US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says 8 aid workers killed in attack
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the United States and Israel-backed organisation established to supplant the aid work of the United Nations, has accused Hamas of killing eight staff and wounding multiple others in an attack on a bus en route to a food distribution centre.
A bus carrying more than two dozen Palestinians working with the organisation was “brutally attacked” while travelling to a distribution centre west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the foundation said in a statement on Wednesday night.
Initially, the organisation reported at least five people killed and “multiple injuries”, adding there were fears that some of its staff had been taken captive.
“We condemn this heinous and deliberate attack in the strongest possible terms. These were aid workers. Humanitarians, brothers, sons, and friends, who were risking their lives every day to help others,” the foundation said.
“Our hearts are broken and our thoughts and prayers are with every victim, every family, and every person still unaccounted for.”
Hamas, which governs Gaza, did not immediately comment on the specific claims. But in a separate statement, a unit of Hamas said it killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed armed group, after detaining them early on Thursday.
It was not immediately possible to independently verify the competing claims and the inconsistency in the number of fatalities.
Last week, the group responded to a GHF statement that claimed Hamas threats had prevented the organisation from distributing aid, saying that no such threats existed.
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says Hamas attack has killed multiple aid workers
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Members of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) direct displaced Palestinians at a distribution centre in central Gaza on June 8
Multiple aid workers were killed after a bus was attacked in Gaza on Wednesday night, according to a US-backed humanitarian aid organization which accused Hamas of carrying out the assault.
Hamas has yet to respond to the allegations.
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On Sunday, Hamas media said its forces have “full authority and mandate to strike decisively against any entity or individual collaborating with the enemy’s plans or with any rogue, criminal, or traitorous elements that violate the law and the traditions of our people.”
“All agents, thieves, and armed criminal gangs are considered legitimate targets for the resistance and its security apparatus,” the militant group said.
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CNN goes on to downplay fatalities around the GHF "Multiple Palestinians have been killed by gunfire near aid distribution sites since GHF began operations." It's well over 220 fatalities now and around a thousand injured, that's hundreds not multiple.
Telecoms blackout
A near-total communications blackout in parts of Gaza has now lasted over 24 hours, internet monitoring site Netblocks has said, warning the disruption would hamper search, rescue and aid efforts in the enclave that has been battered by Israeli military strikes.
The disruption in Gaza City and northern Gaza is the longest in recent months and continues to “severely limit visibility into events on the ground,” the site said in a post on Wednesday. The blackout affects both physical and wireless data connections, as well as mobile phone usage.
CNN’s team in Jerusalem has been unable to contact anyone in Gaza since Wednesday.
“The collapse of telecommunications services, internet connectivity and emergency communication systems is again a real threat,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Wednesday.
“This would cripple life-saving coordination and prevent affected communities from receiving critical information.”
Reports of disruptions in central and southern Gaza began to emerge Thursday.
“Metrics show further disruptions to internet connectivity across the Gaza Strip; the telecoms disruptions are likely to impact search, rescue and aid efforts,” Netblocks said in an update.
I would say that's the perfect time for baseless accusations. "Hamas has yet to respond" How can they...
At least 13 Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attack on aid seekers
The Israeli military has a short while ago once again opened fire on Palestinians waiting near a humanitarian aid distribution centre in the Netzarim junction area of central Gaza.
Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report, citing a medical source at al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, that Israeli forces have killed at least 13 people and wounded about 200 more in the attack.
It’s the latest in a string of deadly Israeli attacks on aid seekers in the Palestinian enclave over recent weeks, with Gaza’s Ministry of Health reporting that 57 people were killed attempting to access aid on Wednesday alone.
Gaza in desperate need of blood units: Ministry
The manager of the Health Ministry’s blood banks says that at least 7,000 units of blood are needed immediately, as Israeli attacks continue to wound hundreds of Palestinians daily.
“There are not enough volunteers to give blood because of poverty and starvation”, he said.
