Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as bombardment continues

Israeli strikes and bombardment have killed more than 60 Palestinians and wounded dozens more – most with critical injuries – in a series of attacks across the besieged enclave since dawn.

Citing medical sources, the Wafa news agency said hospitals are struggling to provide even basic care because of the severe shortage of medical supplies. The attacks mark one of the deadliest days in Gaza in recent weeks amid the deepening humanitarian catastrophe.

Here is a breakdown of attacks:

Israel on Gaza aid activist Thunberg: ‘Greta is here for Greta’

Israeli officials say the seized Madleen vessel carried what amounted to less than a truckload of aid.

“This wasn’t humanitarian aid. It’s Instagram activism,” government spokesperson David Mencer said. “Meanwhile, Israel has delivered over 1,200 truckloads in the last two weeks. So who’s really feeding Gaza and who’s really feeding their own ego? Greta was not bringing aid, she was bringing herself. And she’s not here for Gaza, let’s be blunt about it. She’s here for Greta.”

Israel sealed off Gaza from all aid in the early days of the war on Gaza in 2023, but later relented under US pressure. In early March, shortly before Israel broke a ceasefire with Hamas, the country again blocked all imports including water, food, fuel and medicine.

Only minimal aid has arrived in Gaza under an Israeli scheme that forced the United Nations and other humanitarian groups from the process. The UN says the current relief entering the besieged territory is a “drop in the ocean” as Palestinians face famine.

1,200 of their half filled trucks, 600 trucks in 2 weeks, avg 42 per day, out of the 500-600 needed daily. That while Netanyahu pays gangs to loot aid and shoot at aid seekers, 120+ killed so far and many more wounded. Nothing but a desperate propaganda war by Israel.

Trump mocks Greta Thunberg after Madleen seizure

US President Donald Trump has dismissed activist Greta Thunberg’s efforts to raise awareness of the disaster in Gaza. Thunberg was among the volunteers onboard the Madleen aid ship seized by Israeli forces.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said: “I think Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Greta Thunberg.”

He added: “She’s a young, angry person… I think she has to go to an anger management class.”

The comments come after Thunberg was seized by Israeli commandos onboard the UK-flagged civilian vessel attempting to deliver aid to Gaza’s starving population. The Trump administration, meanwhile, continues to arm Israel and has repeatedly used its veto to shield its ally from accountability at the UN Security Council.

More than 1,000 join Tunisian land convoy heading to Rafah

A Tunisian humanitarian convoy comprised of more than 1,000 participants is making its way towards the Egyptian border to try to deliver aid to besieged Palestinians in Gaza.

Organised by a coalition of civil society groups, unions and pro-Palestine activists, the convoy is carrying medical supplies, food and other essentials, aiming to push through the Rafah crossing, which has remained largely closed to international aid for months.

Convoy leaders say their goal is to challenge the ongoing Israeli blockade and draw attention to the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza, where tens of thousands are on the brink of starvation and the health system is collapsing.

The effort comes in the wake of Israel’s seizure of the Madleen aid vessel, which was intercepted by Israeli naval forces as it attempted to breach the blockade by sea.

Organisers have called on other Arab and international groups to join the effort and demand unhindered humanitarian access to Israel-besieged Gaza.

‘International piracy’: French officials call for release of Gaza activists

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has called on Israel to quickly free activists, including Greta Thunberg, after a naval operation that sparked angry protests in the country.

Macron “requested that the six French nationals be allowed to return to France as soon as possible”, his office said. Paris was “vigilant” and “stands by all its nationals when they are in danger”, he added.

The French government demanded Israel ensure the “protection” of all the activists in custody. Macron also called the humanitarian blockade of Gaza “a scandal” and a “disgrace”.

Rallies in Paris and at least five other cities were called by left-wing parties. Jean-Luc Melenchon, the head of the France Unbowed party, called the seizure of the Gaza-bound boat by the Israeli military “international piracy”.

Europeans demonstrate after Israel’s Gaza aid ship seizure

Tens of thousands of people in Europe staged rallies after Israel stopped the Gaza aid ship Madleen and detained 12 activists in international waters.

Angry demonstrations took place in the United Kingdom and France. In Switzerland, people blocked train stations in Geneva and Lausanne to protest Israel’s military assault on Gaza, media reports said.

Some 300 protesters carrying Palestinian flags occupied two tracks at Geneva’s main station for about an hour, leading to delays and cancellations. A similar protest was staged in nearby Lausanne, where police cleared the tracks.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said earlier that “all the passengers of the ‘selfie yacht’ are safe and unharmed”, and it expected the activists to return to their home countries.

