LIVE UPDATES: Israel commits ‘massacre’ in Gaza City, 75 killed across the Strip

Mazzaltov World News provides you with the latest live coverage of Current Affairs, Sports, Health, Weather, Entertainment, Business and Travel News Here’s where things stand on Saturday, June 7 2025:

• Israeli forces have killed more than 70 Palestinians across Gaza, including 16 people in an attack on a house in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.
• The Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it cannot distribute aid because Hamas has issued “direct threats” against its operations. Hamas did not immediately comment on the claims.
• Israeli forces say they recovered the body of Natthapong Pintawho, a Thai national taken captive during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and held in Gaza.
• An aid boat with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, was nearing Gaza in a bid to challenge the Israeli blockade on the Strip.
• Hamas has confirmed that the secretary-general of the Mujahideen movement, Sheikh Asaad Abu Sharia, was killed in an Israeli attack on the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.

Gaza aid distributor defends effort after spate of deadly attacks

The new head of the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has defended its efforts despite the killing of dozens of Palestinians seeking to get whatever food they can to feed their starving families.

“I fundamentally disagree with the premise that our operation is somehow disproportionately imperilling people,” Executive Chairman Johnnie Moore told ABC News.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 118 Palestinians trying to get food have been killed over the past two weeks. Moore said the killings occurred because “somehow people veered off the secure corridor”, describing the deadly shootings as “a tragedy”.

Critics have accused the GHF’s aid distribution operation as being part of Israel’s military strategy to force Gaza people into a tiny corridor in the south. Moore said that’s “simply not true”.

While the GHF has only four aid points, the UN and aid organisations have 400 well-established sites. However, Israel refuses to allow food, water, or medicine into Gaza through the UN-led effort.

Greta Thunberg on why she joined Gaza flotilla

As we’ve been reporting, international activists are nearing Gaza on board a vessel trying to break Israel’s siege on the enclave and bring much-needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians there.

Activists on the Madleen say they expect to reach Gaza by Monday.

Al Jazeera spoke with climate activist Greta Thunberg and Yasemin Acar – two of the 12 activists on board – about why they joined the flotilla. See the full interview here:

Gaza aid vessel still off Egyptian coast

The Madleen vessel, which is trying to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, remains off the coast of Egypt as it continues its voyage towards the Strip, according to an online tracker.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has called on governments around the world to ensure the Madleen’s safe passage after Israel said it will not allow the ship to reach the occupied Palestinian territory.

Palestinian killed, 2 wounded by Israeli gunfire at West Bank crossing

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man and wounded two others at the Meitar-Tarqumiya crossing near Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society confirmed the casualties but did not provide details about the shooting.

The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, cited unnamed sources as saying the deceased was a young man. The wounded individuals were from the town of Idhna, in western Hebron, and sustained moderate injuries.

Israeli forces fired live rounds at the three men near the separation barrier in al-Dhahiriya in southern Hebron, the news agency said.

ADL chief’s ‘racist’ remarks about pro-Palestine students draw criticism

Recent remarks by the head of the Anti-Defamation League comparing pro-Palestinian student activists in the US to ISIL (ISIS) and al-Qaeda are drawing widespread condemnation.

The Forward reported that Jonathan Greenblatt said during an event that pro-Palestine students were “hiding their faces behind scarves and keffiyehs like they’re in ISIS” and “terrorising their classmates”.

The ADL, which describes itself as an anti-Semitism watchdog, is staunchly pro-Israel and has been accused of trying to silence pro-Palestinian voices in the US. It drew criticism earlier this year for defending Tesla CEO Elon Musk after he made an apparent Nazi salute during a Trump rally.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) denounced Greenblatt’s recent comments about student activists, saying he engaged in an “unhinged, racist rant”.

“Although Mr. Greenblatt’s vile remarks are nothing new for the ADL, it is long past time for this organization to fire him and stop smearing Black, Palestinian and Muslim activists in a transparent attempt to protect the genocidal Israeli government from legitimate criticism,” CAIR said.

Israelis demand return of captives; pro-Palestine rallies held in Europe

Thousands of Israeli protesters in Tel Aviv have again called for the return of captives held in Gaza and an immediate ceasefire, while hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestine supporters gathered in Rome denouncing the Italian government’s “complicity” in the war.

Abu Obeida, spokesperson of Hamas’s armed wing, said Israeli captive Matan Zangauker is being held in an area targeted by the Israeli army. He warned if Zangauker is killed during an attempt to free him, the Israeli military would be responsible.

Read the full story here.

Hamas and the media

Throughout the various ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Western news outlets have repeatedly blamed their failure on Hamas.

Al Jazeera’s Listening Post dives into a perspective that rarely features in the coverage – the group’s own – on the negotiations and the media narratives that surround them.

Families of Israeli captives urge US Mideast envoy to propose a new deal

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff should produce and enforce a new proposal for securing the release of Israelis held in Gaza, families of the captives have said.

“Present Netanyahu and Hamas with an offer with an ultimatum to end the war. This is likely the only way to return the hostages,” Itzik Horn said, the father of captive Eitan Horn, said at a news conference in Tel Aviv.

Horn urged Witkoff to “set aside the Netanyahu framework for extending the war” and instead advance a plan to free all the captives.

Hamas confirms leader of Mujahideen movement killed in Gaza

The secretary-general of the Mujahideen movement, Sheikh Asaad Abu Sharia, and his brother, Ahmed Abu Sharia, were killed in an Israeli attack on the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, Hamas has confirmed.

Hamas said in a statement on Telegram that the assassinations are “part of a series of brutal massacres against civilians”.

