Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire in northern Gaza

A source from the Gaza Emergency Services says an unspecified number of Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army fire in the Halawa area of Jabalia.

Earlier, five Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the Shujayea neighbourhood in Gaza City.

Gaza rescuers recover more than 250 bodies despite shortage of equipment

Gaza Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal has spoken to Al Jazeera about the ongoing work to recover bodies of Palestinians buried under the rubble.

Here are his translated comments:

Israeli soldiers opening fire in eastern Gaza

We understand that the Israeli military has said in a statement that its forces have opened fire on a number of Palestinians who had approached Israeli troops stationed along the redeployment line.

The incidents took place in Khan Younis and in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City.

Many Palestinians have used the pause in fighting to return to their homes to inspect the destruction. The scale of devastation across Gaza has left large, open areas visible to Israeli ground forces.

Gunfire can still be heard right now as Israeli troops often open fire at any movement near their positions, particularly in the eastern parts of the enclave.

UN special rapporteur condemns Israeli killings in Gaza

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has condemned Israel’s continued killing of Palestinians following the ceasefire agreement.

“Again: Ceasefire according to Israel = ‘you cease, I fire.’ Calling it ‘peace’ is both an insult and a distraction,” Albanese wrote on X, calling for “justice, sanctions, divestment, [and] boycott until occupation, apartheid and genocide are over and every crime is accounted for”.

Earlier, we reported that five Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City. In a statement, the Israeli army also confirmed killing people it claimed were approaching its soldiers in central Gaza.

Returning bodies of captives from Gaza may take time: Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it will take time to hand over the remains of captives killed in the war, calling it a “massive challenge” given the difficulties of finding bodies in Gaza’s rubble.

“That’s an even bigger challenge than having the people alive being released. That’s a massive challenge,” ICRC spokesperson Christian Cardon said, adding it could take days or weeks and there was a possibility they would never be found.

Israeli army identities two dead captives returned by Hamas

Bodies of two of the four captives returned by Hamas on Monday have been officially identified, the Israeli army says. In a statement, it named two of the victims as Guy Iluz, an Israeli national, and Bipin Joshi, an agriculture student from Nepal.

The names of the other two have not yet been released at the request of their families, the statement added.

Bodies of 45 Palestinian prisoners received from Israel: Red Cross

Medical sources tell Al Jazeera the Red Cross has received the bodies of 45 Palestinians from Israel.

The bodies are being examined for the cause of death.

Israeli drone strike reported in Khan Younis

Medical sources in southern Gaza have told Al Jazeera that an Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis has resulted in casualties.

Israeli forces shoot, arrest Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

The Wafa news agency is reporting that Israeli forces have opened fire during raids across the occupied West Bank overnight, wounding at least two people.

In the town of Anabta, in Tulkarem, a young man was shot in the hand by Israeli soldiers. Israeli forces arrested and assaulted a number of young men during the raid.

In the town of al-Issawiya, near occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces shot and injured a young man before arresting him.

Israeli forces also stormed the cities of Qalqilya and Tubas and the town of Tammun, where they raided several homes.

Israeli forces raid home of deported prisoner in West Bank

The Israeli military has carried out a series of overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, storming several neighbourhoods and villages in the cities of Ramallah, el-Bireh, and Hebron, according to Wafa.

Israeli troops raided the home of Issam al-Froukh – a freed Palestinian recently sent to Gaza – in the Ein Munjid neighbourhood of Ramallah, ransacking its contents.

At least seven homes were raided in the village of Deir Ibzi, west of Ramallah, where residents were subjected to field interrogations. Israeli forces entered the village of Ein Arik and the town of Nilin, also west of the city.

Israeli settlers also set fire to a vehicle in the town of Beitin, east of Ramallah, at dawn. Elsewhere in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces raided the towns of Idhna and al-Koum, west of Hebron, and turned two homes into military barracks.

Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces opened fire, wounding at least two people and arresting several others in Tulkarem and in al-Issawiya, near occupied East Jerusalem.