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Israel ‘flouted its legal obligations’ towards Gaza civilians with ship seizure

Israeli naval forces, far from the country’s shores, intercepted and seized a Gaza-bound ship carrying international activists. The seizure sparked accusations that Israel’s actions are a breach of international law.

Robbie Sabel, an international law expert and former legal adviser to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, said states don’t have the right to seize ships in international waters, but there are exceptions including during armed conflict.

But Suhad Bishara – head of the legal department at Adalah, a legal rights group in Israel representing the activists – said Israel was not justified in acting against a ship in international waters that posed no military threat.

“In principle, Israel cannot extend an arm into international waters and carry out whatever action against a ship there,” she said.

Amnesty International’s Secretary-General Agnes Callamard agreed.

“By forcibly intercepting and blocking the Madleen, which was carrying humanitarian aid and a crew of solidarity activists, Israel has once again flouted its legal obligations towards civilians in the occupied Gaza Strip,” Callamard said in a statement.

Main events on June 9th

50 MPs back call for public inquiry into UK’s role in Gaza genocide

More than 50 members of the UK Parliament have now endorsed a call by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for an independent public inquiry into Britain’s role in Israel’s war on Gaza.

The Gaza (Independent Public Inquiry) Bill, presented to Parliament last week, passed its first reading.

It proposes a formal investigation into the UK government’s involvement in Israel’s military assault on Gaza since October 2023, including arms sales, intelligence sharing and the use of Royal Air Force bases in Cyprus for alleged spy flights over Gaza.

The second reading is scheduled for July 4, and has the backing of 45 MPs from Labour, Green, Liberal Democrats, SNP, Plaid Cymru, Alliance and the SDLP.

All seven Sinn Féin MPs also support the inquiry, bringing the number to at least 50, though their policy of abstentionism prevents them from formally signing parliamentary bills.

Madleen crew moved to Israel’s Ashkelon port, lawyer says

Suhad Bishara, the legal director at Adalah, a Palestinian-run legal centre in Israel representing the detained activists, says they have been moved to Israel’s Ashkelon Port.

“They have been handed by the Israeli Navy to the deportation authorities”, who intend “to deport them as soon as possible”, Bishara told Al Jazeera. “This is what we’ve been notified. This could happen tonight. This could happen tomorrow,” she added.

However, Bishara said that some of the activists may “not agree to fly without a legal consultation, because the assumption is that they will have to need to sign some documents”.

“In this case, they will be moved to a detention centre in Ramleh, awaiting a tribunal for immigration,” she said. “We urgently issued an additional letter demanding that they would allow the lawyers to see them immediately, wherever they are,” Bishara added.


Thousands protest in France, UK to ‘free the Madleen’


<sub>Thousands of people joined a demonstration in support of the Madleen’s efforts to end Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip, in Toulouse, southwestern France, on Monday


People also demonstrated outside the Foreign Office in central London to demand the UK government protect the crew of the UK-flagged ship</sub>

Madleen crew taken to detention facility at Israel’s main airport, lawyers say

Adalah, the legal centre representing those who were forcibly detained on the Madleen, says the ship’s crew are “currently being held in a detention facility at Ben Gurion International Airport”.

There, the 11 activists and one journalist “are expected to face hearings before their deportation to their home countries”, it said in a statement.

“After multiple requests to meet with the volunteers, Adalah’s legal team has arrived at the airport and is expected to meet with them shortly. Diplomatic representatives are also scheduled to meet with them,” it added.

Israeli forces destroying all homes in northern Gaza

On the ground, Israel is scaling up its offensive in northern Gaza, where we have gathered firsthand accounts confirming that it has been mobilising its ground forces and deploying drones and fighter jets to destroy all residential homes and buildings in border towns and villages, like Beit Lahiya, Jabalia and Beit Hanoon.

This is also the case in areas that are adjacent to Gaza City.

There, they are primarily concentrated on carrying out ground operations in the vicinity of the European Hospital.

All of this is taking place in the wake of the growing humanitarian crisis and the repeated attacks on aid seekers near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation-run aid distribution points in Rafah, which has been considered a grim milestone in this ongoing escalation that has stripped Gaza’s residents of all kinds of safety, shelter and humanitarian infrastructure.

Death toll from Israeli attacks on journalists in Gaza rises to 227

As we reported earlier, a journalist was killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza City that also killed three paramedics.

