Israel escalates attacks in wake of Hamas’s positive response to proposed ceasefire

It’s a very familiar pattern to see Israel intensify its bombardment in the days leading up to a potential ceasefire agreement, driving up the death toll before guns go silent.

The aftermath of these attacks has been devastating since dawn. 

• At least six people were killed and more than 10 injured in an Israeli shelling of displaced tents in the al-Mawasi area west of the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Nasser Medical Complex. Al-Mawasi was designated as a “humanitarian zone” by Israel.
• In Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, Israeli forces bombarded the al-Shafi School, killing at least five people and injuring others.
• Two people were killed after Israeli military jets targeted a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
• Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, also in central Gaza, says four people were killed after the Israeli army targeted an aid distribution point on Salah al-Din Street, south of Wadi Gaza.
• The Gaza civil defence says it rescued 11 injured individuals, including children, after an air strike targeted a house belonging to the al-Zinati family near the Gifted School in Sheikh Radwan, northwest Gaza City.

At least 35 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, the enclave’s hospital sources have told Al Jazeera. Among the dead were at least eight aid seekers, the sources added.


_{A Palestinian boy walks near an UNRWA school sheltering displaced people that was hit in an overnight Israeli strike, in Gaza City}


Gaza hospitals on the brink as fuel crisis deepens: Health Ministry

The Gaza Health Ministry has released a statement on the dire shortage of fuel in the besieged enclave.

Here is a summary of their translated comments:

_{Bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks are brought to Nasser Hospital}

Ten killed in attacks near Rafah, Gaza City

Medical sources at Nasser Hospital have told Al Jazeera that nine Palestinians, including three children, have been killed by Israeli forces near an aid centre north of Rafah.

A medical source at Ahli Hospital says one Palestinian was also killed and others injured in an Israeli attack on Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood.

Israeli strike kills Palestinian doctor, children in southern Gaza

Mousa Hamdan Khafaja, a consultant in the obstetrics and gynaecology department at Nasser Medical Complex, has been killed along with several members of his family, including his three children, in an Israeli air strike that targeted a tent for the displaced in the al-Mawasi area. Al-Mawasi was designated a “humanitarian zone” by Israel.

More than 1,580 health workers have been killed so far since October 7, 2023, in Gaza, according to the Government Media Office. They include 90 doctors and 132 nurses.

_{The bodies of Doctor Naji Hafaje and his three sons, who were killed in Israeli attacks in Khan Younis, are brought to Nasser Hospital}

Israel continues to deny entry of baby milk into Gaza

Marwan al-Hams, the director of field hospitals in Gaza, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the deteriorating healthcare situation in the besieged enclave.

Here are his translated comments:

Fuel must be allowed in to run lifesaving services: UNRWA

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in a post on X says that without vital shipments of fuel into Gaza, a complete shutdown of basic services will bring even more suffering, which it describes as “a collective punishment” on the Palestinians in the enclave.

Fuel is a lifeline in #Gaza - it runs hospital generators, ambulances, bakeries, and water pumps.

Without urgent shipments of fuel into Gaza, a complete shutdown of basic services with will bring even more suffering: a collective punishment.

Fuel must be allowed in at scale… pic.twitter.com/jcL8Zpogvm

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 5, 2025

Gaza’s remaining hospitals operating under unimaginable conditions. They are overwhelmed, under-resourced and understaffed as medical teams continue to work around the clock to provide medical services while suffering from acute malnutrition.

They are receiving casualties on an hourly basis and are reporting a severe shortage of medical supplies, including antibiotics and anaesthetics.

Two US aid workers injured in Gaza: GHF

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), tasked with distributing food and aid supplies in the Gaza Strip, says two American aid workers have been wounded in a “targeted attack”.

“Thank God the injuries are not life threatening,” it said in a statement, asking people to “please pray for the injured and their families,” spokesperson Reverend Johnnie Moore posted on X, adding that more information will be provided “as it becomes available”.

GHF has been a source of widespread criticism since its establishment in May. International aid groups and the United Nations have refused to work with the US and Israeli-backed body, saying it violates basic humanitarian principles by coordinating delivery with Israeli troops backed by privately hired and armed US security personnel.

More than 600 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for food aid distributed at GHF sites, the Gaza Health Ministry has said.

Gaza war’s total death toll rises

Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 70 dead bodies and 332 wounded people arrived at hospitals across Gaza over the past 24 hours.

Since Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas on March 18, at least 6,780 Palestinians have been killed and more than 23,916 wounded.

Since the start of the war on Gaza in October 2023, Israeli forces have killed at least 57,338 Palestinians and wounded 135,957, with thousands of additional victims buried under the rubble.

Number of Palestinians killed while trying to get food crosses 700

We spoke with witnesses who described people being shot and killed, left lying in the areas where aid was being distributed. No one dared to pick them up because they were afraid of being shot as well.

Only a few bodies have been recovered from these sites, transferred to hospitals, and registered by health facilities in the central and southern regions.

