaching northern Gaza, which remains under siege for over two weeks
  • Gaza's health ministry reports that Israeli forces continue to encircle the last three functioning hospitals in the north of the Strip
  • Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin confirms the deployment of an advanced US missile defence system in Israel, aimed at boosting the country's attack capabilities