Main events on July 7th
- The Israeli military killed more than 60 Palestinians and wounded dozens of others in strikes across the Gaza Strip, including in an attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp.
- Talks are ongoing in Qatar between Israel and Hamas to reach a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza as more aid seekers are shot dead and hospitals run out of fuel.
- The Houthis in Yemen damaged a second ship in as many days in the Red Sea targeting a vessel with rocket-propelled grenades as two crew of the ship are missing.
- Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the government wants to create a “humanitarian city” on top of the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza to concentrate starving Palestinians.
- At least one person was killed after the Israeli military targeted a vehicle travelling in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district. Another was killed on a motorcycle in the same district.
- Israeli forces launched raids across the occupied West Bank and announced seizure of 74 hectares (183 acres) of land northeast of Ramallah as settlers again attacked Palestinians.
UN expert says global economy must ‘follow some rules’ over Israel
Francesca Albanese – the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories – has defended her report on the “economy of genocide” and has urged people to boycott companies involved in human rights abuses by Israel.
Albanese has accused 48 firms of profiting financially from Israel’s war on Gaza and occupation of the West Bank by supplying military equipment or purchasing Israeli government bonds.
“I first want to say this report is not a threat to the global economy. I’m not advocating for the end of the market. I’m just saying the market has to follow some rules,” she told Al Jazeera.
“And when state conduct turns into killing, slaughtering, maiming and starving adults and children alike – including babies – then we have crossed that red line.”
More than 57,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the war, now in its 22nd month, began. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced multiple times, cities and towns have been razed, hospitals and schools targeted, and 85 percent of the besieged and bombarded enclave is now under Israeli military control, according to the UN.
‘Gaza is dying’: UNRWA chief appeals for immediate ceasefire
Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as momentum gathers around another potential truce.
Lazzarini pointed out that more than 17,000 children, 1,500 healthcare workers, 600 starving Palestinians looking for aid – and a record-breaking 320 UNRWA staff – have been killed by Israel since the start of the war.
