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This is our latest Guardian live blog on the <strong><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war\">Israel-Gaza</a></strong><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war\"> war</a> and the wider <strong>Middle East</strong> crisis.</p>","elementId":"9894d694-2027-49c0-94a0-8b2a5418a195"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p><strong>US</strong> president <strong>Joe Biden</strong>’s plan to build a floating military port to speed up aid to <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Gaza</a> could take up to 60 days to become a reality and involve more than 1,000 US troops, <strong>the Pentagon</strong> said on Friday.</p>","elementId":"6cce6f87-13b9-4361-a1f7-59d1bbff4d02"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>Air force <strong>Maj Gen Patrick Ryder</strong>, the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, described the planning for the port system as still in its early stages, with deployment orders just starting to go out to those troops who will head to the Middle East.</p>","elementId":"e856e1a0-e595-46af-bbaa-0a0ca17bcf1d"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>It comes as Biden warned on Friday that it would be “tough” to secure a ceasefire between <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Israel</a> and <strong>Hamas</strong> by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. 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He promised “no US boots will be on the ground”, and said: “This temporary pier would enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza\">Gaza</a> every day.”</p></li>\n <li><p><strong>Sigrid Kaag, the UN senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, told reporters late on Thursday that air and sea deliveries cannot make up for a shortage of supply routes on land. </strong>Kaag said that while airdrops represented a “symbol of support for civilians in Gaza” and were “a testament to our shared humanity”, they were “a drop in the ocean”. “It’s far from enough,” she added.</p></li>\n <li><p><strong>The UK foreign secretary David Cameron said on Friday that the US-led plan to build a temporary harbour in Gaza to bring in aid would take time, reiterating his call for Israel to open the port of Ashdod in the meantime</strong>. He said it was “crucial” for the Israelis to “confirm that they’ll open the port”. Cameron also urged Israel to allow more aid trucks into Gaza.</p></li>\n <li><p><strong>Five people have been killed and 10 injured in <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza\">Gaza</a> when they were <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/08/gaza-aid-airdrop-kills-civilians-when-parachute-fails-to-open-witness-says\">hit by a pallet of aid parachuted into the territory as part of a humanitarian airdrop</a>.</strong> Witnesses said the accident happened on Friday morning near the coastal refugee camp known as al-Shati, one of the most devastated parts of Gaza, after a parachute attached to the pallet failed to deploy properly</p></li>\n <li><p><strong>The UN’s expert on torture said on Friday she was investigating allegations of torture and mistreatment of Palestinian detainees in Israel</strong>, and was in talks to visit the country. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the UN human rights council in Geneva, Dr Alice Jill Edwards said she had recently received allegations of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinians being detained in the Israeli-occupied West Bank or as a result of the conflict in Gaza.</p></li>\n</ul>","elementId":"8737a8f3-b405-40ce-bcb2-d19e31475854"}],"attributes":{"pinned":false,"keyEvent":true,"summary":false},"blockCreatedOn":1709972126000,"blockCreatedOnDisplay":"03.15 EST","blockLastUpdated":1709972118000,"blockLastUpdatedDisplay":"03.15 EST","blockFirstPublished":1709972126000,"blockFirstPublishedDisplay":"03.15 EST","blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone":"03.15","title":"Opening summary","contributors":[],"primaryDateLine":"Sat 9 Mar 2024 09.04 EST","secondaryDateLine":"First published on Sat 9 Mar 2024 03.15 EST"}],"filterKeyEvents":false,"id":"key-events-carousel-mobile"}" config="{"renderingTarget":"Web","darkModeAvailable":false}">

Key events

Patrick Wintour

Houthi forces in Yemen claim to have launched one of their largest attacks on US shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, saying they sent 37 drones to hit US navy war ships and a commercial ship.

The US Central Command said it had stopped the attack, which it attributed to Iranian-backed Houthi forces. The US spoke of only shooting down 15, not 37, drones.

The Houthis in a statement issued by the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the attack had been a success, but provided no evidence.

Among those repelling the Houthi attacks was a Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt, which shot down four Houthi drones in the Red Sea on Friday night.

The commander on the Iver Huitfeldt, Capt Sune Lund, said: “At a little after 4am local time we recognised a drone which was heading towards Iver Huitfeldt and the surrounding ships. After making sure it was an enemy, we engaged and defeated it. Over the next hour this happened three more times.”

Gaza ceasefire before Ramadan ‘looking tough’, says Biden – video

US president, Joe Biden, has dampened expectations of a ceasefire in Gaza before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to begin in the coming days.

Biden was visiting Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, on Friday when reporters asked him about developments in talks between Hamas and Israel, to which he responded: ‘It’s looking tough.’

Biden also expressed concern about the prospect of violence during Ramadan between Israeli authorities and Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, the location of the third holiest site in Islam, al-Aqsa mosque.