Trump’s Middle East peace efforts dismissed as ‘narrow’

Analysts have cast doubt on President Trump’s claims of ushering in a moment of peace for the Middle East.

“I doubt it very much,” Sultan Barakat, a professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, told Al Jazeera. “The focus has never really been on the grand peacemaking in the region, but on the ceasefire and the release of the captives.

“He would like everyone to be incredibly grateful that he stopped the killing, which should not have been happening in the first place.”

Moreover, Barakat pointed out that there was no prospect of a two-state solution coming to fruition any time soon.

“When he came into the region, he was talking about this grand plan … pivoted around an independent Palestinian state next door to Israel. Now, he seems to be limiting his expectations to the reconstruction of Gaza. That’s a much narrower agenda – and much less than what regional leaders had hoped for.”

Pakistan PM reaffirms support for Palestinian state

Pakistan’s PM Sharif has said the establishment of a “strong and viable Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders” remains the bedrock of Pakistan’s Middle East policy.

In a post on X, Sharif said Pakistan’s priority at the Gaza summit in Egypt yesterday was an “immediate cessation of the genocidal campaign imposed on Gaza”. His comments come after backlash over Sharif’s announcement once again that he intends to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Erdogan seeks backing for Gaza reconstruction

Turkiye’s President Erdogan said he will seek support from Gulf states, the US and European countries to help rebuild Gaza under the new agreement. Speaking to reporters on the flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, Erdogan said he believed financing for the reconstruction would be provided quickly.

He added that recent moves by Western countries to recognise a Palestinian state should be seen as building blocks towards a two-state solution.

Daunting and difficult task to get bodies out of Gaza

There are signs of relief among Israelis and Palestinians with this ceasefire deal.

On the Israeli front, they are happy to have the living captives out of Gaza and back home. And now comes the tricky part – transferring the remains of the captives who are deceased inside Gaza.

Family members say they want the remains of their loved ones, but there is nothing in the truce agreement that stipulates when they are to be handed over.

Officials speaking anonymously in Israeli media say Prime Minister Netanyahu knew for months that it was going to be a daunting and difficult task to get the bodies out of Gaza, and it could take more than just a few days.

But the general mood is quite elated in Israel now that this war on Gaza is over.

Challenge of getting aid to northern Gaza – there are no roads left

Aid trucks are trickling in but are only limited to the central and southern parts of the Strip. We’re not seeing much in the north. There is a key factor limiting the entry of aid trucks into Gaza City: the destroyed infrastructure.

There are no roads here. For us, driving around it is very hard. It takes a long time simply because there are no roads left. The Israeli military has destroyed every essential storage warehouse, so even if aid trucks get in, it will be extremely difficult to store it.

The eastern side of the Strip is controlled by the Israeli army. Soldiers have moved to a line demarcated by the ceasefire. People are staying away from that area because it’s very dangerous with quadcopters, tanks and armoured vehicles deployed.

Earlier, people who tried to go to their homes in the east of Gaza City and in southern Khan Younis were shot and killed by Israeli troops. At least nine Palestinians were killed despite the ceasefire.

French NGO urges Western hospitals to treat Gaza’s wounded

The head of Medecins du Monde, a French humanitarian organisation, has urged French and other Western hospitals to accept wounded Palestinians from Gaza for treatment, saying thousands will die within weeks without urgent medical evacuation.

Jean-Francois Corty told France Inter, the French public radio broadcaster, about 20,000 injured people need immediate care, but Gaza’s healthcare system has been completely destroyed.

One killed in Khan Younis drone strike

We reported earlier that Israel launched a drone attack on Gaza’s southern Khan Younis. Now, medical sources confirm the bombing killed at least one Palestinian.

It was the latest Israeli army attack on Tuesday, with at least nine Palestinians killed despite the US-brokered ceasefire.

Spain’s PM: No impunity for Israel despite Gaza ceasefire

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says the deal ending the fighting in Gaza should not mean Israel’s conduct in the war should be forgotten, saying “there cannot be impunity”.

Speaking to Cadena SER, Sanchez said, “There are open proceedings at the International Criminal Court. The main actors of the genocide will have to answer to justice.”

