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<article data-history-node-id="433041" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-recap-128" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-recap-128" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Morning recap</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Good morning Middle East Eye readers,</p> <p>Here are the latest updates from Israel's war on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank:</p> <ul> <li data-end="411" data-start="191"> <p data-end="411" data-start="193">Fourteen countries, including Britain, Canada, Denmark and France, have condemned Israel’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, warning the decision is illegal and threatens regional stability.</p> </li> <li data-end="606" data-start="413"> <p data-end="606" data-start="415">In a joint statement, the countries said Israel’s actions “violate international law” and risk derailing the fragile Gaza ceasefire, as mediators attempt to push talks towards a second phase.</p> </li> <li data-end="789" data-start="608"> <p data-end="789" data-start="610">The signatories warned that settlement expansion undermines “long-term peace and security across the region”, coming as Israel’s genocide in&nbsp;Gaza has killed almost 71,000 Palestinians.</p> </li> <li data-end="956" data-start="791"> <p data-end="956" data-start="793">Israeli occupation forces assaulted a young man in the town of Kafr al-Balad, east of Tulkarm, on Wednesday evening, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.</p> </li> <li data-end="1133" data-start="958"> <p data-end="1133" data-start="960">Local sources told Wafa that Israeli forces stormed the town, deployed across streets and alleys, stopped residents, detained several people and severely beat one young man.</p> </li> <li data-end="1305" data-start="1135"> <p data-end="1305" data-start="1137">Settler violence was also reported near Hebron, where settlers threw stones at a house on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Sa'ir, Palestinian sources said.</p> </li> <li data-end="1427" data-start="1307"> <p data-end="1427" data-start="1309">The attack injured a toddler, who reportedly suffered head wounds after a stone smashed through a window of the house.</p> </li> <li data-end="1513" data-start="1429"> <p data-end="1513" data-start="1431">Reports said settlers also attempted to set a vehicle on fire during the incident.</p> </li> <li data-end="1696" data-start="1515"> <p data-end="1696" data-start="1517">Belgium has formally joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, adding to mounting legal pressure over Israel’s conduct in Gaza.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article>

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