The Government Media Office in Gaza says the journalist’s name was Moamen Mohammed Abu Al-Auf. It said in a statement that Abu Al-Auf worked as a photojournalist with several media outlets.

His killing has taken the number of journalists killed since Israel launched its war on Gaza to 227, the statement added.

The office also “condemned in the strongest terms the systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation”.

US Muslim group condemns deadly attack on paramedics, journalist

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) says the attack that killed three paramedics and a journalist is a “new crime added” to Israel’s “record of horror”.

“While the cameras of two reporters were documenting the aftermath of an Israeli bombing and while the hands of three medics were reaching out to save the wounded, the occupation killed them all in another direct and deliberate attack on civilians,” CAIR said in a statement shared on X.

“Killing journalists is a crime. Killing paramedics is a crime.”

“These betrayals of every international and moral code happen on a daily basis in Gaza.”

“But the world is waking up,” the statement added.

“From college students peacefully protesting in America to the young activists on the Madleen, the rising generation overwhelmingly recognises the genocide in Gaza for what it is.”

A new crime added to the Israeli occupation's record of horror.

While the cameras of two reporters were documenting the aftermath of an Israeli bombing and while the hands of three medics were reaching out to save the wounded, the occupation killed them all in another direct and… pic.twitter.com/XwFV3fdlm5

— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) June 10, 2025

Qatar slams Israeli attempts to sow tension in its relations with US

Qatar’s International Media Office says Israeli media have been circulating “fabricated documents” once again, “in an attempt an attempt to sow tension and division” between it and the US.

The statement did not provide details on or specify the nature of the documents, but said the attempt comes at a “crucial stage in our efforts to mediate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas”.

The Times of Israel said on Sunday that the country’s Channel 12 broadcaster had reported on documents seized in Gaza, purporting to show Qatar’s “intensive collaboration” with Hamas “spanning a number of years, including attempts to thwart regional peace efforts by the US, marginalize Egyptian influence on Gaza, and bolster the roles of Turkey and Iran”.

The Qatari International Media Office called the release of the documents “a deliberate distraction, deployed by those who want to deflect attention from negative coverage of their own irresponsible actions in Gaza” even as a “breakthrough” in negotiations is “within reach”.

It also said that “similar methods” had been used to undermine people engaged in diplomatic efforts to end the war and “bring the hostages home including members of President Trump’s administration”.

Together with Egypt, Qatar and the US have been acting as mediators in the ceasefire negotiations over the Gaza conflict.

Trump reacts to Greta Thunberg’s kidnapping off Gaza aid ship, advises therapy

US President Donald Trump on Monday took a potshot at Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who was reportedly kidnapped by the IDF off the coast of Gaza on Sunday night when she tried to deliver aid materials to people of Gaza in a British ship, Madleen. She was being accompanied by a dozen other activists including a French Palestinian MP Rima Hassan. Trump said Greta needed anger management as he made light of her claim on kidnapping.

'I Am Disgusted by the Failure of the International System': UN Special Rapporteur

In this interview from Global News Today, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese discusses her renewed mandate and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which she describes as a genocide. She criticizes the international community’s inaction, defends her legal basis for the genocide claim, and responds to accusations against her. Albanese also reflects on the emotional toll of the role and the overwhelming support she receives from Palestinians and human rights advocates worldwide.


Recap of the whole Madleen debacle

Israel KIDNAPS Aid Ship With Greta Thunberg And Courageous Activists

Two killed, 92 wounded in latest Israeli attack on Gaza aid hub

Israeli forces have again opened fire at Palestinians seeking aid at a GHF site in central Gaza, killing at least two people and wounding 92, according to a medical source.

The latest attack comes hours after Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians gathered at the GHF site in southern Rafah.

From Gaza prisoner to ‘the Israeli agent’: how rise of Abu Shabab could ignite new phase of war

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/10/abu-shabab-the-israeli-agent-gaza-war

On 7 October 2023, Yasser abu Shabab was languishing in a Hamas-run jail in Gaza on charges of drug trafficking. With the outbreak of the conflict, the Palestinian from Rafah managed to leave prison, though the circumstances of his release remain unclear to this day.

For a while, Abu Shabab vanished from sight. That changed last week when Israeli defence officials acknowledged they had begun arming a clan that calls itself the Anti-Terror Service. It consists of about 100 armed men who operate in eastern Rafah under the command of Abu Shabab, whose nickname is “the Israeli agent” and who is described as a “traitor” on social media in the territory.