Israeli strikes kill at least 42 across Gaza as UN eyes ceasefire vote
Israeli attacks have killed at least 42 people across Gaza since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as the United Nations General Assembly prepares for a vote urging an unconditional ceasefire in the besieged enclave.
Sources told Al Jazeera that at least 26 of the people killed on Thursday died in Israeli drone attacks while waiting for food and basic supplies being distributed by the controversial United States and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
Gaza civil defence official Mohammed el-Mougher told AFP news agency that al-Awda Hospital received at least 10 bodies and about 200 others who were wounded “after Israeli drones dropped multiple bombs on gatherings of civilians near an aid distribution point around the Netzarim checkpoint in central Gaza”.
El-Mougher said that Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital also received six bodies after Israeli attacks on aid queues near Netzarim and in the as-Sudaniya area in northwestern Gaza.
Separately, a medical source at al-Shifa Hospital told Al Jazeera that two Palestinians were killed as a result of Israeli shelling targeting the Bir an-Naaja area west of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Meanwhile, Hamas condemned on Thursday the decision of Israel to cut off communication lines in Gaza, describing it as “a new aggressive step” in the country’s “war of extermination”.
“We call on the international community to assume its responsibility to stop the aggression and ensure the protection of civilians and humanitarian and civilian facilities.”
The disruption of communications has resulted in the UNRWA losing contact with its colleagues in the agency in Gaza, the UN’s main humanitarian provider in Gaza said.
The latest developments come as the UN General Assembly is set to vote on a draft resolution that demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the war in Gaza.
The 193-member General Assembly is likely to adopt the text with overwhelming support, diplomats say, despite Israel lobbying countries this week against taking part in what it called a “politically motivated, counterproductive charade”.
Last week, the United States vetoed a similar effort in the Security Council.
‘Terrorist’ killed by Israeli drone was special needs Palestinian: Report
The Israeli military launched a precise drone strike on a Palestinian man on May 30 in Khan Younis, claiming he was a fighter with Hamas.
But he was actually a Palestinian civilian called Mohammed al-Farra, who suffered from cerebral palsy due to a car accident he had in his childhood, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper has confirmed, after evaluating the location of the attack and speaking with his family.
The newspaper also reported that seven members of the al-Farra family have been killed since the start of the war.
A journalist with Israel’s Channel 12 published the drone video of the attack on the day it took place, garnering thousands of positive reactions from Israelis who “liked” the post on Telegram or responded with an Israeli flag.
In this screenshot taken from social media and originally published by Israel’s Channel 12, Mohammed al-Farra can be seen walking before being killed by an Israeli drone strike
Boy who lost nine siblings in Israeli attack arrives in Italy for treatment
An 11-year-old Palestinian boy who was severely wounded in an Israeli air strike which killed his father and his nine siblings has arrived in Italy for medical treatment.
Adam al-Najjar arrived with his mother at Milan’s Linate airport on Wednesday, where he was greeted by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who gave him a football. He was then transferred to the city’s Niguarda Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Adam is the only one of 10 children in his family to survive an Israeli strike on their home in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on May 23. His siblings ranged in age from seven months to 12 years old.
Adam’s father, doctor Hamdi al-Najjar, also died of his injuries in the days following the attack. His mother, paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, had been working at the time of the strike at Nasser Hospital, one of the few still operating in southern Gaza.
Adam sustained serious burns to his body in the strike, the AFP news agency reported. His mother, who travelled to Milan for her son’s treatment along with Adam’s aunt and cousins, said her son was stable but would be treated for injuries, including multiple fractures to his arm.
He “has a head wound that is healing but his left arm is bad, the bones are fractured and the nerves damaged,” the 36-year-old told Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
She said she focused on his recovery so as not to think of the horrors of the loss of her family. “I remember everything. Every detail, every minute, every scream,” she told the newspaper. “But when I remember, it’s too painful, so I try to keep my mind focused entirely on Adam.”