The number of Palestinians killed while trying to get food has now crossed 700. This is happening in a place where enforced dehydration and starvation is widespread. People are going hungry. They ration what little they have. Many families are not eating. Mothers are skipping meals to make sure their children have enough.

This also reveals another side of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Whatever they are doing is hardly relief. It’s largely performative – there is nothing genuinely humanitarian about it. They are crowding desperate people into dangerous conditions with zero safety and zero transparency.

_{Bodies of Palestinians, who lost their lives after the Israeli army opened fire on civilians waiting for aid in an area close to the aid distribution point, are brought to the morgue of Nasser Hospital in Gaza City}

#BREAKING: WFP delivers food inside Gaza amid restrictions and growing insecurity.

But it’s not enough. WFP urgently calls for:
⚠️ 100+ trucks/day
⚠️ Faster border access
⚠️ Protection from armed interference
⚠️Sustained ceasefire

Full update 🔗https://t.co/caFUbiL9v9#Gaza

— WFP Media (@WFP_Media) July 5, 2025

Gaza sky filled with Apache helicopters, quadcopters

Our colleague Maram Humaid, who is in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, says the Israeli military has escalated its attacks over the past 24 hours. Overnight, she said the sky was filled with Apache helicopters and quadcopters, which bombed the area three times.

She said that residents were left too afraid to turn on any light and have tried to limit their movements as much as possible, as the relentless air strikes targeting built-up areas have continued throughout the day.

This increase in Israeli attacks comes amid reports of talks for a potential 60-day ceasefire agreement.

Aid distribution may be a sticking point in ceasefire talks

For some Israeli ministers, the observations that Hamas submitted might be problematic. That’s what we’re seeing in Israeli reporting as well.

Namely, that Hamas wants to ensure that aid is allowed in through international organisations and the Palestinian Red Crescent, and that aid distribution would resume in the hundreds of distribution points, rather than in the death traps of four distribution centres for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

This is problematic for the Israeli cabinet, which views controlling the aid as central to its agenda in Gaza.

Another issue – even if the prediction is that this would be overcome – is how a redeployment would happen and how many Palestinians would be released in exchange for those Israeli captives.

However, the sticking point right now, at least at this stage, is the humanitarian aid situation and who will control it.

Israel views GHF as an opportunity for intelligence gathering

There are several reasons why Israel wanted to establish the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Muhanad Seloom, assistant professor at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, has told Al Jazeera.

A primary reason, he explained, is that the Israeli forces saw it as an intelligence-gathering opportunity to collect information on people in Gaza.

The established humanitarian network, which included a number of UN agencies, would also issue reports that would criticise Israel’s actions in Gaza, which he said was another reason for Israel to take over the aid system.

The GHF also allows the Israeli military to claim “so-called plausible deniability,” he said, adding that if “anything goes wrong”, they can blame a contractor and not the Israeli forces.

UK police arrest 20 for supporting Palestine Action

London’s Metropolitan Police say they have arrested more than 20 people under anti-terrorism laws at a protest in support of the banned Palestine Action group.

A ban on Palestine Action, which describes itself as a non-violent direct action movement, came into place today after the group was officially proscribed under the Terrorism Act. A last-minute legal challenge to the ban, which makes support for the group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison, was denied by a court on Friday.

Supporters of Palestine Action, who say the ban is draconian, held a protest in London today. The Metropolitan Police said in a social media post that it had arrested “more than 20 people on suspicion of offences under the Terrorism Act” at the demonstration and taken them into custody.

“Palestine Action is a proscribed group and officers will act where criminal offences are committed,” said the post.


_{Protesters gather in support of banned group Palestine Action in central London}

Fuck how low can the UK sink. 

More Than 20 Arrested At Palestine Action Protest In London

Police arrested more than 20 protesters in central London on Saturday on suspicion of supporting Palestine Action within hours of the organisation being banned by the government as a terrorist outfit.

Among those detained was an 83-year-old vicar from Bristol. She was part of a group of activists gathered in Parliament Square holding placards that stated: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

The protesters were affiliated to Defend Our Juries, a civil liberties organisation, who had arrived at 1pm for a “silent vigil” next to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian independence leader. They had notified the Metropolitan Police of their protest in advance.

Clashes in London After Court Upholds Palestine Action Ban — ‘Still a Chance to Fight This’ | APT

Protesters clashed with police in central London after a UK court rejected an urgent appeal to pause the government’s ban on the activist group Palestine Action. The group, known for targeting defense-linked facilities, was officially banned last week under anti-terror laws. Demonstrators rallied outside government buildings, chanting “There is still a chance to fight this,” as officers moved to contain the unrest. The ruling has ignited fierce debate over civil liberties, activism, and the line between protest and public safety. This report includes on-the-ground footage, legal analysis, and voices from both sides of the growing controversy.


UK ban on pro-Palestine group under anti-terror laws ‘deeply worrying’: Doctor

A British emergency physician who spent weeks volunteering on a medical mission to Gaza has told Al Jazeera he is deeply concerned by the UK government’s proscription of a pro-Palestine direct action group under anti-terrorism legislation.