Medical sources earlier told Al Jazeera that 16 people were killed, including six children, in Sabra, with at least 50 wounded. Another 85 people are still under the rubble of the targeted building.

US consulting firm apologises for Gaza aid group carnage

A consulting firm that helped set up the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid efforts has apologised for the deadly violence that has surrounded its widely criticised operations.

According to an email obtained by The Washington Post, Christoph Schweizer, CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), said his company sacked two partners involved in the Israeli-American effort and launched a “formal investigation” to ensure “this does not happen again”.

“I deeply regret that in this situation, we fell short — of our own standards and of the trust that you, our clients and our broader communities place in BCG,” Schweizer wrote. “I am sorry for how deeply disappointing this has been to many BCGers around the world.”

At least 118 Palestinian people seeking aid have been reported killed by Israeli forces in the vicinity of GHF distribution centres since the organisation started operating in the enclave on May 27.

The killing of people desperately seeking food supplies has triggered mounting international outrage.

Palestinian children being orphaned twice in Gaza

We have more from Save the Children’s Georgia Tacey about the devastation Palestinian children, in particular, are facing in Gaza:

• A spike in malnutrition has been reported across the Strip, particularly among children between the ages of five and 10, as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women.
• “Everywhere you go, people’s health has deteriorated significantly – including our own staff – because of the lack of available, nutritious food,” she said.
• This month, Save the Children opened at least 20 cases for Palestinian children who have been orphaned twice in Gaza. “They lost their parents in a blast, were fostered in by another family, and now those primary caregivers also being killed in the last couple of weeks,” Tacey explained.
• “It is just unbelievable levels of grief and desperation that children are seeing every day. And that is why we’re hearing more and more children talking about suicide, and wanting to return to their parents who have passed away in the last couple of months.”

GHF aid scheme ‘nothing but dangerous chaos’: Expert

Georgia Tacey, the humanitarian adviser in the occupied Palestinian territory at Save the Children, says the only way to address the chaos is to allow unlimited aid into the Gaza Strip.

“Once the supply issue is dealt with, you will not see the criminality, the looting and certainly you will not see the starvation and desperation that we’re seeing right now,” Tacey told Al Jazeera from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.

She explained Save the Children’s warehouses in Gaza are empty, and the organisation no longer has any aid to distribute to people in the enclave.

Meanwhile, Tacey said thousands of aid trucks are waiting outside Gaza, but cannot bring food, medical goods, and other critical supplies because of the Israeli blockade.

“This is not a supply issue, this is an access issue. It’s a political decision, not a logistical decision, that is preventing us from delivering,” she said.

Captive’s mother tells Netanyahu he’ll have her son’s ‘blood on your hands’ if he dies

Earlier, we reported on Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida warning that Israeli captive Matan Zangauker was being held in a location in Gaza under intense bombardment by the Israeli military.

The captive’s mother, Einav Zangauker, has spoken at a protest in Tel Aviv calling for the release of captives, during which she criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for neglecting those being held in Gaza.

“The military pressure is closing in on [my son] and is placing him in immediate danger. The decision to expand the ground operation comes at the cost of Matan’s life and the lives of all the hostages,” she said.

“[Netanyahu] continues to sacrifice the hostages. He is using the [Israeli military] not to protect Israel’s security, but to continue the war and protect his government.”

She said feared her son’s condition would deteriorate amid the relentless Israeli attacks.

“Netanyahu, if my Matan does not return alive, his blood will be on your hands,” she said.

Saudi leader criticises Israel’s ‘disastrous’ attack on Gaza

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salam has delivered a message for Eid al-Adha denouncing Israel’s war on Gaza and the need to find peace for the Palestinian people.

“Eid al-Adha comes this year while the suffering of our brothers in Palestine continues as a result of the Israeli aggression,” he said in a speech.

“We stress the role of the international community in ending the disastrous repercussions of this aggression, protecting civilians and innocents, and creating a new reality in which Palestine enjoys peace.”

1 killed, 2 injured after Israeli forces open fire in West Bank

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, at least one person has been killed after Israeli forces opened fire at a checkpoint south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Two others have been injured in the incident.

We’ll bring you more on this when we can.

Hundreds of thousands in Italy say, ‘Enough to the massacre of Palestinians’

Organisers say about 300,000 people turned out for today’s protest in the Italian capital, which saw calls for an immediate end to Israel’s war on Gaza and to alleged complicity by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government.

The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, called the turnout “an enormous popular response” in opposition to the war.

The demonstration is “to say enough to the massacre of Palestinians, to say enough to the crimes of Netanyahu’s far-right government” and to show the world “another Italy”, Schlein told reporters.

“An Italy that does not keep silent as the Meloni government does, an Italy that instead wants peace, wants an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, humanitarian aid, and wants recognition of the state of Palestine,” she said.

Meloni has been pushed by the opposition to condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza, but her criticism has been tempered.

Last month, the Italian leader called the humanitarian situation “increasingly dramatic and unjustifiable” and said she had “often difficult conversations” with Netanyahu, while at the same time noting “it was not Israel that started the hostilities”.

Israeli police forcibly disperse antiwar protesters in Tel Aviv

Police have prevented activists from the NGO, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, from reaching a protest area in Tel Aviv, according to reports in the Israeli media.

The activists were reportedly carrying placards protesting against Israeli war crime

If you’re just joining us

Let’s bring you up to speed on the latest developments:

• Israel has continued to carry out intensified attacks across Gaza, including the bombing of a home in the northern city of Jabalia that a medical source told Al Jazeera killed at least five Palestinians and injured 30 others.
• The Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it’s unable to distribute any aid because Hamas issued “direct threats” against its operations; Hamas has not immediately commented on the allegation.
• The US State Department tells Al Jazeera it is “not involved” in Israel’s arming of criminal gang members in Gaza, a policy Israeli officials said this week aims to counter Hamas.
• A UK obstetrician says Israel’s war and blockade on Gaza have caused a “staggering rise” in stillbirths, miscarriages and other health issues.

