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Here’s where things stand on Thursday 10 July 2025:
- Israeli forces intensify air and ground attacks on Gaza, killing at least 55 Palestinians across the besieged territory since dawn, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.
- The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees slams Israeli plans for the mass displacement of Palestinians towards Rafah in southern Gaza.
- Doctors at Gaza’s largest hospitals say the lives of more than 100 premature babies and 350 dialysis patients are at risk because of fuel shortages caused by Israel’s ongoing siege.
- US President Donald Trump extends timeframe for a truce, saying there is a “very good chance” of a deal in Gaza this week or next, but Hamas says talks in Qatar have been “difficult” because of Israel’s stubbornness.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,575 people and wounded 136,879, 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.
Civil defence says vehicles out of service in northern Gaza
The Gaza civil defence says it has been left without any vehicles to conduct rescue operations in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates, with the exception of a single firetruck.
In a statement, the organisation said its emergency vehicles have either been destroyed by the Israeli military or unable to be repaired due to a lack of spare parts.
In the other governorates, namely Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah, three out of six firetrucks and four out of six ambulances that provided life-saving services to thousands of people have also ceased operations.
The civil defence called on the international community to intervene, pointing out that the suspension of services comes at a time when the Israeli army has intensified its deadly attacks across Gaza and continues to shrink the so-called “humanitarian zone”.
Photos: Getting drinking water a daily struggle in besieged Gaza
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Let’s bring you up to speed with the latest developments:
- The Israeli army has killed at least 55 Palestinians so far today, including children waiting to receive nutritional supplements in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.
- The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas says the bloc has reached an agreement with Israel to increase humanitarian aid entering Gaza.
- The far-right government coalition allies of Benjamin Netanyahu are pressuring him to abandon any truce talks with Hamas and work to destroy the Palestinian group.
- Yemen’s Houthis have claimed a ballistic missile attack on Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, with the Israeli army saying it intercepted one projectile.
- Human rights lawyers and other international figures have condemned the Trump administration’s sanctions on UN expert Francesca Albanese over her documentation of Israel’s abuses against Palestinians.
Israeli soldier succumbs to injuries sustained in stabbing attack in occupied West Bank
We have reported earlier, based on The Times of Israel newspaper, that an Israeli soldier was critically wounded in a stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank near the Gush Etzion settlement that also saw two suspected attackers killed.
Now, the newspaper has quoted Israel’s emergency services as saying that the soldier succumbed to his injuries.
Also, the update from the Israeli army confirmed the stabbing attack was carried out by “two terrorists” – a usual way for Israel to describe Palestinian suspects – who were killed by back-up security personnel at the scene.
The military statement published on Telegram said that Israeli soldiers are encircling the nearby Palestinian city of Halhul, north of Hebron, and establishing roadblocks in the area.
Israel’s Saar, Gantz urge Netanyahu to secure captives’ release
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and prominent opposition figure Benny Gantz have urged Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to secure the release of the captives held in Gaza during his visit to the US, saying the majority of Israelis support such a move.
In a post on X, Saar said Netanyahu “must ignore political pressures” and work to “achieve a framework for the release of hostages, which reflects the will of the majority in the government and the people and aligns with the national interest”.
Gantz, the leader of the opposition Blue and White alliance and a former member of Israel’s war cabinet, posted on X that Netanyahu should not return home “until there is a plan to bring back all the hostages”.
“Stay to press in Washington, fly to Doha – the opportunity must not be missed,” he said. “You have the support of the people, and you will also have political backing.”
Their statements come as Israel’s far-right minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, urged Netanyahu to put an end to negotiations with Hamas.
‘Catastrophe’: Europe-based Muslim organisations call for action on Gaza
A group of organisations representing communities from more than 15,000 mosques and Islamic institutions across Europe has called for action to end the “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza.
“What we are witnessing goes far beyond the context of war. It is the systematic destuction of civilian infrastructure and livelihoods of the Palestinian population,” the organisations said in a joint statement issued after a meeting in Brussels, pointing out that Israel has been called out internationally for committing “genocide”.
The organisations, which include the Coordination Council of Muslims in Germany, the French Council of Muslim Faith, and the Islamic Council of Norway, called for an immediate ceasefire, the release of all captives and those unjustly detained, and unhindered access to humanitarian aid.
They also called for the recognition of a “free and sovereign Palestinian state, based on a two-state solution, as the foundation for lasting peace and mutual dignity”.
Israeli army reports ‘security incident’ near Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank
Israeli soldiers have been dispatched to the scene of “a security incident” at Gush Etzion Junction in the Israeli Gush Etzion settlements compound south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, according to the army.
“The details are under review,” the statement published by the military said, without elaborating.
The Times of Israel newspaper, citing the Magen David Adom emergency service, reported that a man in his 20s was critically wounded in the attack at a shopping complex at the Gush Etzion Junction.
At least two suspected attackers were killed, according to first responders, the newspaper said.
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City
At least two Palestinians have been killed and five wounded in a new Israeli attack on civilians gathering near al-Daraj School in Gaza City, our colleagues on the ground are reporting.
Al-Daraj School is currently housing Palestinian families displaced in Israel’s war on Gaza.
