Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates from Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza and the latest developments in the occupied West Bank:

- Four Palestinians were killed and others injured in the early hours of Friday when an Israeli drone bombed a tent housing displaced people in the Sudaniya area located northern Gaza Strip, according to the emergency and ambulance service in Gaza

- Another three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to a source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

-In another attack, four others were killed in an Israeli bombing of a house in Tal al-Hawa, west of Gaza City.

- Al-Aqsa Mosque  welcomed worshippers on Friday dawn prayer amidst tight security conditions due to Israel's heavy restrictions across the occupied West Bank, particularly in occupied Jerusalem.

- Palestinian sources said that Israeli drones launched an airstrike on Gaza City on Friday morning, while the Sabra neighbourhood located south of the city was also subjected to artillery shelling.

- Israeli police arrested a number of protesters on Thursday evening during a protest in the town of Hod Hasharon, north of Tel Aviv, as they demanded an end to the war on Gaza and the return of captives, according to Israeli media outlets.

- World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain said that the modest increase in aid is not enough to stop hunger in Gaza. McCain told Reuters in a video interview that "additional amounts of food are coming in, but they are not enough to do what we need to do to ensure that people do not suffer from malnutrition and starvation."