The officials said the Israel Defense Forces’ goal was “reducing Israeli military casualties” while systematically undermining Hamas. But critics have warned that the Israeli-backed criminal gang could push Gaza to the brink of civil war.

Abu Shabab, 32, has emerged as a powerful figure, exerting control over aid routes near the strategically vital Kerem Shalom crossing, while members of his group are accused of looting trucks carrying food, and of having ties to jihadist groups.

Last month Jonathan Whittall, the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in occupied Palestinian territories, said: “Theft of aid since the beginning of the war has been carried out by criminal gangs, under the watch of Israeli forces, and they were allowed to operate in proximity to the Kerem Shalom crossing point into Gaza.”

When contacted by the Guardian, Whittall said he was “referring to gangs such as Abu Shabab”.

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Several videos circulating on social media in Gaza from his Facebook profile, verified by the Guardian with his associates, show members of Abu Shabab’s group operating alongside Israeli soldiers in IDF-controlled areas in southern Gaza.

Asked if his group was acting in coordination with Israeli forces, Abu Shabab said: “We do not work directly with the Israeli army.”

The Times of Israel cited defence sources who said Israel had provided members of Abu Shabab’s faction with Kalashnikov assault rifles, including some weapons seized from Hamas.

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A diplomatic official told CNN that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the new US-backed organisation tasked by Israel with distributing supplies in the territory, had contact with Abu Shabab, “whether directly or indirectly”.

Asked if he had a collaboration with the GHF, which is distributing food at three sites in Rafah, Abu Shabab declined to comment.

Reached by the Guardian, a spokesperson for GHF said: “We provide our own security and do not have any local security. Our trucks have never been protected by Abu Shabab or anyone else.”

Without providing any evidence supporting his claims, Abu Shabab – whose responses appeared contradictory and were often undermined by his previous statements or by verifiable evidence – blamed Hamas for looting trucks carrying food into Gaza.

“We do not take anything from the aid trucks,” said Abu Shabab, who did not respond to calls or texts but corresponded through an email address provided to international news outlets and confirmed by his associates. “Aid is stolen in areas controlled by Hamas.”

However, in an interview in November 2024 with the New York Times, Abu Shabab admitted that his men had raided half a dozen aid trucks since the start of the war. “We are taking trucks so we can eat, not so we can sell,” he told the paper, saying he was feeding his family.

Since Abu Shabab’s name began appearing in the media, Hamas has publicly declared it is intent on killing him. Abu Shabab has reasons to loathe Hamas. The militant group killed his brother last year and has already tried to kill Abu Shabab at least twice.

"The war will not end as long as Hamas insists on its position,” Abu Shabab said.

On Wednesday the Israeli news channel i24 reported that Israeli soldiers clashed with Hamas members in order to protect Abu Shabab from being killed, which resulted in deaths on both sides.

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Abu Shabab’s links with Israeli forces were confirmed by his family, which issued a statement last week formally disowning him. “We will not accept Yasser’s return to the family. We have no objection to those around him liquidating him immediately,” they said.

The rise of Abu Shabab as the first openly acknowledged Palestinian collaborator with Israeli forces since the start of the Gaza war could, according to many analysts, ignite a dangerous new phase of the conflict.

In addition to clashes with Hamas, his clan may soon face violent confrontations with rival gangs and members of Gaza’s popular committees, Israeli media report.

They say it is the kind of environment where civil wars often take root – and where civilians, once again, are likely to bear the heaviest cost.

Just like Syria, Netanyahu wants to keep his neighbors in or on the brink of civil war.

Israeli forces fire tear gas in raid on Nablus

The Palestine Red Crescent Society says that 15 people suffered from suffocation after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters in the Old City of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.

The gas is a chemical irritant that can cause symptoms including respiratory distress and is used in Palestinian refugee camps at a rate that is likely higher than “anywhere else on the globe”, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

Israeli forces arrest Palestinians in West Bank raids

Israeli soldiers have arrested Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank as Israeli settlers attack a village in Qalqilya, Wafa reports.

Here’s what we know:

Israeli forces make arrest in occupied West Bank’s Hebron

A Palestinian man has been arrested during an Israeli raid in Hebron, according to the Wafa news agency.

Israeli soldiers have also carried out raids in Beitunia, the Jalazone refugee camp and Kobar in the Ramallah and el-Bireh district.

Palestinian man beaten after Israeli troops find Gaza photo on his phone

“It was a picture of children in Gaza.” This Palestinian man was beaten up by Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank for having a picture from Gaza on his phone.