Israel’s strategic failure is now apparent

Although the Israeli state may appear more powerful than ever and overly confident that it will achieve regional dominance, its current position paradoxically reflects a strategic failure.

The reality is that after nearly eight decades of existence, Israel has failed to achieve legitimacy in the eyes of the region’s peoples and lasting security for itself.

Its present resurgence will secure neither. And that is because its foreign, domestic and military policies are based on a settler-colonial logic which makes them untenable in the long run.

Read the full opinion here. 

Israeli forces kill 75 people in Gaza since dawn

At least 75 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, sources in Gaza hospitals have told Al Jazeera.

Sources said that 33 bodies arrived at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, six arrived at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, and 36 arrived at the al-Shifa and al-Ahli Arab hospitals in Gaza City.

Palestinian youth wounded by Israeli gunfire during raid near Tulkarem

A young Palestinian man has been injured by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces as they raided the village of Izbet Shufa, southeast of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

Wafa cited the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) as saying the man was shot in the thigh and that he had been transferred to hospital for treatment.

US says ‘not involved’ in Israel’s arming of gang members in Gaza

The Trump administration did not answer Al Jazeera’s question on whether it agrees with Israel’s recently revealed policy of arming criminal gang members in Gaza to counter Hamas.

But the US State Department said Washington was not part of the effort.

“Hamas is an evil organization responsible for the horrific events of October 7,” a State Department spokesperson told Al Jazeera in a statement. “We were not involved. We refer you to Israel for more information.”

The gangs, led by Yasser Abu Shabab, have been accused of looting humanitarian aid and having ties to ISIL (ISIS).

Bernie Sanders renews call to end US military aid to Israel

US Senator Bernie Sanders has condemned unwavering US support for “Netanyahu’s war of starvation against the Palestinian people” as a “horror unto itself”.

“It also sends a signal to every tyrant in the world that international law can be violated with impunity & that barbarism is acceptable,” Sanders wrote on X.

The progressive lawmaker has been pushing to suspend US transfers of offensive weapons to Israel amid the Gaza war. But the Senate voted down his latest efforts to block the sales in April.

The US gives Israel at least $3.8bn in military assistance annually, and it has sent billions more since the Gaza war began.

Washington also provides staunch diplomatic support to Israel, including most recently vetoing a UN Security Council resolution this week that called for an immediate ceasefire.

More than 300 miscarriages recorded in 80 days in Gaza

As Israel continues its blockade on Gaza, basic medical supplies such as iron supplements and prenatal vitamins have long since disappeared from shelves and clinics.

Expectant mothers are facing an increased risk of miscarriage and premature births.

Gaza ‘losing a future generation of children’

Gaza is “losing a future generation of children” and those who survive to adulthood will face heightened health risks, obstetrician Brenda Kelly told Al Jazeera.

“We know that famine experienced in-utero has lifelong consequences for children who then go into adulthood with much higher risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as mental health disorders,” Kelly, a subspecialist in maternal and fetal medicine at Oxford University Hospital, said.

Kelly added that Israel’s decimation of health infrastructure in Gaza means that women who do lose babies have no access to psycho-social support.

“We know the impact that this personal tragedy has for women, we know the guilt that we carry, but for many women it’s simply not safe to leave where they are to cross and try to reach the nearest health facility,” she said.

“And there are so few health facilities there, the repeated displacement of women and their families throughout Gaza makes it virtually impossible for women to know which facilities are open and get that care.”

Israel’s war on Gaza leading to ‘staggering rise’ in miscarriages and still births, doctor says

Israel’s war on Gaza and the famine taking hold there is having a devastating impact on pregnant women and creating a “staggering rise” in still births, miscarriages, pre-term births, and low birth weight in the Strip, Brenda Kelly, a consultant obstetrician from Oxford University Hospital, has told Al Jazeera.

She said that starving pregnant women in Gaza are simply not getting enough of the building blocks for life – such as protein, carbs and fats – and cannot access essential micronutrients such as iron, folic acid, iodine and zinc, which are essential for healthy organ and cellular development in the developing baby and the placenta.

Even before October 2023, the Israeli blockade on Gaza had already compromised the health of pregnant women [in Gaza], who were struggling with conditions like anaemia, she said.

“But what we’re seeing now is the direct fallout of Israel’s weaponising of hunger in Gaza – impacting babies’ growth and growth restriction is one of the leading causes of miscarriages and stillbirth.”

She said the severe malnutrition among pregnant women is being compounded by severe stress and psychological trauma, as well as repeated displacement and a lack of safe shelter.

“Severe malnutrition weakens the immune system, so when you couple that with hardly any access to water or to hygiene facilities, we’re also seeing a rising level of infections in pregnancy, which is also going to be contributing to pregnancy loss,” she added.

Situation at al-Shifa Hospital ‘beyond imagination’

Reporting from Gaza City

The past hours have been very difficult. Injured patients were left on the floor of the hospital without immediate intervention, simply because there is insufficient medical staff and an acute shortage of medical supplies.

Items as simple as bandages and painkillers are not available. That is the tragedy we see after each attack across the Gaza Strip.

Surgeries are also not taking place inside al-Shifa Hospital because its operating theatre is not working after it was destroyed in the past months by the Israeli military. The hospital is running at its lowest capacity, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without any meaningful medical care.

