July 1, 2025
16 minutes ago
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that eight people were killed near aid distribution sites in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday, the latest in a series of daily deadly attacks on those seeking food since the specially created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) took over food distribution on 27 May.
One person was killed and 50 wounded when tanks and drones opened fire as crowds were waiting to collect aid near the Wadi Gaza Bridge in the centre of the Gaza Strip, Bassal said.
The civil defence said another six people were killed nearby while trying to reach the same aid centre.
Asked for comment, the Israeli military told AFP its forces "fired warning shots to distance suspects who approached the troops", adding it was not aware of any injuries but would review the incident.
At least one more person was killed near another aid centre in Rafah, the civil defence said.
Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties in accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by rescuers.
A group of 169 aid organisations called on Monday for an end to Gaza's "deadly" new US-and Israeli-backed aid distribution scheme, which they said forced starving civilians to "trek for hours through dangerous terrain and active conflict zones, only to face a violent, chaotic race" for food.
They urged a return to the UN-led aid mechanism that existed before Israel imposed a full blockade on humanitarian assistance entering Gaza on 2 March.
Israeli soldiers and army officials told Haaretz newspaper that they had targeted Palestinian civilians who had come seeking aid from GHF.
Israel intensifies its military campaign ahead of Netanyahu's meeting with Trump
26 minutes ago
Israel's military said on Tuesday that it had expanded its operations in Gaza days ahead of a planned trip to Washington by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 7 July, AFP reported.
The intensified operations came after days of mounting calls for a ceasefire, and a month after Hamas submitted a ceasefire deal to Israel. Al Jazeera reported on Monday. Hamas had not heard anything back from Israel or the US on their proposed deal during this time.
In response to reports of deadly strikes in the north and south of the territory, the Israeli army told AFP it was "operating to dismantle Hamas military capabilities".
Separately, it said on Tuesday morning that in recent days it had "expanded its operations to additional areas within the Gaza Strip, eliminating dozens of terrorists, and dismantling hundreds of terror infrastructure sites both above and below ground".
Raafat Halles, 39, from the Shujaiya district of Gaza City, said "air strikes and shelling have intensified over the past week"and tanks have been advancing.
"I believe that every time negotiations or a potential ceasefire are mentioned, the army escalates crimes and massacres on the ground," he said. "I don't know why."
Amer Daloul, a 44-year-old resident of Gaza City, also reported fiercer fighting between Israeli forces and fighters in recent days, telling AFP that he and his family were forced to flee the tent they were living in at dawn on Tuesday "due to heavy and random gunfire and shelling".
In the southern city of Rafah, resident Mohammed Abdel Aal, 41, said "tanks are present" in most parts of town.
Two Palestinians, including a child, killed in West Bank by Israeli soldiers: Report
39 minutes ago
Israeli soldiers killed two people in the West Bank on Tuesday, one of them a 15-year-old boy, AFP reported, citing the Palestinian health ministry.
"At dawn today, Tuesday, 15-year-old Amjad Nassar Abu Awad was killed by Israeli soldiers in the city of Ramallah," the ministry said in a statement.
The Israeli military told AFP that during an overnight operation in the area, "several terrorists hurled rocks towards [Israeli] soldiers", prompting them to fire "warning shots".
"The incident is under review," it added.
Around 20 people, most of them young boys, gathered at a Ramallah hospital to mourn Abu Awad, an AFP journalist reported.
The boys, who were in tears, touched Abu Awad's face in the hospital morgue.
The ministry also said 24-year-old Samer Bassam Zagharneh was killed by Israeli soldiers near the town of Dhahiriya, in the suburbs of Hebron, at dawn on Tuesday.
The army told AFP that soldiers operating in the area overnight saw a man attempting to cross the frontier between Israel and the West Bank "in the area of al-Ramadin".
"The soldiers opened fire according to standard operating procedures, and a hit was identified", the army said.
Two Palestinian teenagers, aged 13 and 15, were killed last week in the West Bank towns of Al-Yamoun and Kafr Malik, respectively.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and violence towards Palestinians has soared since October 2023. Since then, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 947 Palestinians.
Over the same period, at least 35 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations, according to Israeli figures.
Gaza’s largest hospital forced to end dialysis services amid fuel crisis
1 hour ago
At least 350 kidney failure patients in Gaza face imminent death as the Strip’s largest medical complex announces a halt to dialysis sessions due to fuel shortages.
On Tuesday morning, the head of al-Shifa Complex in Gaza City announced that the dialysis ward would completely shut down by noon, as fuel needed to operate the generators had run out.
“This is happening for the first time since the beginning of the war on Gaza,” Dr Muhammad Abu Hassira, a specialist in internal medicine and nephrology at al-Shifa Medical Complex, told Middle East Eye.
“During the worst periods of the war, the dialysis unit was forced to suspend operations multiple times for several days due to Israeli raids on the hospital. Today, the hospital is still partially functioning, but we simply cannot run the dialysis machines because there is no fuel.”
Dr Abu Hassira confirmed that the dialysis ward had completely shut down earlier in the day, with the small amount of remaining fuel running a single generator reserved exclusively for the intensive care unit.
Francesca Albanese: Tech firms profiting from Israeli 'economy of genocide'
2 hours ago
A UN expert has called on corporations to cut ties with Israel and for executives to be held accountable for enabling and profiting from crimes including illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide in the occupied Palestinian territories.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's call for action comes in a scathing new report in which she names over 60 companies, including major technology firms like Google, Amazon and Microsoft, alleging their involvement in what she calls "the transformation of Israel's economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".
"By shedding light on the political economy of an occupation turned genocidal, the report reveals how the forever-occupation has become the ideal testing ground for arms manufacturers and Big Tech . . . while investors and private and public institutions profit freely," Albanese writes in the report.
"Too many influential corporate entities remain inextricably financially bound to Israel’s apartheid and militarism."
The detailed, 24-page report, which is set to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, identifies dozens of corporate actors, including those involved in the arms, technology, construction and energy sectors, which it says are complicit.
Israeli army detains Palestinian family members after settlers attack village
2 hours ago
The Israeli army on Monday detained several members of the same Palestinian family in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank, after they attempted to remove a group of settlers encroaching on their land.