Hamas says deadly Deir el-Balah attack a new ‘heinous crime’ by Israel
The Palestinian group has strongly condemned the Israeli air attack that, as we reported earlier, killed at least 13 Palestinians, including children, and wounded more as they waited in line in Deir el-Balah to get nutritional supplements.
In a statement, Hamas said the attack “represents a new heinous crime committed” by Israel “as part of its ongoing campaign of genocide in the Strip”.
“The terrorist Netanyahu government is escalating its brutal massacres against innocent civilians in schools, streets, displacement camps, and civilian centres, in a systematic behaviour that amounts to a full-fledged ethnic cleansing crime, perpetrated in full view of the world.”
Hamas also urged action from countries in the region and across the world to stop the killing.
The Israeli military claimed the strike targeted a Hamas “terrorist” who was part of the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, without providing evidence.
Israeli attack northwest of Gaza City kills 4
At least four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on the al-Karama neighbourhood northwest of Gaza City, a source at al-Shifa Hospital tells Al Jazeera.
Others sustained wounds in the attack, the source said.
The victims are among at least 55 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, according to medical sources.
More details on deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have spoken with sources in Gaza hospitals to confirm more details about fatal Israeli attacks against Palestinians.
Three Palestinians, including a woman, were killed near an aid centre north of the southern city of Rafah, sources at Nasser Hospital said.
In the north, two people were killed in an Israeli attack near al-Zahraa school east of Gaza City, sources at Ahli Hospital said. The school serves as a compound housing Palestinians displaced in the war.
The total number of people killed across Gaza since dawn has reached 55, according to medical sources.
‘A second Nakba?’: UN’s Lazzarini slams Israel’s planned concentration camps
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), has warned against the latest mass forced displacement plan by Israel to cram people into camps on the ruins of Rafah.
“This would de-facto create massive concentration camps at the border with Egypt for the Palestinians, displaced over and over across generations,” he said in a post under the title, “A second Nakba?”
“This would also deprive Palestinians of any prospects of a better future in their homeland.”
Lazzarini said people cannot remain “silent and complicit of such large-scale forced displacement” and renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Nakba, or catastrophe, refers to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948.
EU says it reached deal to improve Gaza humanitarian access
The European Union’s foreign affairs chief says the bloc has reached a deal with Israel to increase aid access to the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip.
“Today, we reached an agreement with Israel to expand humanitarian access to Gaza,” Kaja Kallas wrote on social media.
“This deal means more crossings open, aid and food trucks entering Gaza, repair of vital infrastructure and protection of aid workers. We count on Israel to implement every measure agreed,” she said.
In a separate statement, Kallas listed a number of other steps including the reopening of the Jordanian and Egyptian aid routes; enabling the distribution of food supplies through bakeries and public kitchens throughout Gaza; and the resumption of fuel deliveries for use by humanitarian facilities up to an operational level.
She also mentioned the protection of aid workers and the repair and facilitation of works on vital infrastructure, like the resumption of the power supply to the water desalination facility.
“These measures are or will be implemented in the coming days, with the common understanding that aid at scale must be delivered directly to the population and that measures will continue to be taken to ensure that there is no aid diversion to Hamas,” Kallas said.
UN efforts to seek justice for Gaza could be affected by US sanctions on Albanese
The Trump administration has accused UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, of being anti-Semitic, fomenting terrorism, and trying to punish the US and Israel for their leadership in the Middle East.
Now, the US State Department has issued sanctions against Albanese personally, accusing her of essentially leading a conspiracy to try to put Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on trial in The Hague.
The Trump administration says Albanese’s work is disruptive and illegal, because neither Israel nor the US is party to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court.
So, what do the sanctions mean? They mean Albanese will very likely be denied visas to the US if she tries to go to the United Nations headquarters in New York for her work. She will likely have any of her assets in the US impounded.
And perhaps most importantly, she may find that those Americans who want to work with her as she tries to pursue justice for the Palestinian people could find themselves punished by the US legal system.
UK seeks answers over US firm’s role in Gaza aid mechanism
A parliamentary committee in the UK is demanding that a US consulting giant explain its activities in Gaza, including its role in establishing a controversial aid group under scrutiny over the killings of hundreds of Palestinians.
Labour Party MP Liam Byrne, who chairs the House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee, asked Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in a letter on Wednesday for “clarification and information” about its work in the besieged enclave, adding that the query was part of the committee’s “scrutiny of the UK’s commercial, political and humanitarian links to the conflict”.
Byrne’s letter to BCG CEO Christoph Schweizer comes after The Financial Times reported on Friday that the firm had drawn up an estimate of the costs of relocating Palestinians from Gaza and signed a multimillion-dollar contract to help create the Israel- and US-backed GHF.
Read more here.
Israel claims to have hit Hezbollah ‘command centre’ in Lebanon’s Yohmor
The Israeli army claims that it struck a “military command centre” operated by the Hezbollah armed group in southern Lebanon’s Yohmor municipality.
Without offering any evidence, its statement published on Telegram said the targeted building “operated under the cover of a civilian structure”.
The Israeli military has also not commented so far on its latest drone strike in southern Lebanon earlier today.
According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, the attack on a motorcycle in the al-Mansouri area killed one person and injured another. Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency showed the moment emergency teams arrived at the site, and the targeted motorcycle.