Apart from this, the many bodies that arrive at the hospital go through a process of identification. This is very difficult given the severe injuries and bleeding, and the fact that many of the bodies arrive fully charred.

It takes time for the medical staff and the surviving family members to identify the bodies, putting more pressure on the hospital.

‘We pulled out countless martyrs’: Witness describes Gaza City attack

We have another testimonial from a Gaza City resident after Israel’s attack on a home in the Sabra neighbourhood that killed at least 16 people.

Hassan Alkhor told Al Jazeera there was no warning that Israel was going to carry out a strike.

“If they had given any kind of warning, none of this would’ve happened – not the martyrs, not this destruction,” Alkhor said.

“We pulled out countless martyrs, children,” he added, of the ongoing rescue effort. “We pulled out babies from under the rubble. And there are still children trapped beneath it.”

Israeli attacks in Khan Younis and Nuseirat kill four people

An Israeli attack on tents housing displaced people north of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, has killed two Palestinians, a medical source at Nasser Hospital has told Al Jazeera.

Meanwhile, an Israeli air attack on a residential building in Nuseirat, central Gaza, has killed at least two people and wounded others, according to a medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Al-Qaeda in Yemen leader threatens Trump, Musk in video

The leader of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has threatened both US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over Israel’s war on Gaza in his first video message since taking over the group last year.

The half-hour video message by Saad bin Atef al-Awlaki also included calls for lone-wolves to assassinate leaders in Egypt, Jordan, and Gulf Arab states over the war, which has decimated Gaza.

The video of al-Awlaki’s speech shows images of Trump and Musk, as well as US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. It also includes logos of Musk’s businesses, including the electric carmaker Tesla.

“There are no red lines after what happened and is happening to our people in Gaza,” al-Awlaki said. “Reciprocity is legitimate.”

Iran secures sensitive Israeli documents, including nuclear plans: State media

Iranian intelligence has reportedly secured “vast troves of strategic and sensitive” documents and information belonging to Israel, including “thousands of files” tied to the country’s nuclear infrastructure, state media outlet IRIB is reporting.

“The volume of the documents is such that merely reviewing them and analysing the accompanying images and videos requires a significant amount of time,” IRIB said, quoting unnamed sources.

“The sheer volume of the materials and the need to securely transfer the entire shipment into the country necessitated a period of media silence,” the sources told IRIB, noting that all items have now reached their “secure locations”.

Last month, Israeli police said they had arrested several suspects in relation to a leak of classified documents from the prime minister’s office that contained sensitive information on the war in Gaza.

The IRIB report, while mentioning the incident, did not say if the arrest of the suspects was related to the securing of the documents by Iranian intelligence.

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Israeli attack on home in Jabalia al-Balad kills five, wounds 30

Five Palestinians have been killed and 30 others injured in an Israeli bombing of a home in Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza, a medical source at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital has told Al Jazeera.

Al-Quds Brigades claims targeting Israeli soldiers, convoy

The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group says it attacked Israeli soldiers and vehicles that entered the vicinity northeast of Khan Younis city in southern Gaza.

Fighters also “ambushed a Zionist force that had taken refuge in a house in the Tal al-Zaatar area, in the northern Jabalia camp, and detonated explosive devices and shells inside”, it added.

Four Israeli soldiers were killed and five were wounded by an explosion in a booby-trapped building in Khan Younis on Friday, the army said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “sad and difficult day”.

The deaths brought Israel’s military toll since it launched its ground invasion in 2023 to 429.

Photos: Protesters rally in Rome to demand end to Gaza war

Gaza foundation says it didn’t operate because of ‘Hamas threats’

The Israel- and-US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says it was unable to distribute any humanitarian relief because Hamas issued “direct threats” against the organisation’s aid operations.

“These threats made it impossible to proceed today without putting innocent lives at risk,” it said in a statement.

“GHF will not be deterred. We remain committed to safe, secure and independent aid delivery. We are actively adapting our operations to overcome these threats and fully intend to resume distributions without delay.”

The GHF initiative has been widely criticised by aid groups and the United Nations, which say they already have the means to distribute desperately needed aid and alleviate the suffering of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.

What is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation?

As we’ve been reporting, at least eight Palestinians were killed today after Israel opened fire at an aid distribution site in southern Gaza’s Rafah.

This is the latest deadly violence to break out around the operations of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). But what exactly is the GHF?

• The GHF is an Israel and US-backed body that began distributing aid in the Gaza Strip on May 27, guarded by armed private security contractors working for a US company.
• While the previous UN-led distribution network operated about 400 sites across Gaza, the GHF has set up only four “mega-sites” for a population of more than two million Palestinians.
• The UN and aid groups say the GHF does not abide by humanitarian principles, accusing it of weaponising aid and warning it could serve to depopulate northern Gaza, as planned by the Israeli military.
• Since GHF sites began operating, Israeli fire on aid seekers has killed at least 118 Palestinians and injured hundreds more, according to a tally from the Government Media Office in Gaza.

‘Eid arrives not with joy – but with bombs’

James Elder, spokesman for the UN children’s rights agency (UNICEF), says Eid al-Adha “should be a time of coming together and of hope”.

“But for Gaza’s children, Eid is dominated by hunger, by grief, and by the silence of missing voices,” Elder said in a video shared on social media.

He stressed that only a trickle of humanitarian aid is being allowed into the Palestinian territory – far below what residents need.

“Let us demand that aid flow freely,” he said.