Speaking to Al Jazeera from London, James Smith said the move was hugely concerning to the large numbers of people who were moved to speak out about the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza.

The ban on Palestine Action, which came into place after midnight in the UK, makes support for the group a criminal offense punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

“[I’m] deeply worried about the ways in which the UK government is seeking to suppress any sort of pro-Palestinian or anti-genocide sentiment,” he said. “It’s the public who are speaking up in opposition to Israel’s genocide and it’s the public that are being silenced.”

29 arrested protesting in support of Palestine Action in UK

London’s Metropolitan Police says that it arrested 29 people under anti-terror legislation at a protest in support of the newly banned group Palestine Action earlier today.

Supporters of the group, whose proscription under terrorism legislation came into force today, had gathered in Parliament Square in central London. Many held placards that said: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

Police then began arresting the group. Supporting Palestine Action, which describes itself as a non-violent direct action group, is now a criminal offence in the UK, punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

One protester, Leslie Tate, a 76-year-old town councillor from Hertfordshire, told PA Media, “Palestine Action are not a violent organisation, and the proscription is wrong.” “This protest is necessary to defend our democracy, and this is the creeping edge of totalitarianism, frankly,” Tate said.

UK ban on Palestine Action a bid to suppress public discontent, says doctor

Dr James Smith, an emergency physician who has lobbied the British government to change its stance on Gaza, says its ban on direct action group Palestine Action sends a troubling message about the status of democratic freedoms in the UK.

“What we’ve seen with the proscription of Palestine Action is the latest in a long lineage of state repression in the United Kingdom, wherein laws are introduced to give the police and the state ever greater powers to suppress popular discontent,” Smith, who is also a lecturer in humanitarian policy at University College London, told Al Jazeera.

He said the support for Palestine Action reflected widespread dissatisfaction with the UK government’s stance on Gaza, which was out of step with the values and principles held by a large proportion of the public.

“What we see here is that the imperial core is revealing itself,” he said. “This notion of British values and so forth, we can see through it very clearly.” He added that the British state had “long been implicated in injustice and violence against the Palestinian people”.

“This is really the latest mark in that really sordid history,” he said.

German police violently arrest pro-Palestine protesters in Berlin

Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking Sanad Agency shows police in Berlin violently cracking down on pro-Palestine protests.

The participants in the demonstration raised the Palestinian flag and wore keffiyehs, demanding an end to Israeli massacres against the people of Gaza.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLuynSCtkdU

Stockholm protesters demand end to ‘genocide’ against Gaza

Hundreds demonstrated earlier today in Sweden’s Stockholm to support Palestinians and condemn ongoing Israeli massacres in Gaza.

Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency showed the demonstrators raising the Palestinian flag and banners that read “Stop the genocide now”.

Participants carried a symbolic small doll representing the thousands of children who have been killed by Israel, and another symbolic scene depicting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, condemning his silence about the war.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLvE7kEI-I2

Violence at Gaza aid sites intended to break support for Hamas

The routine deadly violence at aid distribution hubs in Gaza, run by the shadowy Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), serves the long-term military goals of Israel and the US, a security expert has told Al Jazeera.

Muhanad Seloom, assistant professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, said the suffering being heaped on the Palestinians in Gaza is intended to break their support for Hamas.

“They’re putting a lot of pressure on the Palestinians in Gaza,” Seloom said. “They want to starve the population so that this population stops supporting Hamas.

“This is an old tactic… a tactic of war.”


_{Palestinians gather at a GHF distribution point near Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza}

Victims stuck under the rubble after deadly Israeli strike on Gaza City

The Israeli army targeted a home belonging to a family east of Gaza City, burying Palestinians under the rubble, according to Mahmoud Basal, an officer with the Palestinian Civil Defence.

“It was a four-storey building, and the upper three floors were struck directly. This home sheltered around 60 civilians, so far 20 have been rescued or pulled from the rubble, most of whom are children and women,” he told Al Jazeera from a field hospital where the victims are being treated.

He said at least four people have been confirmed killed so far, among them children no older than five.

“The rescue teams lack the capacity to respond to the scale of the destruction, especially in areas east of Gaza City. The Israeli occupation targets anyone who approaches these areas directly. Our appeal is clear: Civil Defence teams must be allowed to work freely without harm to their lives.”

Israeli forces launch more raids across occupied West Bank

Palestinian news agency Wafa has these updates on a number of new raids across the occupied West Bank:

Palestine ministry calls for international action on Gaza, West Bank

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says effective international action is required to stop “the crimes of genocide and annexation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem”.

It said in a statement that it holds the Israeli government fully responsible for giving free rein to settler militias in the occupied territories, through their campaigns to illegaly seize more Palestinian land and build more settlements.

“The ministry warns against the continued overreach of the occupation government and its settler militias in violating the West Bank and carrying out massive colonial settlement projects and large-scale demolitions of citizens’ homes, especially in camps in the northern West Bank.”

Israeli occupation undermines state authority: Lebanon’s Aoun

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has received British Foreign Minister David Lammy, who also visited Syria.

Here are some comments from the Lebanese presidency: