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Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

As we come to the end of the third week of Israel's war on Gaza, this blog will be signing off.

Another will take its place for week four of our coverage. You can find it here.

As of Friday, 27 October, at least 7,027 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, including 2,913 children and 1,709 women. In the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, 104 people have been killed by Israeli fire.

Meanwhile, at least 1,400 people have been killed in Israel.

Currently, the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza estimates that there are around 1,600 people trapped in rubble created by Israel's campaign of indiscriminate bombardments.

Israel continues to promise that a ground invasion is imminent, and fighting shows no signs of cooling off. Middle East Eye will continue to bring our readers the most important updates as they are confirmed.

Please be sure to follow our week four blog.