Uncle’s appeal for help
Adam’s medical evacuation followed an appeal by his uncle in the media, which led Tajani to announce that Italy was prepared to help.
Sixteen other Palestinian children, along with more than 50 family members, were also flown to Italy on Wednesday on military aircraft that set off from Israel’s Eilat airport, the Italian foreign ministry said, according to Reuters. The injured children will be treated in hospitals in cities including Rome, Florence and Bologna.
The Italian government has brought 150 injured Palestinians into the country for medical treatment to date, the foreign ministry said.
Italy has been a vocal supporter of Israel since it launched its assault on Gaza in October 2023, although in recent months, officials have criticised the severity of Israel’s response and expressed concern over the mounting death toll.
According to the United Nations’ child rights agency, UNICEF, more than 50,000 children have reportedly been killed or injured in the Israeli assault.
Israeli army claims unarmed brothers killed in Nablus were ‘terrorists’
The Israeli military says “two terrorists were eliminated and 10 wanted individuals were arrested” during its largest raid on Nablus in the occupied West Bank in two years, lasting 30 hours.
However, images and footage from the scene of the killing showed how Israeli soldiers attacked and shot down two unarmed brothers who approached to go to their house to move their family out and away from the Israeli raid.
In a statement, the Israeli army also said its soldiers searched more than 400 buildings, interrogated dozens of people in the field, and found makeshift weapons and equipment along with ammunition.
Nidal Umairah, who was killed moments after this photo was taken, raises his hands as Israeli soldiers aim their weapons during a raid in Nablus, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on June 10
Israeli military bulldozers enter Jenin camp to carry out demolitions
Bulldozers have been deployed to the Jenin refugee camp as the Israeli military pushes on with a large-scale demolition campaign in the area.
Footage published by the Palestinian Information Center showed bulldozers accompanied by Israeli military vehicles heading towards Jenin camp early on Thursday morning.
The Israeli military operation in the Jenin Governorate has now continued for 140 days.
During this time, it has resulted in the deaths of more than 40 Palestinians and injured dozens. The occupation forces have also displaced thousands of residents and completely demolished more than 600 homes in the Jenin area, a hotbed of Palestinian resistance.
On June 6, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced an “escalation plan” in the occupied West Bank should France and other European countries persist in pushing for recognition of a Palestinian state.
جيش الاحتلال يدفع بجرافات عسكرية جديدة إلى مخيم جنين تمهيدا لعمليات الهدم التي أعلن عنها مؤخرا بالمخيم. pic.twitter.com/FFxVEclVsS
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) June 12, 2025
Israel’s government risked collapsing overnight. What happened?
After lengthy negotiations, a dissolution motion pushed forward by opposition parties in Israel’s parliament failed to pass, in a vote that observers say posed one of the riskiest challenges to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule yet.
The subject was the mandatory conscription of ultra-Orthodox men – a thorny issue that has long been a source of tension within the government. Some members of the government want to enlist many ultra-Orthodox men of draft age into the army, a move that Netanyahu’s most conservative coalition partners strongly oppose.
Following the October 7 Hamas attack and the need for manpower, the decade-old policy allowing Haredi men to study religion and be exempted from compulsory military service was hurled back into the spotlight.
Opposition parties brought forward the bill, citing the ruling coalition’s internal discord over this matter.
Ultra-Orthodox parties, which are key for Netanyahu’s cabinet survival, had threatened to join the opposition to vote for the dissolution of the parliament. But, following hours of mediation, Netanyahu reached a compromise, and only 53 voted in favour of the bill against a majority of 61 who opposed it.
Israel makes arrests inside Syria on suspicion of ‘terrorism’
Israel’s Army Radio is reporting that Israeli soldiers with the Alexandroni Brigade have conducted an operation inside occupied Syrian territory.
Israeli forces on Wednesday night reportedly arrested several Syrian nationals “on suspicion of involvement in terrorism” in the village of Beit Jinn, 10km (6 miles) from the Israeli border.
Israeli army says it arrests Hamas members in Syria
The Israeli military says it has conducted a military operation in Syria’s Beit Jinn area overnight, arresting an unidentified number of Hamas fighters. “The terrorists were transferred to the territory of the country for further investigation by Unit 504,” the army said in a statement.
Israel deports six from Gaza aid boat Madleen, two more still in custody
Palestinian rights group Adalah has confirmed Israel’s deportation of six more activists detained on board the Madleen aid ship as they sought to draw international attention to Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza.
The rights group, which legally represented the 12 passengers who were seized by Israeli forces in the eastern Mediterranean earlier this week, said on Thursday that the six detainees – two French citizens, including Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan, and nationals of Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkiye – had departed Israel.
Another two French nationals remain in Israeli custody awaiting deportation on Friday, Adalah told the news agency AFP.
“While in custody, volunteers were subjected to mistreatment, punitive measures and aggressive treatment, and two volunteers were held for some period of time in solitary confinement,” said Adalah.
Hassan, a French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament, had previously been barred from entering Israel and the Palestinian territory, due to her support for boycotts of the country in light of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land.
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which had dismissed the aid boat as a “selfie yacht”, posted a photo of Hassan on what appeared to be an aeroplane, confirming the deportation of the six passengers.
Four of the ship’s passengers, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and Al Jazeera Mubasher reporter Omar Faiad, were deported on Tuesday.
‘We will not stop’
On Thursday, Hassan’s X account featured a post, calling on supporters to assemble in Place de la Republique in Paris, where protests calling for the release of the passengers still in Israeli detention and a lifting of the Gaza blockade had been held earlier in the week.
German citizen Yasemin Acar was also among Thursday’s deportees. A video circulating online showed her saying that she had arrived in Germany. “I just arrived in Germany. I am safe. But one thing is very clear: The siege of Gaza is still ongoing. The illegal blockade is still ongoing. People are still starving.”
“The only reason I did this, as a German citizen, is because my country, the very ground that I’m standing on, is not doing what they’re supposed to do. They’re sending more weapons … We need to stop this. We need to hold our politicians accountable for the genocide, for the starvation, for the killing of children, thousands of men and women. We will not stop.”
Israeli strikes kill at least 52 across Gaza as UN demands ceasefire
Israeli attacks have killed at least 52 people across Gaza since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution urging an unconditional ceasefire in the besieged enclave.
Sources told Al Jazeera that at least 26 of the people killed on Thursday died in Israeli drone attacks while waiting for food and basic supplies being distributed by the controversial United States and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
Gaza civil defence official Mohammed el-Mougher told AFP news agency that al-Awda Hospital received at least 10 bodies and about 200 others who were wounded “after Israeli drones dropped multiple bombs on gatherings of civilians near an aid distribution point around the Netzarim checkpoint in central Gaza”.
El-Mougher said that Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital also received six bodies after Israeli attacks on aid queues near Netzarim and in the as-Sudaniya area in northwestern Gaza.
Israel launches ‘major strike’ on Iran
We have heard several sounds of explosions here in the capital starting at about 3am (23:30 GMT, Wednesday) local time. Between six to nine explosions have been reported across the city. I have personally heard at least two of the explosions.
The explosions did not happen in just one certain place, but rather in different parts of the city. The state television IRIB has also confirmed the explosions and showed footage of the incidents.
Iran’s Press TV says residential buildings targeted
The official Iranian news outlet shares photos of what it said were residential buildings struck in the apparent Israeli attack. The pictures showed substantial damage to the buildings.
Israel bans gatherings, shuts schools and offices after reported strike on Iran
In a statement issued by an Israeli military spokesperson, a ban has been ordered “on educational activities, gatherings, and workplaces, with the exception of essential businesses” across the country starting at 0000 GMT (0300 local time).
The order comes after reports that Israel has struck targets in Iran.
The statement said that an “immediate change will take place” in the country’s defence policy. “As part of the changes, it was decided to move all regions of the country from a full activity level to a necessary activity level.”
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