Time for a recap

If you have just joined us, here’s a recap of the latest developments:

• At least 66 people have been killed across Gaza since dawn, sources at the enclave’s hospitals have told Al Jazeera.
• The Israeli prime minister’s office says the body of Natthapong Pinta, a Thai national held captive in the Gaza Strip, has been found and returned to Israel.
• Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida has warned that Israeli captive Matan Zangauker is currently being held in a location besieged by the Israeli army.
• Some 350,000 Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from various chronic diseases, an official from the Palestinian Medical Relief Society has told Al Jazeera.
• The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says the al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis was no longer accessible after the Israeli military designated the Red Crescent Society-operated hospital a “dangerous combat zone”, forcing residents to flee.
• The Israeli army’s Arabic language spokesperson Avichay Adraee has issued a new enforced evacuation order, announcing that all residents in the Abd al-Rahman neighbourhood in northwestern Gaza City and the al-Nahda neighbourhood in Jabalia refugee camp must “evacuate immediately southward”.
• The UNRWA has said the agency has repeatedly requested “cooperation and evidence” from Israel regarding allegations made against it, yet all requests have gone unanswered.

Thailand ‘deeply saddened’ by death of Gaza captive: Ministry

Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura says the country “is deeply saddened” that a national held captive in Gaza has been pronounced dead.

“The Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv was informed by a representative of the Israeli government that Mr Nattapong Pinta, the last Thai hostage, has been confirmed dead,” Nikorndej said in a video statement.

Earlier, an Israeli military statement said its forces retrieved his body from the Rafah area of southern Gaza.

Nattapong, an agricultural worker, was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz, a small Israeli community near Gaza where one-quarter of the population was killed or taken during the Hamas-led attack.

Photos: Palestinians in Gaza City mourn following Israeli attack

Hamas condemns escalation of Israeli attacks

The Palestinian group says the Israeli military’s “escalation of massacres against innocent civilians” in Gaza amounts to “a continuation of the brutal war of extermination” that Israel has waged since October 2023.

In a statement shared on Telegram, Hamas said more than 40 members of a single family were killed on Friday after an Israeli air strike destroyed the residential building they were in.

The group called on the international community, including Arab and Muslim countries, “to take urgent action to stop these brutal crimes” and work to hold Israeli leaders accountable for crimes against humanity.

‘He felt he was walking towards death’

We reported earlier eight people were killed by Israeli fire near an aid centre in the Rafah area of southern Gaza.

Al Jazeera spoke to a relative of one of the victims: “These are my husband’s slippers. He went out searching for food. I asked him to get a handful of rice for our starving children. He said he felt he was walking towards death, I begged him not to leave. He insisted to find anything to feed our children,” she said.

The United Nations has warned most of Gaza’s 2.3 million population is at risk of famine after an 11-week Israeli blockade, with the rate of young children suffering from acute malnutrition nearly tripling.

Video captures horrific first moments after Israel’s attack on Sabra

Video posted on social media by Palestinian photographer Khalil Alshaghnoubi shows chaos in the streets of the Gaza City neighbourhood after the Israeli army bombed a building there.

As we’ve been reporting, at least 15 people were killed in this strike and another 50 were wounded.

Eid al-Adha under siege

A Palestinian family faces the pain of separation during Eid al-Adha amid occupation and war.

Hannah Gabbayan and her daughter Ghayda, who survived an Israeli air attack, are forcibly separated between Gaza and the occupied West Bank despite being only two hours apart.

Gaza death toll rises again

At least 66 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn today, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.

Israeli army continues to demolish homes in West Bank, gives residents ‘3 hours to collect belongings’

The Israeli army is demolishing residential buildings in Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank for a second consecutive day, Wafa news agency has reported.

This is part of Israel’s plan to demolish 106 buildings in Tulkarem and Nur Shams, according to a notification the Israeli army delivered to residents of the two sites more than a week ago, the report said. Palestinians were given three hours to enter their homes and take their belongings, it added.

The two refugee camps – along with that of Jenin – have been subject to Israel’s longest and most destructive military operation in the Palestinian territories in decades. Since it was launched on January 21, Israeli soldiers have conducted large-scale demolitions that the UNRWA said “seek to permanently change the characteristics of the camps”.

The operation has resulted in the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since the 1967 war, with some 40,000 people forced from their homes. The three places are now nearly empty of their residents, the UN agency said.

Hamas warns Israeli captive held in area besieged by army

Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida has warned that Israeli captive Matan Zangauker is currently being held in a location besieged by the Israeli army.

Abu Obeida said that if Zangauker was killed during an attempt to free him, the Israeli army would be responsible.

Civil defence teams searching rubble for survivors, bodies in Gaza City

The situation is intensifying in different areas across the Gaza Strip.

The latest attack was on a building in Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City. [Sources] are saying there are dozens of Palestinians still trapped under the rubble.

The civil defence teams are trying to retrieve bodies and rescue as many Palestinians as possible.

Israeli army orders new displacement in north Gaza

The Israeli army’s Arabic language spokesperson Avichay Adraee has announced that all residents in the Abd al-Rahman neighbourhood in northwestern Gaza City and the al-Nahda neighbourhood in Jabalia refugee camp must “evacuate immediately southward”.

On Friday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the Israeli military ordered similar evacuation orders for northern Gaza.

Witnesses describe deadly Israeli gunfire aimed ‘at civilians’

We have been reporting on the deadly incident near a US-backed aid centre in Rafah, in which at least eight people have been killed by Israeli gunfire.

Gaza resident Samir Abu Hadid told AFP news agency that thousands of people had gathered at the al-Alam roundabout near the aid site.

“As soon as some people tried to advance towards the aid centre, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire from armoured vehicles stationed near the centre, firing into the air and then at civilians,” Abu Hadid said.

The GHF began operations in late May as Israel partially eased a more than two-month blockade on the Gaza Strip.

The United Nations, which has refused to cooperate with the GHF over neutrality concerns, has warned that Gaza’s entire population of more than two million people was at risk of starvation.

Deadly Israeli attacks continue in north and south Gaza

An Israeli attack has killed eight Palestinians in Jabalia al-Nazlh, north of the Gaza Strip, our colleagues report, citing a source at al-Shifa Hospital.

Another person was killed in an Israeli drone strike on the al-Amal neighbourhood in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, a source at Nasser Medical Complex told our reporters on the ground.

Today’s death toll rises again

At least 56 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn, the Gaza civil defence has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

This figure includes at least 15 killed in a single attack in Gaza City, in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Gaza aid hubs branded as ‘traps’ amid rising casualties

Amjad Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGO Network, says the newly established aid distribution hubs of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) have become “traps” where Palestinians are being killed.

The controversial mechanism also serves “the Israeli agenda to force people to displace from Gaza north,” as no distribution sites have been set up in the north, forcing people to walk long distances or relocate south, Shawa told Al Jazeera.

The goal of the GHF is to replace the humanitarian structure consisting of UNRWA and other humanitarian agencies that guaranteed “humanitarian standards, mainly to keep the dignity and protection for Palestinians,” Shawa said.

“People are going there [to GHF’s sites], starving even if they know about the risk of being killed or injured, and they are moving for hours in very difficult, critical, risky roads to get this small parcel to go back to their children, who are also malnourished,” he added.

Shawa’s comments come as the World Food Programme said that 100 percent of people in Gaza face acute levels of food insecurity and 70,000 children there need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition.

‘A full-fledged massacre’ in Gaza City

As we reported earlier, at least 15 people were killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood.

The Civil Defence spokesperson has now told Al Jazeera that at least six of the victims were children and that more than 50 people were wounded as two missiles struck the area.

About 85 people are believed to still be trapped under rubble.

“A full-fledged massacre,” he said. Search and rescue operations are still ongoing despite the “very limited” capacity.

Death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza rises

The total death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has risen to 54,772 killed and 125,834 injured since October 7, 2023, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.

Israel has killed 4,497 Palestinians and injured 13,793 since breaking a ceasefire in March this year, it added.

At least 95 Palestinians have been killed and 304 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 48 hours, the ministry said.

Gaza hospitals face shutdown as Israel blocks critical fuel supplies: Health Ministry

The Gaza Health Ministry says health facilities are facing dire restrictions imposed by the Israeli army related to the delivery of fuel supplies.

“The Israeli occupation prevents international and UN organisations from accessing fuel storage sites designated for hospitals, claiming that they are located in red zones,” it said.

“The obstruction of fuel supplies to hospitals threatens to stop them from operating, as they rely on generators to power vital departments.”

According to the ministry, the available fuel in Gaza’s hospitals is only sufficient for three days, putting thousands of patients at immediate risk if relief does not arrive soon.

Gaza hospitals completely overwhelmed: NGO

The director of medical relief in Gaza, Mohammad Abu Afsh, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the situation of hospitals in the war-torn enclave.

Here are his translated comments:

• Hospitals lack medical supplies and are completely incapacitated, threatening the lives of those injured.
• International organisations should work to bring medical supplies and medicines into the sector.
• All hospitals in the north are either completely destroyed or severely damaged.

More than a dozen killed in Gaza City

Gaza’s Civil Defence tells us at least 15 people have been killed in an Israeli attack on the city’s Sabra neighbourhood.

Others were wounded in the attack, the Civil Defence says.

Families urge Netanyahu to act for remaining captives as body of Thai national returned

The recovery of Thai captive Nattapong Pinta’s body “represents the fulfillment of a basic moral and human obligation, allowing his family the closure they so desperately need”, says the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in a statement.

“We stand with Nattapong’s family today and share in their grief,” the statement added. “While the pain is immense, his family will finally have certainty after 20 terrible and agonizing months of devastating uncertainty. Every family deserves such certainty to begin their personal healing journey.”

The Forum, a group that has been one of the leading voices in pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to free the remaining captives, stressed once again that the Israeli leadership “must do everything necessary” to reach an agreement to bring back all 55 remaining captives.

According to the Israeli army, more than half of those still held in Gaza are believed to be dead.

Southern Gaza hospital inaccessible following Israeli evacuation orders

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says the al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis was no longer accessible after the Israeli military designated the Red Crescent Society-operated hospital a “dangerous combat zone”, forcing residents to flee.

“There are many patients and medical staff in the hospital,” the ministry said in a statement.

“We call on all relevant institutions and authorities to provide protection for hospitals and health facilities, provide a safe route to enable patients and the injured to reach them, and provide them with medical supplies,” it added.

Gaza’s women face hygiene shortages: UNRWA

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has raised urgent concerns about the deteriorating living conditions facing women and girls in Gaza.

“In Gaza, the ongoing siege has caused severe shortages of hygiene supplies and clean water. Many women and girls must improvise with old clothes or torn fabric instead of pads, often reusing them without proper washing,” UNRWA stated.

The agency noted that these dire conditions have severely impacted the dignity and mental wellbeing of women and girls, leading to “deep shame, fear of leaks, and constant anxiety”.

8 killed close to aid site in southern Gaza

Our colleagues, quoting a source at Nasser Medical Complex, report that the death toll from Israeli gunfire at the aid distribution site in Rafah has risen to eight.

In total, at least 118 Palestinians have been killed near the US-backed aid points since May 27, according to figures from Gaza’s Government Media Office.

Israeli PM says he is backing ‘clans’ opposing Hamas

Israel’s prime minister says he’s using what he called clans to fight Hamas in Gaza.

He says it’s a way of saving Israeli soldiers’ lives.

UNRWA urges Israel to provide evidence against allegations

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says the agency has repeatedly requested “cooperation and evidence” from Israel regarding allegations made against it, yet all requests have gone unanswered

“After 20 months, UNRWA has not received any response, nor has the Government of Israel shared any sufficient evidence,” the agency said in a post on X.

UNRWA stated it remained committed to its mandate and is “ready to deliver humanitarian assistance at scale in Gaza, together with other UN agencies”.

Israel has accused UNRWA employees of involvement in the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, a charge vehemently denied by the UN.

Last year, in the aftermath of those allegations, the Israeli Knesset passed two bills prohibiting UNRWA from conducting activities within Israel’s borders and making it illegal for Israeli officials to have any contact with UNRWA. Those measures have been in effect since January.

Israeli attack in northern Gaza kills three: Medical source

Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack west of Jabalia camp, a source at al-Ahli Hospital said, according to our colleagues.

Earlier, we reported that at least 24 people had been killed across the Gaza Strip this morning.

Israeli army targeting shelters and health facilities: Health Ministry

Director of field hospitals at the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Marwan al-Hams, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestinians, including on healthcare facilities.

Here are his translated comments:

• The war must stop so that the people of Gaza can live.
• The occupation is bombing tents of displaced people from north to south Gaza.
• The occupation wants to spoil the Eid joy for our people by bombing and starving them.
• People are trying to take shelter in Nasser Hospital [in southern Gaza], but the occupation is bombing even hospitals.

More information on Thai captive body recovery operation

As we’ve reported earlier, Israeli authorities announced the rescue of Thai captive Nattapong Pinta’s body from the Gaza Strip.

Now, the Israeli army has released a statement with additional details:

• The body of Pinta was retrieved yesterday from the area of Rafah in southern Gaza.
• Pinta was taken captive alive by the Mujahideen Brigades armed group from the Nir Oz kibbutz on October 7, 2023. He was later killed by his captors, the army claimed.
• The group holds the body of another foreign citizen.
• The Israeli army claimed the Mujahideen Brigades also killed Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, whose bodies were returned in a prisoner exchange in February. (However, it was Hamas that released the remains of the Bibases who were killed, according to the Palestinian group, by an Israeli air strike in November 2023.)
• The Israeli military said the Mujahideen was holding the bodies of US-Israeli dual nationals Judith Lynn Weinstein and Gad Haggai, whose remains were returned by Israeli soldiers this week.
• Israeli authorities informed Thailand of Pinta’s rescue operation after the body was identified by the Center for Forensic Medicine.

UN stresses life-saving aid in Gaza must adhere to ‘humanitarian principles’

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has emphasised that “starving people in Gaza shouldn’t be expected to risk their lives in search of food”.

“[The] UN is ready to deliver life-saving aid wherever people already are, in line with humanitarian principles,” it said in a post on X.

More than 100 Palestinian people seeking aid have been reported killed by Israeli forces in the vicinity of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution centres since the organisation started operating in the enclave on May 27.

Israeli drone returns to the skies of Beirut

Residents of the Lebanese capital can hear the loud buzz of an Israeli drone this morning over their homes and businesses.

Though the exact model of the drone is unclear at this time, Israel typically sends the Hermes 9000, an armed, unmanned aerial vehicle capable of staying in the sky for long durations. It is produced by Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.

The presence of the drone comes two days after Israel carried out a series of strikes on Beirut for the fourth time since the ceasefire between it and Hezbollah went into effect last November. Lebanese authorities have termed the strikes as a violation of that ceasefire.

Israel has issued threats following those strikes, saying the capital will have no calm unless Hezbollah is disarmed.

You can read more about Israel’s promise to continue bombing Beirut in our story here.

Eight arrested in southern occupied West Bank: Report

Israeli forces have arrested eight Palestinians in the Hebron district, the Wafa news agency is reporting.

Five of them were detained near a water spring in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, Wafa added.

Additionally, in the village of al-Mafqara in the Masafer Yatta area, two Palestinian brothers were detained by Israeli soldiers while tending to livestock near their home, it said, while another person was arrested from the town of Ash-Shuyukh, northeast of Hebron.

Palestinians killed while seeking ‘anything’ to feed families

This year, Eid al-Adha has been very sad. According to Palestinians, many do not even have the opportunity to eat meat or anything else.

The Palestinians killed today [near an aid point in Rafah] were looking for anything to feed their families when they were shot.

This was not the only incident. In the past week, we’ve seen at least four similar incidents in which more than 100 Palestinians trying to receive aid were killed.

Currently, dozens of Palestinians remain critically injured, with wounds to their upper bodies, chests and heads. Doctors say it has become very challenging to save their lives.

Palestinians in Gaza all say the only reason they go to these distribution points is because they are starving and have no other way to feed their families.

50,000 expected in Rome against war in Gaza

Later today, about 50,000 people are expected to join a demonstration in the Italian capital in support of Palestinians in Gaza, state news agency ANSA reports.

The event, which has been organised by a coalition of left-leaning parties, has drawn condemnation from the Italian Jewish community. In a statement, it said it was concerned about the decision to demonstrate only for the Palestinian people and not Israelis, the report said.

The Palestinian student movement distanced itself from the mobilisation, accusing the organisers of setting up the event to garner consensus for political gains.

Death toll continues to climb in Gaza

Israeli attacks have killed at least 34 people since the early hours of this morning, medical sources tell our team on the ground.

This includes seven people who were killed in an Israeli raid on a house sheltering displaced people west of Gaza City.

We will continue to update you on all deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza throughout the day.

Israel says body of captive recovered from Gaza

The Israeli PM’s office says the body of a Thai national held captive in the Gaza Strip has been found and returned to Israel.

