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Here’s where things stand on Sunday 6 July 2025:
- Sources in Gaza hospitals say 78 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombings today, at least 9 of them near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid hub in the north of Rafah, including three children.
- At least 743 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks at the notorious GHF distribution centres, as Israeli forces continue to target people waiting for food and hospitals struggle to cope with the wounded.
- Hamas says it is ready to start talks “immediately” on a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire, which will allow the desperately needed aid for Gaza.
- Hamas ally Islamic Jihad says it supports plans for talks on a truce with Israel, but demanded “guarantees” that the process would lead to a permanent ceasefire.
- The announcement came after it held consultations with other Palestinian factions and before a visit on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, where President Donald Trump is pushing for an end to the war, now in its 21st month.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,338 people and wounded 135,957, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.
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.
Netanyahu rejects Hamas amendments, but says will try to continue momentum on ceasefire
Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with security chiefs and top cabinet members has just finished. The Israeli leader’s office has released a statement saying that what Hamas wanted amended as part of this framework is unacceptable to them.
He added that the Israeli negotiating team is going to head to Doha tomorrow — the same day Netanyahu himself is flying to Washington to meet with US leader Donald Trump.
Netanyahu said Israel would do what it could to keep momentum going on the talks.
We’ve learned that Hamas feels that the general framework of the deal is fine, but is looking for three core amendments.
They wanted talks for ending the war to happen immediately, regardless of the 60-day pause in the fighting.
They want humanitarian aid to go through the channels that were there before the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation became involved.
And they had requirements about where Israeli forces could be in Gaza as part of this deal.
According to the Israelis, those three amendments are unacceptable.
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.”
Israel says Hamas changes to ceasefire ‘unacceptable’
On X, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office says, “The changes that Hamas is seeking to make in the Qatari proposal were conveyed to us last night and are unacceptable to Israel.”
We’ll bring you more on this soon.
State Department, Netanyahu condemn attack on US aid workers at GHF compound
The US State Department and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu have condemned an attack at a Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) aid distribution site that injured two American aid workers earlier today.
In a post on X, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that “Hamas terrorists” were behind the attack, which the GHF and Israeli military said involved grenades.
“This act of violence against the people actually bringing relief to Gazans lays bare the depravity of Hamas,” Bruce said.
“Nothing will stop these courageous aid workers. We are praying for the rapid recovery of the injured Americans.”
In a statement issued, Netanyahu said he wished the injured Americans a speedy recovery, adding the incident “once again expose[d] the brutality of Hamas”.
“The United Nations must stop opposing the foundation’s operations and instead work in partnership to ensure it can continue its mission safely,” he said.
Killings of Palestinians have become a routine occurrence at GHF distribution hubs, which have been branded “human slaughterhouses”. Recent investigations have revealed that Israeli soldiers were ordered to shoot at unarmed aid seekers, while US security contractors employed at the hubs say live rounds and stun grenades were used.
Iran’s Khamenei further leans on nationalist sentiment as threats loom
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is leading a surge of nationalist messaging that has been coming from Iran’s theocratic establishment in the lead-up to and after the war with Israel.
After emerging at an event in Tehran to mark Ashura tonight after weeks of absence, the supreme leader was filmed telling his handpicked maddah, or religious eulogist, to sing “Ey Iran”.
That is an Iranian patriotic song serving as the country’s de facto national anthem that has been increasingly used by the state in the past few weeks in an attempt to signal a message of national unity.
Under normal circumstances, the eulogist would perform religious sermons to the crowds, who would often be seen crying and mourning during the Shia Muslim event.
But faced with the war and the looming threat of renewed Israeli or US strikes, the establishment has sharply pivoted toward nationalist messaging, and an emphasis on preserving Iran’s territorial integrity in the face of foreign enemies.
Netanyahu tells Ben-Gvir, Smotrich he will not end war without demilitarising Gaza: Report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told hardliners in his cabinet that he will not end the war without demilitarising Gaza, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority is reporting.
The Israeli leader reportedly made the statement to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, influential far-right hawks in his cabinet, amid deliberations over a ceasefire deal over the war in Gaza.
As we reported earlier, Ben-Gvir recently posted on X that promising to demilitarise Gaza in the future and striking “a partial deal now” that included the Israeli withdrawal from “conquered territories”, the release of Palestinian prisoners or “revitalisation of Hamas with humanitarian aid” would constitute a “reward for terrorism”.
Ben-Gvir calls on Netanyahu to ‘abandon path of surrender’ with Gaza ceasefire
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says the central goal of the war is the destruction of Hamas.
In a post on X, he wrote that any ceasefire agreement that would demilitarise Gaza in the future or include Israeli withdrawal from “conquered territories”, the release of Palestinian prisoners or “revitalisation of Hamas with humanitarian aid” would constitute a “reward for terrorism”.
“The only way to achieve victory and securely return our hostages is through the complete conquest of the Strip, a total cessation of ‘humanitarian’ aid, and the encouragement to emigration. I call on the prime minister to abandon the path of surrender and return to the path of victory.”
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.
Netanyahu demands action from Australia over ‘anti-Semitic’ synagogue, restaurant incidents
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar have separately condemned what they term as “anti-Semitic” attacks on a synagogue and an Israeli-owned restaurant in Melbourne last night.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that the “reprehensible” attacks, which were accompanied by slogans calling for “death” to the Israeli military, are “severe hate crimes that must be uprooted”.
“The state of Israel will continue to stand alongside the Australian Jewish community, and we demand that the Australian government take all action to deal with the rioters to the fullest extent of the law and prevent similar attacks in the future.”
In one incident, a man poured a flammable liquid on the synagogue’s front door and ignited. The fire was contained and there were no injuries to about 20 people inside. In the same evening, approximately 20 masked protesters stormed a restaurant, overturned tables and harassed diners.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “Those responsible for these shocking acts must face the full force of the law and my government will provide all necessary support toward this effort.”
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.
Iran’s Khamenei emerges for first time since war with Israel
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been seen for the first time since before the start of the 12-day war with Israel on June 13.
He was believed to have been residing in an underground complex over security concerns after threats of assassination by Israel and the US.
Khamenei’s office released footage showing the 86-year-old leader making an appearance at a ceremony to mark Ashura, a mourning event that holds deep religious meaning to Shia Muslims.
Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, and President Masoud Pezeshkian’s first vice president, Mohammad Reza Aref, were seen among those flanking Khamenei. Followers present chanted slogans like “long live” and “the blood in our veins is a gift to our leader”.
Israeli settlers attack German journalists in occupied West Bank
German international broadcaster DW says that two of its journalists were attacked by Israeli settlers while reporting in the occupied West Bank.
The pair, a correspondent and cameraperson, were in the Palestinian village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, when they were pelted with rocks and chased, the broadcaster said in a statement.
They had been in the village to report on a protest over settler violence against Palestinians. The attack took place on Friday, but the broadcaster did not make it public until today.
“We are relieved that they were not physically injured in the attack and were able to get to safety,” DW’s director general, Peter Limbourg, said.
“There is no justification for this attack. We strongly demand that the Israeli government guarantee the safety of all journalists in the West Bank.”
Today’s death toll rises in the Gaza Strip
At least 78 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since midnight today, sources at hospitals in the Strip tell Al Jazeera.
‘Why do I have to calculate my son’s chances of return?’: Captive’s father
Michelle Iluz, whose son, Guy, is being held captive in Gaza, told demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv that families are forced to wait for a ceasefire deal that secures the release of only a limited number of those held in the enclave.
“Why do I have to read the entire list of hostages and calculate the chances of my son’s return?” he said. “Does this sound reasonable to anyone here?”
Other family members also spoke at the rally, which also saw participation from those who were released from Gaza captivity after previous agreements.
Arbel Yehud, who was returned to Israel in February after 482 days of captivity, was there to raise awareness about the danger of Israeli attacks on Gaza to the lives of the remaining captives.
Photos: Protesters in Tel Aviv demand deal to end war, return Israelis held in Gaza
Israel sending negotiators to Doha to ‘close gaps’ in deal, Israeli journalists say
Israel is preparing to send a negotiating team to Qatar, potentially as early as tomorrow, in a bid to hammer out details of a ceasefire agreement, Israeli journalists are reporting.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported that Israel’s cabinet would discuss Hamas’s response to the ceasefire proposal tonight, and had not rejected it, believing that it was something to work with.
Barak Ravid, global affairs correspondent for Axios, posted on X that an Israeli official had told him Netanyahu had decided to send Israeli negotiators to Doha, travelling tonight or tomorrow.
He said they were heading to the Qatari capital for “proximity talks” with Hamas in a bid to “close the remaining gaps and reach an agreement on the final details of the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal”.
Israeli tank targeted by explosive device, Qassam Brigades video shows
The armed wing of Hamas has released a video that purports to show how its fighters planted an explosive device near an invading Israeli tank, blowing it up in southern Gaza in an incident that it said took place yesterday.
The Qassam Brigades also said its fighters fired towards Israeli soldiers in an armoured vehicle in a separate incident.
The Israeli military confirmed yesterday that two of its soldiers were killed, including one in Khan Younis and another during an operational accident at Beit Hanoun in the north.
Hamas says it has support from Palestinian factions for ‘positive’ response to ceasefire proposal
Hamas has released a new statement about the proposal for a Gaza ceasefire, saying that it has unanimous support from different Palestinian factions for its position, which had been submitted to mediators “in a positive spirit”.
The statement from Husam Badran, head of Hamas’s office of national relations, said that the group had “conducted a series of extensive contacts with the leaders of the Palestinian factions and forces to coordinate and consult on the Hamas response to the framework paper … and the mechanisms for its implementation”.
He said the consultation resulted in a “unified national consensus”.
“The movement’s response was submitted to the mediators, formulated unanimously and in a positive spirit,” said Badran.
He said the consultations were held “within the framework of a responsible Palestinian leadership that seeks to preserve the gains of our people and to ensure a unified Palestinian position to stop the war of genocide against our people in the Gaza Strip”.