Armed Israeli settlers brought their livestock to graze on land in Khirbet al-Markaz, a village in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, prompting clashes with the Palestinian landowners.
The settlers opened fire, causing no injuries, before the Israeli army intervened to protect the settlers.
The Palestinians, all members of the Makhamreh family, remained in detention on Tuesday.
Osama Makhamreh told Middle East Eye that armed Israeli settlers had raided Khirbet al-Markaz, a village in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, bringing livestock to graze among olive trees - a pastoral settler policy increasingly used to seize Palestinian land.
In response, local residents headed to the area in an attempt to drive the settlers away, only to find them armed. The settlers opened fire, though no injuries were reported.
The Palestinian babies stricken by meningitis in Gaza
2 hours ago
After suffering with diarrhoea for five days, Awnee al-Jorani, a baby born in Gaza in the midst of Israel's war on the besieged Palestinian enclave, was taken to Nasser Medical Complex in the southern city of Khan Younis.
The baby's grandmother told Middle East Eye he had a number of other symptoms, including a high fever and constant crying. He was refusing to drink anything.
After being admitted to the hospital, al-Jorani was diagnosed with meningitis. The baby's worried grandmother said his mother was not able to breastfeed him because of the lack of available nutrition in Gaza and the stress brought on by Israeli bombardment.
“As you can see, the kid is tired, weak and his condition is poor," the grandmother said. "He just wails all night and during the day he’s just staring out into nothingness, he’s just frail.”
Growing numbers of children in Gaza are contracting meningitis, with the disease spreading across the Strip and dozens admitted to Nasser Hospital.
Iran embassy in Berlin rejects accusations of alleged planned attack on Jewish institutions
2 hours ago
Iran's embassy in Berlin has rejected accusations of "an alleged planned attack on Jewish institutions" in the German capital.
Earlier, German prosecutors said a Danish national had been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran with the aim of collecting information on Jewish sites and individuals in Berlin.
"These unfounded and dangerous accusations appear to be part of a deliberate campaign to divert public attention," the Iranian embassy said in a statement.
Death toll in Gaza rises to 56,647
3 hours ago
The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israeli forces since October 2023 has risen to 56,647, the Palestinian health ministry has announced. At least 134,105 have been wounded during that time.
Over the past 24 hours, Israeli forces killed 112 Palestinians in the enclave, and wounded 463 more.
Since Israel unilaterally ended the ceasefire in March, its forces have killed 6,315 in Gaza and wounded a further 22,064.
Trump says he will discuss Gaza and Iran during Netanyahu visit
3 hours ago
President Donald Trump has told reporters that he will discuss the situations in Gaza and Iran when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next week.
"We hope [a ceasefire] is going to happen and we're looking for it to happen sometime next week," he said on Tuesday. "We want to get our hostages back."
Over 130 NGOs call for end to 'deadly' US-Israeli aid distribution scheme
3 hours ago
More than 130 NGOs have called for immediate action to end the “deadly” US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid scheme, and revert back to United Nations-led aid coordination mechanisms.
The GHF began operating in late May, following a three-month total blockade on the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces. Since then, more than 500 Palestinians have been killed and around 4,000 wounded by Israeli troops while attempting to access food and aid supplies.
“Today, Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to feed their families,” the NGOs said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
The signatories include Oxfam, Save the Children, Amnesty, Doctors Without Borders and Action Aid.
Previously, during the two-month ceasefire between mid-January and mid-March, 400 aid distribution points were in operation in the enclave. That has now been replaced by four militarised distribution sites, forcing over two million people into crowded zones where they face Israeli gunfire.
UN names 60+ firms tied to Israeli genocide in Gaza
4 hours ago
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, released the report late Monday, describing Israel’s war as a “genocidal campaign” that profits major corporations.
"“While life in Gaza is being obliterated and the West Bank is under escalating assault, this report shows why Israel's genocide continues: because it is lucrative for many,” Albanese wrote in her 27-page report.
The investigation draws on more than 200 submissions from states, rights groups, academics, and private firms.
Allegations from the report:
4 hours ago
At least 51 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday, as Israeli forces intensified attacks throughout the enclave, hospital sources have confirmed.
Among those killed were 16 people shot while waiting for humanitarian aid, according to medical officials.
'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Reserve your outrage for Israeli crimes in Gaza
4 hours ago
Punk bands have always been known for crossing the red lines of polite society, for shocking the mainstream. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be punks.
They are not there to give people a warm, fuzzy feeling about the world. For that, there is always James Blunt or Coldplay.
Punks are there to channel the anger and alienation that many feel against the hypocrisy and bigotry of society. And at Glastonbury, both Kneecap and Bob Vylan held a mirror up to the UK over its support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Cue hysteria and confected outrage.
Rapper Bobby Vylan’s chant on a sunny afternoon at the Glastonbury music festival began with the familiar “free, free Palestine”. The crowd chanted along with him, highlighting the widespread support for the Palestinian cause among festival-goers, and among wider British society.
He then said: “But have you heard this one?” As he launched into a chant of “death, death to the IDF”, referencing the Israeli army, the crowd roared the same line back in response.
Ten killed in Israeli airstrike on home in Khan Younis refugee camp
5 hours ago
At least ten Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli air strike targeted a residential home in the Khan Younis refugee camp, according to Nasser Medical Complex.
The strike hit the densely populated area in southern Gaza, where many families have taken shelter following repeated displacement.
Fuelling the ‘machinery of genocide’: Morocco’s backdoor support for Israel’s war on Gaza
5 hours ago
Passing by Morocco’s ports, it is impossible not to notice Maersk dominating the shipping containers. The heavy presence of the Danish company in the North African country’s harbours might not be overly intriguing, if the international logistics giant was not known for shipping military equipment to Israel amid its war on Gaza.
Morocco has become a crucial location on the arms route that facilitates shipments of military cargo to Israel, especially through Maersk. This includes components of F-35 jets, which have fuelled Israel’s attacks on Palestinians.
A recent report by Declassified UK and the Irish investigative news outlet The Ditch delved into Morocco’s role in transferring the components of F-35 fighter jets via Maersk.
The report specified a shipment in April, saying the jet equipment set sail from the port of Houston, in the United States. Two weeks later, the US-flagged Maersk Detroit arrived in Tangier, Morocco, where the cargo was transferred onto another container ship named Nexoe Maersk.
Gaza death toll hits 44 since dawn, with 16 killed by Israeli while seeking aid
6 hours ago
At least 44 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday, as Israeli forces continue their assaults, according to hospital officials speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Medical sources said 16 of those killed were civilians waiting for humanitarian aid when they came under fire.
Social media points fingers back at institutions punishing Bob Vylan for Glastonbury set
6 hours ago
As the British government and the BBC condemn Glastonbury Festival duo Bob Vylan for a controversial set on Saturday, many on social media this week are accusing the institutions of reacting more strongly to their performance than to Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
In a week already marked by controversy over Irish rap group Kneecap’s Glastonbury set - amid government accusations that the trio incited terrorism at a prior concert in the UK - backlash ensued after British grime-punk duo led a chant of "death, death to the IDF [Israeli Defence Forces]" to their audience of thousands, and to the additional millions who watched BBC's airing of the performance.
Bob Vylan - comprising vocalist and guitarist Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan - are known for fusing punk, grime and hip-hop with socially conscious themes. Their lyrics frequently address racism, mental health, and gentrification in Britain’s Black communities.
The band member that led the chant, Bobby Vylan (Pascal Robinson-Foster), also spoke of once working under a "fucking Zionist" and called out the UK and the US or "being complicit in war crimes and genocide happening ... to the Palestinian people".
Death toll climbs to 31 in Gaza, including 13 killed while seeking aid
7 hours ago
The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday has climbed to 31, medical sources have confirmed to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Among the dead are 13 people who were reportedly attempting to collect humanitarian aid when they were shot.
Hospitals continue to receive the wounded as Israeli attacks show no sign of easing. The rising number of casualties includes many civilians caught in or near aid distribution zones.
Over 130 Ngos demand Israel led, Gaza aid scheme shut as death toll passes 600
7 hours ago
More than 130 charities and aid organisations have called for the closure of the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), citing a soaring death toll among Palestinians seeking aid.
Since the GHF began operations in late May, following a three-month Israeli blockade, over 500 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while attempting to access food and supplies, according to the joint statement.
The signatories—including Oxfam, Save the Children, and Amnesty International—condemned what they described as “routine” shootings by Israeli forces and armed groups targeting desperate civilians.
“Today, Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to feed their families,” the statement said.
They added that children and their caregivers are among those killed, with minors injured in more than half of the documented attacks on aid distribution sites.
Human rights groups have also pointed to Israeli soldiers’ reported admissions of being instructed to shoot at aid seekers.
At least 24 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since dawn, including aid recipients
8 hours ago
Israeli army fire has killed at least 24 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday, hospital sources confirmed to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Among the dead are 11 people who had been waiting to receive humanitarian aid, highlighting the increasing dangers faced by civilians amid the ongoing conflict.
Medical facilities in Gaza continue to struggle under the weight of mounting casualties as Israeli forces carry out frequent strikes across the densely populated territory.
Eight killed in Israeli assault on southern Gaza, says hospital
8 hours ago
At least eight Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike targeting the southern part of the enclave since early Tuesday, according to medical officials.
Nasser Medical Complex confirmed the fatalities, noting that one of the victims was an aid worker.
Hundreds infected as meningitis spreads in collapsing Gaza health system
8 hours ago
Health officials in Gaza have reported hundreds of meningitis cases, raising alarm over the spread of disease as the territory’s medical system continues to buckle under relentless bombardment and siege.
The Ministry of Health said the outbreak reflects the severe deterioration of healthcare infrastructure, with overcrowded shelters, poor sanitation, and limited access to clean water fuelling infections.
Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges — the protective layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
According to the World Health Organization, it is typically triggered by viral, bacterial, or fungal infections, though other causes include cancer, chemical irritation, or brain haemorrhages.
Israeli strikes kill two in Gaza City’s Zeitoun area and Khan Younis
9 hours ago
At least two Palestinians were killed in separate Israeli attacks on Tuesday targeting different parts of the besieged enclave.
A source at the Baptist Hospital told Al Jazeera Arabic that one person died and several others were wounded following an Israeli strike on the Zeitoun neighbourhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Meanwhile, Nasser Hospital officials confirmed that another Palestinian was killed in a separate bombing that struck central Khan Yunis.
High Court rejects challenge to export of UK-made F-35 parts to Israel
9 hours ago
The High Court has rejected the challenge brought by rights groups which sought to halt the export of British-made F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel following a 20-month court battle.
In a 72-page ruling released on Monday, Lord Justice Males and Mrs Justice Steyn said that the case was narrowly focused on whether the court could rule that the UK "must withdraw from a specific multilateral defence collaboration" considered vital by ministers to the defence of the UK because some UK-made parts might be supplied to Israel and used in serious violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza.
"Under our constitution that acutely sensitive and political issue is a matter for the executive which is democratically accountable to Parliament and ultimately to the electorate, not for the courts," they found.
Middle East Eye understands that the groups who brought the case are discussing an appeal.
Seven killed as Israeli forces fire on Palestinians waiting for aid
10 hours ago
At least seven Palestinians were shot dead while waiting for aid along the Netzarim axis, a source at Al-Shifa Hospital confirmed on Tuesday to Al Jazeera Arabic. Several others were wounded in the incident.
Witnesses said Israeli forces opened fire on the crowd gathered for humanitarian relief, continuing a pattern seen in recent weeks.
Since 27 May, Israel and the United States have been carrying out an aid delivery plan that bypasses UN agencies and international organisations. The process has faced heavy criticism, as Israeli forces have repeatedly targeted Palestinians queuing for food and supplies.
Rights groups say the policy effectively leaves civilians with a deadly choice — risk being shot or face starvation.
Israeli strike kills one, wounds dozens as Palestinians wait for aid in Gaza
10 hours ago
A Palestinian man was killed and at least 44 others wounded after Israeli forces targeted a group of people waiting for humanitarian aid, according to medical officials speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat confirmed that the strike hit civilians gathered along Salah al-Din Street, just south of Wadi Gaza, in central Gaza.
The crowd had reportedly assembled in hopes of receiving food or supplies amid the worsening humanitarian crisis.
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian man near Hebron checkpoint
10 hours ago
Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man near the apartheid wall in the town of Adh Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, on Tuesday.
Local and security sources told Wafa that soldiers opened fire at the Dhahiriya (Meitar) crossing, striking Samer Bassam Al-Zagharneh, a resident of nearby Al-Ramadin.
He was critically wounded in the shooting and later died of his injuries.
Israeli authorities later handed over his body to Palestinian medics, who transported him to Dura Governmental Hospital.
Killings during Israeli military operations have become a near-daily occurrence across the occupied West Bank, as Israeli violence continues to escalate.
Israeli forces kill 16-year-old Palestinian boy in central Ramallah
11 hours ago
Israeli forces fatally shot a Palestinian teenager early Tuesday morning in central Ramallah, according to Palestinian officials.
The victim, identified as 16-year-old Amjad Nassar Awad Hawshiya, was hit by live fire at the Al-Manara roundabout. He later succumbed to his wounds.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli troops stormed several homes in the occupied West Bank city raiding properties and interrogated a number of young men on the spot.
Morning update
11 hours ago
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza and developments in the occupied West Bank:
17 hours ago
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said that they had received no response in the last four weeks about a ceasefire deal they had proposed to Israel, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
Hamdan said Hamas were determined "to seek a ceasefire that will save our people, and we are working with mediators to open the crossings."
They also said that the US "continues to send uncomfortable messages as an honest broker" and they had also not heard "a clear position from Washington condemning Netanyahu’s rejection of the ceasefire proposal" in the last four weeks.
Al Jazeera also reported that Hamas believed that the Palestinian people should have their right to a sovereign state honoured.
Netanyahu to meet with Trump on July 7
17 hours ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House for talks with President Donald Trump on July 7, AFP reported on Monday citing its sources as a US administration official.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier on Monday that Netanyahu had "expressed interest" in what would be his third meeting with Trump since the Republican returned to power in January, and that both sides were working on a date.
The visit comes as Washington presses for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The ICC issued arrest warrants last November for both Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
US considering approval of $510m worth of arms sale to Israel
17 hours ago
The US is considering a potential $510m arms sale to Israel, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on Monday.
It follows a request by Israel to buy 3,845 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kits for the BLU-109 bomb and 3,280 KMU-572 F/B JDAM guidance kits for the MK 82 bomb.
“The United States is committed to the security of Israel and it is vital to U.S. national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability,” the DSCA said in a statement.
“The proposed sale will enhance Israel’s capability to meet current and future threats by improving its ability to defend Israel’s borders, vital infrastructure, and population centres,” the statement went on to say.
The principal contractor will be Boeing, based in St Charles, Missouri.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis announces it has run out of burial space
18 hours ago
Morgue officials at Nasser Medical complex in Khan Yunis announced on Monday that they have run out of graves to bury people due to the large numbers of people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, Quds News Network reported on Monday.
Oxfam: UK government complicit in war crimes in Israel
18 hours ago
Oxfam’s UK chief executive, Dr Halima Begum, expressed disappointment at a British court ruling which refused to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, which it’s using in its war on Gaza, on Monday. Oxfam submitted evidence in the case.
“The judgment is surprising and deeply disappointing,” Begum said.
“The Court and the Government have both acknowledged that UK arms are at risk of being used in breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza yet prioritise the supply chains of fighter jets over the lives of Palestinians,” she added.
“It is unconscionable that the Government would continue to license the sale of components for F35 jets knowing that they are used to deliberately attack civilians in Gaza and destroy their means of survival, including vital water supplies.
“In the 10 months since the Government suspended some arms licences to Israel, over 15,000 people in Gaza have been killed, the majority of them women and children.
“There can be no excuse for the UK government’s continued complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity. The UK government should…immediately suspend all arms sales to Israel.”
The High Court dismissed an argument brought forward last month by a human rights group, al-Haq, which said the decision to allow the UK to send the parts to Israel was unlawful and violated the UK’s obligations under international law.
Britain supplies the components to an international defence programme that produces and maintains the F-35 fighter jets.
Israeli military officials admit to shooting at Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid
19 hours ago
Israeli military officials admitted they fired at Palestinian civilians lining up for aid in Gaza even though they posed no threat, according to a report by Haaretz newspaper on Monday.
The admission follows a report by the newspaper on Friday in which Israeli soldiers admitted they were directed to fire at starving civilians at the five distribution points in Gaza, where the US-Israel backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) has been delivering limited aid since 27 May. Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces seeking aid since then.
The officials in the Southern Command unit said they were “ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present” and said “that civilians had been killed due to ‘inaccurate and uncalculated’ artillery fire”, according to the report.
They said that in the most serious incident, between 30 and 40 people were targeted.
Israeli minister flies to Washington to talk about Gaza with Trump
20 hours ago
Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is flying to Washington, DC, on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump for talks on Gaza, Iran, and the expansion of the Abraham Accords this week, The Times of Israel reported.
Multiple news outlets reported that ending the war in Gaza will be on the agenda during meetings.
Trump told reporters on Friday that a Gaza ceasefire is "close".
Meanwhile,
UK to give Israel fighter jet parts as Palestinian schools hit overnight
Key Points
- Numbers of confirmed meningitis cases among children in Gaza has reached new record of 35
- Israel killed almost 600 Palestinians seeking food at aid centres
- June considered 'deadliest' month for Israel as twenty soldiers killed in Gaza
16 minutes ago
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that eight people were killed near aid distribution sites in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday, the latest in a series of daily deadly attacks on those seeking food since the specially created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) took over food distribution on 27 May.
One person was killed and 50 wounded when tanks and drones opened fire as crowds were waiting to collect aid near the Wadi Gaza Bridge in the centre of the Gaza Strip, Bassal said.
The civil defence said another six people were killed nearby while trying to reach the same aid centre.
Asked for comment, the Israeli military told AFP its forces "fired warning shots to distance suspects who approached the troops", adding it was not aware of any injuries but would review the incident.
At least one more person was killed near another aid centre in Rafah, the civil defence said.
Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties in accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by rescuers.
A group of 169 aid organisations called on Monday for an end to Gaza's "deadly" new US-and Israeli-backed aid distribution scheme, which they said forced starving civilians to "trek for hours through dangerous terrain and active conflict zones, only to face a violent, chaotic race" for food.
They urged a return to the UN-led aid mechanism that existed before Israel imposed a full blockade on humanitarian assistance entering Gaza on 2 March.
Israeli soldiers and army officials told Haaretz newspaper that they had targeted Palestinian civilians who had come seeking aid from GHF.
Israel intensifies its military campaign ahead of Netanyahu's meeting with Trump
26 minutes ago
Israel's military said on Tuesday that it had expanded its operations in Gaza days ahead of a planned trip to Washington by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 7 July, AFP reported.
The intensified operations came after days of mounting calls for a ceasefire, and a month after Hamas submitted a ceasefire deal to Israel. Al Jazeera reported on Monday. Hamas had not heard anything back from Israel or the US on their proposed deal during this time.
In response to reports of deadly strikes in the north and south of the territory, the Israeli army told AFP it was "operating to dismantle Hamas military capabilities".
Separately, it said on Tuesday morning that in recent days it had "expanded its operations to additional areas within the Gaza Strip, eliminating dozens of terrorists, and dismantling hundreds of terror infrastructure sites both above and below ground".
Raafat Halles, 39, from the Shujaiya district of Gaza City, said "air strikes and shelling have intensified over the past week"and tanks have been advancing.
"I believe that every time negotiations or a potential ceasefire are mentioned, the army escalates crimes and massacres on the ground," he said. "I don't know why."
Amer Daloul, a 44-year-old resident of Gaza City, also reported fiercer fighting between Israeli forces and fighters in recent days, telling AFP that he and his family were forced to flee the tent they were living in at dawn on Tuesday "due to heavy and random gunfire and shelling".
In the southern city of Rafah, resident Mohammed Abdel Aal, 41, said "tanks are present" in most parts of town.
Two Palestinians, including a child, killed in West Bank by Israeli soldiers: Report
39 minutes ago
Israeli soldiers killed two people in the West Bank on Tuesday, one of them a 15-year-old boy, AFP reported, citing the Palestinian health ministry.
"At dawn today, Tuesday, 15-year-old Amjad Nassar Abu Awad was killed by Israeli soldiers in the city of Ramallah," the ministry said in a statement.
The Israeli military told AFP that during an overnight operation in the area, "several terrorists hurled rocks towards [Israeli] soldiers", prompting them to fire "warning shots".
"The incident is under review," it added.
Around 20 people, most of them young boys, gathered at a Ramallah hospital to mourn Abu Awad, an AFP journalist reported.
The boys, who were in tears, touched Abu Awad's face in the hospital morgue.
The ministry also said 24-year-old Samer Bassam Zagharneh was killed by Israeli soldiers near the town of Dhahiriya, in the suburbs of Hebron, at dawn on Tuesday.
The army told AFP that soldiers operating in the area overnight saw a man attempting to cross the frontier between Israel and the West Bank "in the area of al-Ramadin".
"The soldiers opened fire according to standard operating procedures, and a hit was identified", the army said.
Two Palestinian teenagers, aged 13 and 15, were killed last week in the West Bank towns of Al-Yamoun and Kafr Malik, respectively.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and violence towards Palestinians has soared since October 2023. Since then, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 947 Palestinians.
Over the same period, at least 35 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations, according to Israeli figures.
Gaza’s largest hospital forced to end dialysis services amid fuel crisis
1 hour ago
At least 350 kidney failure patients in Gaza face imminent death as the Strip’s largest medical complex announces a halt to dialysis sessions due to fuel shortages.
On Tuesday morning, the head of al-Shifa Complex in Gaza City announced that the dialysis ward would completely shut down by noon, as fuel needed to operate the generators had run out.
“This is happening for the first time since the beginning of the war on Gaza,” Dr Muhammad Abu Hassira, a specialist in internal medicine and nephrology at al-Shifa Medical Complex, told Middle East Eye.
“During the worst periods of the war, the dialysis unit was forced to suspend operations multiple times for several days due to Israeli raids on the hospital. Today, the hospital is still partially functioning, but we simply cannot run the dialysis machines because there is no fuel.”
Dr Abu Hassira confirmed that the dialysis ward had completely shut down earlier in the day, with the small amount of remaining fuel running a single generator reserved exclusively for the intensive care unit.
Francesca Albanese: Tech firms profiting from Israeli 'economy of genocide'
2 hours ago
A UN expert has called on corporations to cut ties with Israel and for executives to be held accountable for enabling and profiting from crimes including illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide in the occupied Palestinian territories.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's call for action comes in a scathing new report in which she names over 60 companies, including major technology firms like Google, Amazon and Microsoft, alleging their involvement in what she calls "the transformation of Israel's economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".
"By shedding light on the political economy of an occupation turned genocidal, the report reveals how the forever-occupation has become the ideal testing ground for arms manufacturers and Big Tech . . . while investors and private and public institutions profit freely," Albanese writes in the report.
"Too many influential corporate entities remain inextricably financially bound to Israel’s apartheid and militarism."
The detailed, 24-page report, which is set to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, identifies dozens of corporate actors, including those involved in the arms, technology, construction and energy sectors, which it says are complicit.
Israeli army detains Palestinian family members after settlers attack village
2 hours ago
The Israeli army on Monday detained several members of the same Palestinian family in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank, after they attempted to remove a group of settlers encroaching on their land.
Armed Israeli settlers brought their livestock to graze on land in Khirbet al-Markaz, a village in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, prompting clashes with the Palestinian landowners.
The settlers opened fire, causing no injuries, before the Israeli army intervened to protect the settlers.
The Palestinians, all members of the Makhamreh family, remained in detention on Tuesday.
Osama Makhamreh told Middle East Eye that armed Israeli settlers had raided Khirbet al-Markaz, a village in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, bringing livestock to graze among olive trees - a pastoral settler policy increasingly used to seize Palestinian land.
In response, local residents headed to the area in an attempt to drive the settlers away, only to find them armed. The settlers opened fire, though no injuries were reported.
The Palestinian babies stricken by meningitis in Gaza
2 hours ago
After suffering with diarrhoea for five days, Awnee al-Jorani, a baby born in Gaza in the midst of Israel's war on the besieged Palestinian enclave, was taken to Nasser Medical Complex in the southern city of Khan Younis.
The baby's grandmother told Middle East Eye he had a number of other symptoms, including a high fever and constant crying. He was refusing to drink anything.
After being admitted to the hospital, al-Jorani was diagnosed with meningitis. The baby's worried grandmother said his mother was not able to breastfeed him because of the lack of available nutrition in Gaza and the stress brought on by Israeli bombardment.
“As you can see, the kid is tired, weak and his condition is poor," the grandmother said. "He just wails all night and during the day he’s just staring out into nothingness, he’s just frail.”
Growing numbers of children in Gaza are contracting meningitis, with the disease spreading across the Strip and dozens admitted to Nasser Hospital.
Iran embassy in Berlin rejects accusations of alleged planned attack on Jewish institutions
2 hours ago
Iran's embassy in Berlin has rejected accusations of "an alleged planned attack on Jewish institutions" in the German capital.
Earlier, German prosecutors said a Danish national had been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran with the aim of collecting information on Jewish sites and individuals in Berlin.
"These unfounded and dangerous accusations appear to be part of a deliberate campaign to divert public attention," the Iranian embassy said in a statement.
Death toll in Gaza rises to 56,647
3 hours ago
The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israeli forces since October 2023 has risen to 56,647, the Palestinian health ministry has announced. At least 134,105 have been wounded during that time.
Over the past 24 hours, Israeli forces killed 112 Palestinians in the enclave, and wounded 463 more.
Since Israel unilaterally ended the ceasefire in March, its forces have killed 6,315 in Gaza and wounded a further 22,064.
Trump says he will discuss Gaza and Iran during Netanyahu visit
3 hours ago
President Donald Trump has told reporters that he will discuss the situations in Gaza and Iran when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next week.
"We hope [a ceasefire] is going to happen and we're looking for it to happen sometime next week," he said on Tuesday. "We want to get our hostages back."
Over 130 NGOs call for end to 'deadly' US-Israeli aid distribution scheme
3 hours ago
More than 130 NGOs have called for immediate action to end the “deadly” US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid scheme, and revert back to United Nations-led aid coordination mechanisms.
The GHF began operating in late May, following a three-month total blockade on the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces. Since then, more than 500 Palestinians have been killed and around 4,000 wounded by Israeli troops while attempting to access food and aid supplies.
“Today, Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to feed their families,” the NGOs said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
The signatories include Oxfam, Save the Children, Amnesty, Doctors Without Borders and Action Aid.
Previously, during the two-month ceasefire between mid-January and mid-March, 400 aid distribution points were in operation in the enclave. That has now been replaced by four militarised distribution sites, forcing over two million people into crowded zones where they face Israeli gunfire.
UN names 60+ firms tied to Israeli genocide in Gaza
4 hours ago
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, released the report late Monday, describing Israel’s war as a “genocidal campaign” that profits major corporations.
"“While life in Gaza is being obliterated and the West Bank is under escalating assault, this report shows why Israel's genocide continues: because it is lucrative for many,” Albanese wrote in her 27-page report.
The investigation draws on more than 200 submissions from states, rights groups, academics, and private firms.
Allegations from the report:
- Over 60 companies from sectors including arms manufacturing, tech, and construction are named.
- Lockheed Martin and Leonardo are accused of supplying weapons used in Gaza bombings.
- Caterpillar and HD Hyundai allegedly provided machinery used in home demolitions and destruction in Palestinian areas.
- Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, and Palantir are described as “central” to Israeli surveillance and military tech operations.
- Palantir reportedly offers AI support to Israeli forces, though the report lacks detailed examples.
4 hours ago
At least 51 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday, as Israeli forces intensified attacks throughout the enclave, hospital sources have confirmed.
Among those killed were 16 people shot while waiting for humanitarian aid, according to medical officials.
'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Reserve your outrage for Israeli crimes in Gaza
4 hours ago
Punk bands have always been known for crossing the red lines of polite society, for shocking the mainstream. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be punks.
They are not there to give people a warm, fuzzy feeling about the world. For that, there is always James Blunt or Coldplay.
Punks are there to channel the anger and alienation that many feel against the hypocrisy and bigotry of society. And at Glastonbury, both Kneecap and Bob Vylan held a mirror up to the UK over its support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Cue hysteria and confected outrage.
Rapper Bobby Vylan’s chant on a sunny afternoon at the Glastonbury music festival began with the familiar “free, free Palestine”. The crowd chanted along with him, highlighting the widespread support for the Palestinian cause among festival-goers, and among wider British society.
He then said: “But have you heard this one?” As he launched into a chant of “death, death to the IDF”, referencing the Israeli army, the crowd roared the same line back in response.
Ten killed in Israeli airstrike on home in Khan Younis refugee camp
5 hours ago
At least ten Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli air strike targeted a residential home in the Khan Younis refugee camp, according to Nasser Medical Complex.
The strike hit the densely populated area in southern Gaza, where many families have taken shelter following repeated displacement.
Fuelling the ‘machinery of genocide’: Morocco’s backdoor support for Israel’s war on Gaza
5 hours ago
Passing by Morocco’s ports, it is impossible not to notice Maersk dominating the shipping containers. The heavy presence of the Danish company in the North African country’s harbours might not be overly intriguing, if the international logistics giant was not known for shipping military equipment to Israel amid its war on Gaza.
Morocco has become a crucial location on the arms route that facilitates shipments of military cargo to Israel, especially through Maersk. This includes components of F-35 jets, which have fuelled Israel’s attacks on Palestinians.
A recent report by Declassified UK and the Irish investigative news outlet The Ditch delved into Morocco’s role in transferring the components of F-35 fighter jets via Maersk.
The report specified a shipment in April, saying the jet equipment set sail from the port of Houston, in the United States. Two weeks later, the US-flagged Maersk Detroit arrived in Tangier, Morocco, where the cargo was transferred onto another container ship named Nexoe Maersk.
Gaza death toll hits 44 since dawn, with 16 killed by Israeli while seeking aid
6 hours ago
At least 44 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday, as Israeli forces continue their assaults, according to hospital officials speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Medical sources said 16 of those killed were civilians waiting for humanitarian aid when they came under fire.
Social media points fingers back at institutions punishing Bob Vylan for Glastonbury set
6 hours ago
As the British government and the BBC condemn Glastonbury Festival duo Bob Vylan for a controversial set on Saturday, many on social media this week are accusing the institutions of reacting more strongly to their performance than to Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
In a week already marked by controversy over Irish rap group Kneecap’s Glastonbury set - amid government accusations that the trio incited terrorism at a prior concert in the UK - backlash ensued after British grime-punk duo led a chant of "death, death to the IDF [Israeli Defence Forces]" to their audience of thousands, and to the additional millions who watched BBC's airing of the performance.
Bob Vylan - comprising vocalist and guitarist Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan - are known for fusing punk, grime and hip-hop with socially conscious themes. Their lyrics frequently address racism, mental health, and gentrification in Britain’s Black communities.
The band member that led the chant, Bobby Vylan (Pascal Robinson-Foster), also spoke of once working under a "fucking Zionist" and called out the UK and the US or "being complicit in war crimes and genocide happening ... to the Palestinian people".
Death toll climbs to 31 in Gaza, including 13 killed while seeking aid
7 hours ago
The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday has climbed to 31, medical sources have confirmed to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Among the dead are 13 people who were reportedly attempting to collect humanitarian aid when they were shot.
Hospitals continue to receive the wounded as Israeli attacks show no sign of easing. The rising number of casualties includes many civilians caught in or near aid distribution zones.
Over 130 Ngos demand Israel led, Gaza aid scheme shut as death toll passes 600
7 hours ago
More than 130 charities and aid organisations have called for the closure of the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), citing a soaring death toll among Palestinians seeking aid.
Since the GHF began operations in late May, following a three-month Israeli blockade, over 500 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while attempting to access food and supplies, according to the joint statement.
The signatories—including Oxfam, Save the Children, and Amnesty International—condemned what they described as “routine” shootings by Israeli forces and armed groups targeting desperate civilians.
“Today, Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to feed their families,” the statement said.
They added that children and their caregivers are among those killed, with minors injured in more than half of the documented attacks on aid distribution sites.
Human rights groups have also pointed to Israeli soldiers’ reported admissions of being instructed to shoot at aid seekers.
At least 24 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since dawn, including aid recipients
8 hours ago
Israeli army fire has killed at least 24 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday, hospital sources confirmed to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Among the dead are 11 people who had been waiting to receive humanitarian aid, highlighting the increasing dangers faced by civilians amid the ongoing conflict.
Medical facilities in Gaza continue to struggle under the weight of mounting casualties as Israeli forces carry out frequent strikes across the densely populated territory.
Eight killed in Israeli assault on southern Gaza, says hospital
8 hours ago
At least eight Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike targeting the southern part of the enclave since early Tuesday, according to medical officials.
Nasser Medical Complex confirmed the fatalities, noting that one of the victims was an aid worker.
Hundreds infected as meningitis spreads in collapsing Gaza health system
8 hours ago
Health officials in Gaza have reported hundreds of meningitis cases, raising alarm over the spread of disease as the territory’s medical system continues to buckle under relentless bombardment and siege.
The Ministry of Health said the outbreak reflects the severe deterioration of healthcare infrastructure, with overcrowded shelters, poor sanitation, and limited access to clean water fuelling infections.
Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges — the protective layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
According to the World Health Organization, it is typically triggered by viral, bacterial, or fungal infections, though other causes include cancer, chemical irritation, or brain haemorrhages.
Israeli strikes kill two in Gaza City’s Zeitoun area and Khan Younis
9 hours ago
At least two Palestinians were killed in separate Israeli attacks on Tuesday targeting different parts of the besieged enclave.
A source at the Baptist Hospital told Al Jazeera Arabic that one person died and several others were wounded following an Israeli strike on the Zeitoun neighbourhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Meanwhile, Nasser Hospital officials confirmed that another Palestinian was killed in a separate bombing that struck central Khan Yunis.
High Court rejects challenge to export of UK-made F-35 parts to Israel
9 hours ago
The High Court has rejected the challenge brought by rights groups which sought to halt the export of British-made F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel following a 20-month court battle.
In a 72-page ruling released on Monday, Lord Justice Males and Mrs Justice Steyn said that the case was narrowly focused on whether the court could rule that the UK "must withdraw from a specific multilateral defence collaboration" considered vital by ministers to the defence of the UK because some UK-made parts might be supplied to Israel and used in serious violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza.
"Under our constitution that acutely sensitive and political issue is a matter for the executive which is democratically accountable to Parliament and ultimately to the electorate, not for the courts," they found.
Middle East Eye understands that the groups who brought the case are discussing an appeal.
Seven killed as Israeli forces fire on Palestinians waiting for aid
10 hours ago
At least seven Palestinians were shot dead while waiting for aid along the Netzarim axis, a source at Al-Shifa Hospital confirmed on Tuesday to Al Jazeera Arabic. Several others were wounded in the incident.
Witnesses said Israeli forces opened fire on the crowd gathered for humanitarian relief, continuing a pattern seen in recent weeks.
Since 27 May, Israel and the United States have been carrying out an aid delivery plan that bypasses UN agencies and international organisations. The process has faced heavy criticism, as Israeli forces have repeatedly targeted Palestinians queuing for food and supplies.
Rights groups say the policy effectively leaves civilians with a deadly choice — risk being shot or face starvation.
Israeli strike kills one, wounds dozens as Palestinians wait for aid in Gaza
10 hours ago
A Palestinian man was killed and at least 44 others wounded after Israeli forces targeted a group of people waiting for humanitarian aid, according to medical officials speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat confirmed that the strike hit civilians gathered along Salah al-Din Street, just south of Wadi Gaza, in central Gaza.
The crowd had reportedly assembled in hopes of receiving food or supplies amid the worsening humanitarian crisis.
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian man near Hebron checkpoint
10 hours ago
Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man near the apartheid wall in the town of Adh Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, on Tuesday.
Local and security sources told Wafa that soldiers opened fire at the Dhahiriya (Meitar) crossing, striking Samer Bassam Al-Zagharneh, a resident of nearby Al-Ramadin.
He was critically wounded in the shooting and later died of his injuries.
Israeli authorities later handed over his body to Palestinian medics, who transported him to Dura Governmental Hospital.
Killings during Israeli military operations have become a near-daily occurrence across the occupied West Bank, as Israeli violence continues to escalate.
Israeli forces kill 16-year-old Palestinian boy in central Ramallah
11 hours ago
Israeli forces fatally shot a Palestinian teenager early Tuesday morning in central Ramallah, according to Palestinian officials.
The victim, identified as 16-year-old Amjad Nassar Awad Hawshiya, was hit by live fire at the Al-Manara roundabout. He later succumbed to his wounds.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli troops stormed several homes in the occupied West Bank city raiding properties and interrogated a number of young men on the spot.
Morning update
11 hours ago
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza and developments in the occupied West Bank:
- At least 67 Palestinians died in Gaza on Monday, according to witnesses and health officials. Israeli air strikes hit a seaside cafe, killing 30, while gunfire killed 22 others as crowds gathered for food aid.
- Israeli forces admitted firing on civilians waiting for aid, despite no apparent threat, Haaretz reported.
- Oxfam’s UK chief, Dr Halima Begum, criticised a British court ruling allowing F-35 jet parts exports to Israel, used in Gaza attacks. Oxfam had provided evidence in the case.
- Netanyahu to meet Trump – The Israeli prime minister will visit the White House on 7 July, an Israeli official confirmed.
- Iran downplays quick US talks – Foreign Minister Abbas
Araghchi told CBS News that negotiations would not resume swiftly after recent
US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
17 hours ago
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said that they had received no response in the last four weeks about a ceasefire deal they had proposed to Israel, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
Hamdan said Hamas were determined "to seek a ceasefire that will save our people, and we are working with mediators to open the crossings."
They also said that the US "continues to send uncomfortable messages as an honest broker" and they had also not heard "a clear position from Washington condemning Netanyahu’s rejection of the ceasefire proposal" in the last four weeks.
Al Jazeera also reported that Hamas believed that the Palestinian people should have their right to a sovereign state honoured.
Netanyahu to meet with Trump on July 7
17 hours ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House for talks with President Donald Trump on July 7, AFP reported on Monday citing its sources as a US administration official.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier on Monday that Netanyahu had "expressed interest" in what would be his third meeting with Trump since the Republican returned to power in January, and that both sides were working on a date.
The visit comes as Washington presses for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The ICC issued arrest warrants last November for both Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
US considering approval of $510m worth of arms sale to Israel
17 hours ago
The US is considering a potential $510m arms sale to Israel, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on Monday.
It follows a request by Israel to buy 3,845 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kits for the BLU-109 bomb and 3,280 KMU-572 F/B JDAM guidance kits for the MK 82 bomb.
“The United States is committed to the security of Israel and it is vital to U.S. national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability,” the DSCA said in a statement.
“The proposed sale will enhance Israel’s capability to meet current and future threats by improving its ability to defend Israel’s borders, vital infrastructure, and population centres,” the statement went on to say.
The principal contractor will be Boeing, based in St Charles, Missouri.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis announces it has run out of burial space
18 hours ago
Morgue officials at Nasser Medical complex in Khan Yunis announced on Monday that they have run out of graves to bury people due to the large numbers of people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, Quds News Network reported on Monday.
Oxfam: UK government complicit in war crimes in Israel
18 hours ago
Oxfam’s UK chief executive, Dr Halima Begum, expressed disappointment at a British court ruling which refused to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, which it’s using in its war on Gaza, on Monday. Oxfam submitted evidence in the case.
“The judgment is surprising and deeply disappointing,” Begum said.
“The Court and the Government have both acknowledged that UK arms are at risk of being used in breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza yet prioritise the supply chains of fighter jets over the lives of Palestinians,” she added.
“It is unconscionable that the Government would continue to license the sale of components for F35 jets knowing that they are used to deliberately attack civilians in Gaza and destroy their means of survival, including vital water supplies.
“In the 10 months since the Government suspended some arms licences to Israel, over 15,000 people in Gaza have been killed, the majority of them women and children.
“There can be no excuse for the UK government’s continued complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity. The UK government should…immediately suspend all arms sales to Israel.”
The High Court dismissed an argument brought forward last month by a human rights group, al-Haq, which said the decision to allow the UK to send the parts to Israel was unlawful and violated the UK’s obligations under international law.
Britain supplies the components to an international defence programme that produces and maintains the F-35 fighter jets.
Israeli military officials admit to shooting at Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid
19 hours ago
Israeli military officials admitted they fired at Palestinian civilians lining up for aid in Gaza even though they posed no threat, according to a report by Haaretz newspaper on Monday.
The admission follows a report by the newspaper on Friday in which Israeli soldiers admitted they were directed to fire at starving civilians at the five distribution points in Gaza, where the US-Israel backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) has been delivering limited aid since 27 May. Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces seeking aid since then.
The officials in the Southern Command unit said they were “ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present” and said “that civilians had been killed due to ‘inaccurate and uncalculated’ artillery fire”, according to the report.
They said that in the most serious incident, between 30 and 40 people were targeted.
Israeli minister flies to Washington to talk about Gaza with Trump
20 hours ago
Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is flying to Washington, DC, on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump for talks on Gaza, Iran, and the expansion of the Abraham Accords this week, The Times of Israel reported.
Multiple news outlets reported that ending the war in Gaza will be on the agenda during meetings.
Trump told reporters on Friday that a Gaza ceasefire is "close".
No comments:
Post a Comment