The office said in a statement that the body of Natthapong Pinta, who was taken captive on October 7, 2023, and killed in Gaza by the Mujahideen Brigades, was returned to Israel.

Nattapong’s body was recovered from southern Gaza’s Rafah, according to Defence Minister Israel Katz.

More than 300,000 suffering from chronic disease in Gaza: NGO

Some 350,000 Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from various chronic diseases, an official from the Palestinian Medical Relief Society has told Al Jazeera.

The announcement comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday that the enclave’s “health system is collapsing”.

UN experts and medical officials in Gaza, as well as medical charities, have long accused Israeli forces of deliberately targeting health workers and medical facilities, in what has been described as a deliberate attempt to make conditions unliveable for the Palestinian population in the Strip.

Death toll climbs in Gaza

An additional two people have been killed by Israeli attacks on the enclave, medical sources tell our team, bringing the number of casualties today to 24.

More than 1,000 Palestinian fruit trees uprooted in May alone, in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers cut down about 100 olive trees in a plain between the villages of al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. The trees belonged to two Palestinian farmers.

In May, settlers uprooted more than 1,000 trees, including 695 olive trees in the governorates of Hebron, Ramallah, Salfit, Tulkarem and Nablus, the report added.

Since Israel’s war on Gaza started in October 2023, many villagers have endured escalating restrictions from the Israeli military and attacks from settlers who have been stealing their olives and setting fire to their groves.

The GHF’s deadly aid mission

As we just reported, at least five people were killed this morning near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution point in the southern Strip.

Israel has regularly attacked hungry aid seekers since the GHF began to operate in late May, causing hundreds of casualties.

The Gaza Government Media Office has published a breakdown of the casualty numbers near aid distribution points since the GHF opened its doors:

• Tuesday, May 27:  3 killed, 46 wounded, 7 missing in Rafah
• Wednesday, May 28: 10 killed, 62 wounded in Rafah
• Sunday, June 1:  35 killed, 200 wounded in Rafah; 1 killed and 32 wounded, 2 missing at the Gaza Valley Bridge
• Monday, June 2:  26 killed, 92 wounded in Rafah
• Tuesday, June 3:  27 killed, 90 wounded in Rafah
• Friday, June 6:  8 killed, 61 wounded in Rafah.

Eid in Gaza reflection of starvation, displacement and despair

A special occasion for much of the Muslim world, Eid has become a source of further pain and torment for desperate Palestinians in Gaza.

For thousands who have lost loved ones and much of their property, what was once a day of joy, communal meals, and close family gatherings is now a grim reminder of their losses.

In Gaza, this day used to be filled with happiness, but it has turned into a stark reflection of displacement, starvation and utter devastation – now the defining features of life in the coastal enclave.

Many Palestinians believe the ongoing war will only bring more suffering as they continue to bear unimaginable losses.

Muslims in Gaza mark Eid amid mourning and destruction

As Israeli attacks continue, Muslims in Gaza mark another Eid al-Adha with prayers among ruins. 

With loved ones lost and homes reduced to rubble, Palestinians say there’s little left to celebrate.

One killed as Israeli army attacks northern Gaza

One Palestinian has been killed and others injured in an Israeli attack on a home west of Gaza City, our colleagues are reporting, quoting a medical source at al-Shifa Hospital.

Moreover, our reporters on the ground say Israeli forces have hit two residential buildings east of Jabalia in northern Gaza.

Gaza faces famine risk as aid distribution centers close amid Israeli blockade

On Friday, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said all its aid distribution centres were closed until further notice, despite a growing hunger crisis in the territory. In a Facebook post, the GHF said details about reopening would be announced later, and advised people to stay away from aid distribution hubs “for their safety”.

Contradicting the above message in later announcements yesterday, the GHF said two of its hubs had completed their daily food distribution, and a total of 471,240 meals had been handed out on Friday alone.

Aid agencies have warned that all residents in Gaza face the threat of famine after Israel imposed a severe blockade on the territory in March, blocking the entry of food, medicine and fuel. Amid international pressure, Israel allowed some aid to enter Gaza last month, but aid groups have warned the amounts are inadequate.

Operations at the GHF group’s aid distribution hubs were halted earlier this week following several incidents of deadly violence near the sites, in which Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian aid seekers.

In addition, the Israeli army issued a warning yesterday that threatened “extreme danger” to Palestinians if they approached any of the aid points between the hours of 6am and 6pm, or 03:00 and 15:00 GMT.

22 Palestinians killed in Gaza since morning: Hospital sources

At least 22 people have been killed across Gaza since dawn, sources at the enclave’s hospitals have told Al Jazeera.

Fifteen Palestinian bodies were received at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, while an additional seven were brought to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the sources said.

Five killed close to aid in southern Gaza

Our colleagues, quoting a source at Nasser Medical Complex, are reporting that five Palestinians were killed and others were wounded by Israeli fire near an aid centre west of Rafah.

We will bring you more information as soon as we get it.

A recap of recent developments

• The Israeli military issued new forced evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, as displaced families say they have nowhere safe to go.
• French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said France is “determined” to recognise a Palestinian state, but stopped short of saying the move will happen at an upcoming UN conference co-hosted by France and Saudi Arabia.
• The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has reiterated a call for unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza as the population faces the continued threat of famine.
• At least 226 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the war began, Gaza’s Government Media Office said, after Al Arabiya TV cameraman Ahmed Qaljah succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli attack yesterday.
• Israel’s military announced the deaths of four soldiers in Gaza, saying it needed thousands more troops to press its offensive. According to the Israeli Army Radio, 866 Israeli soldiers have now been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

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