Morning update

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are some of the latest updates on Israel’s war on Gaza:

• The mayor of Florida’s Miami Beach, Steven Meiner, is attempting to terminate his city’s lease agreement with an independent movie theatre after it screened the Israeli-Palestinian documentary No Other Land.

• The Israeli military has stormed the occupied West Bank village of Kafr Labad, east of Tulkarem, and arrested four Palestinian men, the Quds Press Agency reports.

• A US judge has extended an order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Columbia University student, Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained earlier this week over his role in pro-Palestine protests on campus.

• Tulsi Gabbard, US President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, has decided not to appoint a harsh critic of Israel’s war on Gaza to a key intelligence post, the Jewish Insider and New York Times reported.

• Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem welcomed on Wednesday US President Donald Trump’s apparent retreat from his proposal for a permanent displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, urging him to refrain from aligning with the vision of the “extreme Zionist right.”

• The Israeli forces stormed the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and arrested at least three Palestinian men – including former detainees – according to the Quds News Network.