Morning update
Morning update
Good morning MEE readers,
Here are some key developments from the last few hours:
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Hamas said that it had accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli captive and the bodies of four dual nationals who had died in captivity.
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The UN says Gaza needs fuel, oxygen and electricity generators after almost two weeks of Israeli blockade on aid.
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An Israeli drone strike on Gaza City killed four people, while gunboat fire killed a fifth Palestinian.
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The US and Israel have contacted officials of three East African countries to discuss using their territories for resettling Palestinians from Gaza, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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Dozens of Syrian Druze clerics crossed the armistice line in the Golan Heights into Israel, marking their community’s first pilgrimage to a revered shrine in decades.