Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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Israeli military claims it hit 50 Gaza targets

The targets hit over the last 24 hours included fighters, military infrastructure and weapons depots, according to a military statement. In central Gaza, Israeli warplanes struck a “sniper post” and killed fighters there, according to the military, while ground troops killed a Hamas “rocket operative”.

Israel probes soldiers in death of dozens of Gaza Palestinians: Report

The Israeli army has launched a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of 48 Palestinians from Gaza, most of whom were in Israeli custody, according to the Haaretz newspaper.

The vast majority of the Palestinians died in or en route to Israeli detention centres, while seven died in Gaza, according to the Haaretz report. None of the Israeli soldiers implicated in the case has yet been arrested or indicted, military sources told Haaretz.

At the beginning of the Gaza war, Israeli forces had detained about 4,000 Palestinians from Gaza for questioning, according to official figures, almost half of whom are still being held under permanent detention orders, the daily reported.

3,500 children in Gaza at risk of starvation: Government Media Office

Gaza’s Government Media Office warns that more than 3,500 children under the age of five are at risk of dying due to shortages of food, nutritional supplements and vaccinations.

These children are experiencing severe malnutrition, harming their physical development and making them vulnerable to infectious diseases, said the media office in a statement.

“Their conditions are getting worse and more difficult as they are deprived of the vaccinations and medication doses allocated to them,” it said.

Since Israel took over the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on May 7, aid flow to Gaza has dropped by 67 percent, reported the UN last week, making already scarce supplies of food and medicine even harder to come by.

Egypt rejects Israeli presence at Rafah crossing

Egypt is clear on rejecting an Israeli presence at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry says.

“It is difficult for the Rafah crossing to continue operating without a Palestinian administration,” he said in a news conference with his Spanish counterpart in Madrid.