He added Madrid is open to participation in any peacekeeping force sent to Gaza and reconstruction efforts. Last month Spain announced sweeping measures against Israel including a total arms embargo.

‘Wide-ranging, long-running task’ to put Gaza back together

The situation in Gaza remains desperate because of the level of destruction inflicted by Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure including hospitals, drinking water facilities, and sewage systems.

“While we are attempting to get in as many items as we can, and other international organisations are also doing this, it is a response that will take weeks rather than days to respond to the widespread damage,” said Sarah Davies, a spokesperson from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

While the cessation of hostilities is welcome, Davies noted “this doesn’t mean things change overnight in Gaza”.

“This is going to take weeks, months, if not years to get back to the standard of functioning that it was prior to two years ago. It really is a wide-ranging and long-running task ahead of us,” she told Al Jazeera.

UK pledges support for Gaza with reconstruction, governance, security initiatives

The UK’s Prime Minister Starmer, after returning from Egypt, said the UK was prepared to support reconstruction efforts, describing the devastation as something that “defies description”.

Starmer also said the UK would help transitional governance arrangements in Gaza and would provide support for Gaza’s security, including ceasefire monitoring and leveraging its experience with disarmament for the “decommissioning of Hamas weapons”.

The UK has done enough to the Palestinians in the past, kindly fuck off. Starmer needs to stand trial for aiding and abetting genocide.


What Israel REALLY Doesn’t Want You To Know - Holocaust Survivor son EXPOSES All

"When marching for Peace and an end to the killing can be labelled “Hate Marches” by right wing media and politicians, calling for a free Palestine is a hate crime, terrorism is standing up for what’s right, the right with their knack for recategorisation have gotten so used to controlling the narrative that panic sets in when they see growing awareness and outrage on our streets, the police should be ashamed, they have become enforcers of a regime that is guilty, an accomplice, an enabler of genocide, it’s about as Dystopian as it gets."

Blair Running Gaza Is Like SERIAL KILLER Running Care Home

‘Palestine needs to be run by Palestinians’: UK

Asked whether former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair could lead a proposed “peace board” to oversee Gaza, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the war-ravaged territory should be “run by Palestinians”.

“Palestine needs to be run by Palestinians and Gaza needs to be run by Palestinians,” Cooper said in an interview with ITV.

President Trump nominated Blair to a proposed “Board of Peace” that would oversee a transitional technocratic government in Gaza as part of his peace plan. Trump later said he’s unsure whether Blair could take part, saying he wanted an “acceptable choice for everybody”.

Cooper was also asked whether she meant that Palestine should be immediately returned to Palestinian control.

“These are the details that are now going to need to be developed and worked through as part of the second phase of negotiations,” she said.

Israel refuses to specify when Rafah crossing will reopen despite ceasefire

Israeli officials say the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed, blocking the flow of desperately needed aid into the enclave, despite the ceasefire.

Israeli sources quoted by Reuters said the decision comes after Hamas failed to hand over the bodies of Israeli captives as part of the US-brokered ceasefire. They did not specify how long the closure would last.

Hamas has previously said recovering the bodies of some captives could take more time because not all sites where they were held are known and because of the vast Israeli destruction of the enclave.

The expectation among Palestinians was that the crossing would reopen on Wednesday because the ceasefire states aid should begin flowing into Gaza.

Earlier we reported UNRWA said humanitarian supplies are still being blocked from entering Gaza by Israel.

So fucking predictable, first day after the prisoner swap

Israel to half the number of aid trucks it agreed to allow into Gaza: Reports

Israel has notified the UN it will only allow 300 aid trucks to enter Gaza daily instead of the 600 stipulated by the ceasefire agreement, news reports say.

Word of the cut was transmitted to US officials and international aid groups.

Israel accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire agreement for failing to hand over the bodies of slain captives in Gaza. The transfer of the remains has been expected to take weeks because of the many challenges of locating and digging out the bodies amid the vast rubble.

The genocide and starvation continue.