This is an entry from: Gaza live: Concerns about all-out regional war rise following Golan Heights deadly attack
Morning update
26 July 2024 06:25 BST
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates:
- An Israeli strike on the al-Bina family home in eastern Gaza City killed five people, according to the Wafa news agency
- Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara, a Hamas leader in the occupied West Bank, has died in Israeli detention, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs
- The Israeli army announced the death of another soldier during combat in southern Gaza
- US Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech in which she called for hostages to be released and the Gaza war to end, saying she will "not be silent" on the suffering of people in Gaza
- An Israeli official claimed Harris's speech would complicate negotiations, and questioned whether the suffering of Palestinians was "really the problem right now". A Harris aide denied the official's claims
- Another Israeli official said his country was "deeply disappointed" by the UK's decision to withdraw its objection to the ICC's request for an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant