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Over 1,000 Israeli attacks on healthcare recorded in Gaza, West Bank

More than 1000 Israeli attacks have been recorded on health workers, patients, hospitals and other medical infrastructure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since early October 2023 a rights advocate group says.

Biden believes Netanyahu ‘lying’ about Gaza ceasefire deal: Report

A senior official with the Joe Biden administration told the Israeli daily Haaretz that the US president has realized that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was lying to him over a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

Anti-Netanyahu rallies erupt in Israel over delayed captive deal

Anti-government rallies erupted in several cities across the occupied territories, as tens of thousands of Israelis demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu find a path to an agreement with Hamas, to free more than 100 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 17 Palestinians

Israeli raids on Hamama School in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City on Saturday killed 17 Palestinians and injured at least 70 more.

Israeli attacks on Gaza killed 39,550 since start of war: Health Ministry

The Israeli army killed 31 more Palestinians in fresh attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall Palestinian death toll to 39,550 since last October, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave reported on Saturday.

Debris in Gaza amounts to 41.95 million metric tonnes: UN

The UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) has announced that the total debris in the Gaza Strip generated by the Israeli war amounts to approximately 41.95 million metric tonnes.

Biden warns Netanyahu against escalation of tensions in West Asia

US President Joe Biden has privately demanded in a "tough" call Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stop escalating tensions in the region and move immediately toward a Gaza ceasefire deal, two U.S. officials told Axios on Friday.

Sources say Turkey blocked NATO-Israel cooperation over Gaza war

Ankara has blocked cooperation between NATO and Israel since last October because of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, saying the alliance should not engage with Israel as a partner until there is an end to the conflict, sources familiar with the process have said.

Israel purchases $11bn worth of US weapons since onset of Gaza war: Report

Israel has purchased $11 billion worth of US arms and military equipment since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip last October, the Defense Ministry has announced.

Israel claims Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif killed in Gaza

Israel’s military has claimed it has intelligence confirming that Hamas commander Mohammed Deif was killed in a July 13 airstrike targeting him in the Gaza Strip.

Al Jazeera journalists reporting on Haniyeh’s assassination killed by Israel in Gaza

An Israeli airstrike near the house of Ismail Haniyeh in the besieged Gaza Strip has killed two journalists who were reporting on the Hamas leader's assassination in Iran.

UN says Israel used dogs, waterboarding on Palestinian detainees from Gaza

Thousands of Palestinians have been forcibly removed from the Gaza Strip, sometimes from bomb shelters, and dragged into detention in Israel where some have been tortured and at least 53 detainees have died, according to a United Nations human rights office report.

Survey: Majority in UK, Italy and Spain support ICC warrant against Israeli PM Netanyahu amid Gaza war

A majority of respondents in the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain back the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant application against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alongside a plurality  in several other European countries and the US, according to a new poll.

Iran’s president lauds Yemen military operation against Israel

Iranian new President Masoud Pezeshkian has hailed the anti-Israel military operations carried out by Yemen's Houthis in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Iran says supports any initiative to end Gaza war

Iran's Interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri has expressed Tehran’s strong support for any initiative aimed at stopping Israel's months-long war against the Gaza Strip which has so far claimed the lives of more than 39,000, mostly children and women.

Hamas says Israel stalling Gaza ceasefire agreement with new terms

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for preventing a truce in the Gaza Strip by adding new conditions and demands to a US truce proposal, following the latest round of negotiations in Rome conducted through mediators.

Pezeshkian reassures Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad of Iran’s support

Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian has reassured senior Palestinian resistance leaders of Tehran’s policy of providing the regional resistance axis with consistent support.

Polio epidemic declared in Gaza Strip amid war

Gaza’s Health Ministry has declared a polio epidemic across the Gaza Strip, blaming Israel’s devastating military onslaught against the besieged enclave for the spread of the deadly virus.

US congressional aides launch dissent channel to protest Israel’s war on Gaza

A group of congressional aides has created a public dissent channel where staffers can anonymously express their concerns about Israel’s war against the Gaza Strip.

Israel inks $220mn order for thousands of mortar shells as Gaza war continues

Tel Aviv has signed an order valued at over $220 million to acquire thousands of precision-guided mortar shells of the “Iron Sting” model from local defense company Elbit Systems amid the war in the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry.

About 10k students, 400 teachers killed in Gaza war: Ministry

The Palestinian Ministry of Education has announced that about 10,000 students and 400 teachers have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing Israeli military onslaught since October last year.

UN says only 14% of Gaza not under Israel’s evacuation orders

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has stated only 14 percent of areas in the besieged Gaza Strip are not currently under the Israeli “evacuation orders”.

Negotiators say Netanyahu softened position on Gaza for sake of ceasefire: Report

International negotiators insist that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has softened his position on resolving the conflict with Palestinian movement Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip, showing more flexibility in order to achieve a truce, the New York Times has reported, citing sources.

Turkey threatens to attack Israel in order to help Palestine

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Ankara might enter Israel as it did with Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh; in order to help the Palestinians.

Nearly 200 UNRWA workers killed in Gaza: Chief

The head of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has warned the death toll among the agency’s staff since the onset of the Gaza war amounts to the largest in the world body’s history.

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