In a separate statement, Hamas said it called on Arab and Islamic countries, along with the United Nations and its institutions, to move beyond condemnation and “take effective action to stop the systematic war crimes committed by the terrorist occupation against innocent civilians”.
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 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:
- The current situation in Lebanon and the region makes it necessary for [UN peacekeeping force in South Lebanon] UNIFIL to remain in order to implement Resolution 1701.
- The continued Israeli occupation of the five hills, its repeated aggressions, and its failure to release prisoners make it difficult for the state to fully impose its authority, protect its citizens and enforce its decisions, including the exclusive possession of weapons.
- The army’s numbers in the south will reach 10,000 personnel, and there will be no armed force in the south except for the legitimate security forces and UNIFIL.
- Minister Lammy affirmed to President Aoun his country’s continued support for the Lebanese army in various fields, and said that the UK is closely following the situation in Lebanon.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian lands in West Bank’s Ramallah and Nablus
Violent Israeli settlers have carried out attacks on two areas in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
They stormed the village of Jaljiliya, north of Ramallah, and attempted to set fire to a Palestinian home. They also attacked an area south of the town of Sinjil after attempting another assault yesterday.
Wafa reported that a young man was injured by rubber bullets amid a settler attack on the town of Beita, located south of Nablus.
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli drone fire in southern Gaza
Two more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli drones, this time in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, sources at the Nasser Medical Complex have told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
Others have been killed and injured in an Israeli air strike targeting the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza, Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting, although the number of victims remains unclear.
More than 60 people have been killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza since dawn, sources in Gaza hospitals say, at least nine of them near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hub.
Families of Israeli captives call protests demanding ‘deal of all deals’ to end war
A group representing families of Israelis held by Hamas in Gaza is calling for mass demonstrations across Israel tonight, demanding a “comprehensive deal” to end the war and bring their loved ones home.
Protesters have begun gathering for the demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and two other locations, which are being held before Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington on Sunday to discuss a potential ceasefire deal with US President Donald Trump after nearly 21 months of war.
“This is the time to complete the mission, and to achieve a comprehensive deal,” said a post on social media by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, the group organising the demonstrations.
The post called on “all people of Israel from every background” to join them. “We must make the deal of all deals,” it said.
Israeli police raid Palestinian Bar Association election in Jerusalem
Israeli police have raided the headquarters of the Professional Associations Complex, north of occupied East Jerusalem, while the Palestinian Bar Association was holding an election.
The Prisoners’ Media Office reported that the raid took place in the Beit Hanina neighbourhood, during which Israeli police searched the premises and checked the identification of everyone present.
Israeli forces handed a summons to 15 people participating in the election, ordering them to appear for questioning later, the monitor said.
Pressure on Netanyahu to agree to ceasefire finally seems to be making headway
For the first time in nearly 21 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is showing an openness to talks that could potentially end the war.
Pressure had previously come internally from the families of Israeli captives, or from allies within the European Union.
What’s different now is that the pressure is coming from Donald Trump himself. It seems, with the many security consultations that Netanyahu has been holding in recent days, that this push is finally making some headway.
Netanyahu will have another consultation tonight with his cabinet and security chiefs, before he heads to Washington tomorrow to discuss a possible ceasefire with Trump.
The cabinet will discuss what Israel wants as part of this deal. The Americans have said that Israel agreed, in theory, to everything outlined in an initial 60-day ceasefire proposal, and that immediately there would be talks towards ending the war.
Netanyahu has previously said he was against this because Israel had not met its objectives: The captives were not released; Hamas was not destroyed.
So Netanyahu is going to be getting plans from his security chiefs on what Israel can get as part of this deal, and what they can do in the negotiations to help them accomplish these goals.
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:
- Israeli forces stormed the village of Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem.
- Occupation soldiers raided a house near Wadi al-Faraa in Tubas.
- Military vehicles were deployed to a neighbourhood and several streets in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin. They raided homes and posted demolition notices.
- Israeli forces stormed the town of Anata and its suburb, located northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, raiding homes and vandalising Palestinian property.
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.
Photos: Palestinians mourn the loss of loved ones killed in an Israeli attack
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.”
As we reported earlier, more than 20 people have been arrested under anti-terror laws in London at a demonstration in support of the group.
Israel says ‘terrorists’ threw grenades inside GHF site in Rafah
We reported earlier that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), formed by Israel and the US to kick out the UN and other international agencies, said two US aid workers were injured in Gaza in a “targeted attack”.
The Israeli military now says “terrorists threw two grenades” into a GHF compound in southern Gaza’s Rafah, injuring two workers.
The Israeli army, which is enforcing the government’s starvation policy for the besieged enclave, said “terrorist organisations operating in the Gaza Strip continue their attempts to sabotage the distribution of humanitarian aid in the designated distribution compounds”.
Al-Quds Brigades releases video of ambush on Israeli tank
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad has released the video below, which shows its fighters disguising explosives among the rubble of homes destroyed by the Israeli military in southern Gaza, to blow up an incoming tank.
Saraya al-Quds, or the al-Quds Brigades, also showed in the video that it had captured several small drones of the Israeli military.
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.
