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SvennoJ on 10 July 2024
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US to resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel, US official says

The United States will resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel but will continue to hold back on supplying 2,000-pound bombs over concerns about their use in Gaza, a US official has said.

The move comes as US officials are engaging in another round of talks with other key mediators to try to end Israel’s assault in Gaza. Talks are set to begin in Qatar after discussions in Egypt.

 

Shujayea ‘a ghost town’ after Israeli forces withdraw from area, Civil Defence spokesperson says

Mahmoud Bassal, a Civil Defence spokesperson, says “massive” destruction to infrastructure and residential buildings has been left behind in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood after Israeli forces withdrew from the area.

Bassal described the area as “a ghost town that is no longer fit for living”. He said teams found “many martyrs” who could have been saved had medics been allowed to enter the area when it was under severe bombardment.

"This reality is repeated in every incursion, where Israeli forces enter areas inside the Gaza Strip, and then many end up losing their lives” due to the teams’ inability to reach them, he said.

More than 30 killed in Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, Civil Defence spokesperson says

According to Mahmoud Bassal, Israeli forces are now in the Tal al-Hawa area of Gaza City. More than 30 people have been killed so far, he said, adding that teams were shot at by Israeli soldiers when they attempted to reach them.

“We’ve received dozens of calls from residents there, saying the bodies of martyrs are filling the streets,” Bassal said. Many of those who sustained wounds remain trapped inside their homes and are unable to leave, he said.

Bassal called on international organisations and rights groups to “act” immediately in order to enable medical teams and service providers to reach targeted areas and save Palestinian lives.

Fourteen-year-old shot by Israeli forces ‘lying on the ground bleeding for 15 to 20 minutes’: Rights group

We reported that Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in Deir Abu Mishal village yesterday.

Ghassan Zahran was shot and killed in the Palestinian village located west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP).

The group said that Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked Palestinian residents who tried to reach Ghassan while he bled out. “A group of Israeli settlers gathered after Israeli soldiers shot Ghassan and began throwing stones at Palestinian village residents attempting to reach him. Israeli forces opened fire on the Palestinian residents to prevent them from reaching the child, who remained lying on the ground bleeding for 15 to 20 minutes,” DCIP said.

Israeli forces and settlers have killed 56 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank in 2024, including two United States citizens, according to documentation collected by DCIP.

“Unlawful killings of Palestinian children have become the norm as Israeli forces become increasingly empowered to use intentional lethal force in situations that are not justified. In short, these are war crimes with no consequence,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP.