Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, here are the latest updates:

- US President Donald Trump commented on brining up the subject of a pardon for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his speech at the Israeli Knesset on Monday, saying he did so only because Netanyahu ‘was getting a very good hand [applause] and it was ‘good timing’.

- The list of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons on Monday included the names of at least 55 health workers, including 24 nurses, seven doctors and two paramedics, according to advocacy organisation Healthcare Workers Watch.

- Brother of Al Jazeera correspondent Ibrahim al-Khalili, Mohammed, was among the Palestinians freed on Monday. He said during detention for 19 months, prisoners ‘were beaten and humiliated’.

- UN’s Relief Chief said Tom Fletcher says an additional $11m will be allocated from the UN’s emergency response fund to help ‘scale up aid’ in Gaza as winter months approach, bringing the total funds used to deliver ‘food, water, shelter and health services’ to $20m.

- Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has praised the ‘positive outcomes of the Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit,' saying he hopes the deal ‘will serve as a starting point for future agreements that fulfil the aspirations of our brothers in the Gaza Strip’.