Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates:

• The Israeli military is fully aware and cooperating with Israeli settlers building new farm outposts in the occupied West Bank, according to a military officer who spoke with Israel's Kan public broadcaster.

• Two Palestinians, one 13 years old, were shot by the Israeli military in a refugee camp near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Red Crescent said.

• Israel is expected to reopen the Allenby crossing, the sole transit point between the West Bank and Jordan that was closed in September, on Wednesday under US pressure, Haaretz reported.

• UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing tells Al Jazeera Arabic says the situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic, and the world remains silent regarding Israel's refusal to allow aid into the Strip despite the ceasefire.

• Israeli forces arrest approximately 30 Palestinians, mostly former prisoners, during raids in Nablus, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. The military also arrested 10 other Palestinians in Salfit in the West Bank.

• An intense storm in Gaza flooded the tents of displaced families as heavy rains poured across the besieged strip.