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Here’s where things stand on Tuesday 1 July 2025:
- Israeli forces have killed more than 30 Palestinians across Gaza as they target aid seekers and displaced people sheltering in tents.
- More than 600 Palestinians have been killed in just five weeks while waiting for food parcels at the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites.
- US President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed to “the necessary conditions to finalise” a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, and urges Hamas to accept the proposal.
- Officials at al-Shifa, the largest medical centre in northern Gaza, say hundreds of patients are “facing death” as the hospital runs out of fuel amid Israel’s blockade.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 56,647 people and wounded 134,105, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7 attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.
GHF may be liable for criminal prosecution over aid site killings in Gaza
British international human rights lawyer Toby Cadman says the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) may be liable for criminal prosecution over the daily killings of Palestinians by Israeli forces near aid sites it operates in Gaza.
“As we’ve seen, the targeting of civilians, particularly those who are seeking aid, is relentless,” he told Al Jazeera. “We have seen hundreds of casualties so far.”
He said the question of criminal liability would “come down to the circumstances and the evidence surrounding each individual attack”.
“But what we are seeing very clearly is that they are not taking sufficient steps [to ensure the safety of Palestinian aid seekers] – if not being directly involved.”
There were “very real risks that they are not providing sufficient care, which imposes a form of criminal liability”, he said.
Trump says Israel agrees ceasefire terms, urges Hamas to accept
US President Donald Trump says Israel has accepted a 60-day Gaza ceasefire deal, but he gave no details of the plan.
Hamas has previously said it wants full Israeli troop withdrawal and security guarantees. Trump is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week.
Smotrich sources deny far-right leaders joining forces to scupper ceasefire deal: Report
As we reported earlier, Israeli media said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir were considering joining forces to thwart a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli broadcaster Kan, quoting sources close to Smotrich, reports that he has denied the allegations, stating that no such appeal was made by Ben-Gvir.
Their comments came as US President Donald Trump signalled he was doubling down on efforts to reach a truce. Earlier today, he said Israel agreed to “the necessary conditions to finalise” a 60-day ceasefire, while he urged Hamas to accept the proposal.
Divisions in Israeli cabinet as hardliners oppose ceasefire deal
We’ve already seen a lot of reaction in Israel to this proposed ceasefire agreement announced by Donald Trump.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has said there is a lot of support, both within the cabinet and within the public at large for this deal.
Meanwhile, opposition leader Yair Lapid has voiced his support, and offered Netanyahu a safety net so that he can proceed with accepting the ceasefire agreement.
This is important because we’ve already heard from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling on another hardline ally in the coalition, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, to come together so they can abort the deal.
That’s naturally drawn outrage from the families of Israeli captives, whose loved ones stand to be released by Hamas under this proposed deal. They have berated Ben-Gvir for his stance with a single-word response: “Shame.”
Israel’s top diplomat says opportunity to free Gaza captives ‘must not be missed’
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar says any opportunity to free captives held in Gaza should not be missed, after US President Donald Trump said Israel had agreed to finalise a 60-day ceasefire.
“A large majority within the government and the population is in favour of the plan to free the hostages. If the opportunity arises, it must not be missed!” Gideon Saar wrote on X.
Deadly Israeli strikes on tent encampments
You can hear the sound of Israeli drones and fighter jets as more casualties are brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for emergency treatment. The humanitarian toll continues to mount under these relentless Israeli attacks.
Let me start with what unfolded in the coastal enclave of al-Mawasi, where six Palestinians were killed after an Israeli drone strike obliterated a tent housing displaced families. That attack underscores the persistent targeting of civilians in designated humanitarian zones.
Just a little while earlier, the Israeli military struck a gathering of civilians here in Deir el-Balah. It resulted in five confirmed fatalities, including two young girls. The attack took place in a very heavily congested district.
Meanwhile, we understand that the United Nations has stated that no fewer than 1,500 Palestinian families have recently fled northern Gaza. This mass exodus follows an Israeli evacuation directive.
This has been a tragic morning, as we continue to hear the cries of mothers in the morgues of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, just metres away. There is no kind of let-up here as the heavy bombardment continues.
Dozens of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes since dawn
More than 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn today, sources in the territory’s hospitals have told Al Jazeera.
Among the deaths were six people killed in a drone strike on tents housing displaced people in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Ten others, most of them children, were injured in the strike, medical sources say.
Another Israeli air attack on a house in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City has killed four Palestinians, including two children, a source at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
(07:45 GMT)
Israeli forces arrest 14 Palestinians in Bethlehem
Wafa news agency reports that 14 Palestinians have been arrested in Israeli raids across the Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank.
They include two 15-year-olds from the town of al-Khader in the south.
Israeli forces have also arrested a
Iranian president approves law suspending cooperation with IAEA
Masoud Pezeshkian has approved a law requiring the government to suspend Iran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the official Press TV and other Iranian news agencies report.
Last week, Iran’s parliament passed the legislation to suspend cooperation with the IAEA. The move came after growing tensions between Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog over monitoring access and transparency in the wake of recent military confrontations with Israel and the US.
Israel claims busting Iranian ‘terror cell’ in southern Syria
The Israeli army says it has captured “a terrorist cell operated by Iran” in southern Syria. It said it was operating “to prevent the establishment of any terrorist element” in Syria and protect Israeli citizens and the residents of the Golan Heights.
Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981 after capturing the territory from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War. While most of the international community regards it as occupied Syrian land, US President Donald Trump recognised Israeli sovereignty over it during his first term in office.
Following the fall of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December, Israel moved further and invaded the UN buffer zone between the Golan Heights and southern Syria, and carried out an aerial campaign targeting the country’s military capabilities.
Israeli officials also approved the expansion of illegal settlements there. There are about 31,000 Israeli settlers spread across dozens of illegal Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights.
Iran had supported al-Assad since Syria’s war erupted in 2011, providing him with fighters, weapons and military advice in the form of an IRGC presence that aimed to keep him in power.
Lebanese Australian artist reinstated to Venice Biennale
Khaled Sabsabi has been recommissioned to represent Australia at the prestigious art fair, six months after Creative Australia abruptly took back his nomination, the artist has said in a post on social media.
“This decision has renewed our confidence in Creative Australia and in the integrity of its selection process,” Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino wrote in a statement.
“It offers a sense of resolution and allows us to move forward with optimism and hope after a period of significant personal and collective hardship,” it said.
Creative Australia’s decision to cancel Sabsabi’s participation came after News Corp newspaper The Australian reported Sabsabi had taken part in an artist boycott of the Sydney festival in 2022, because the event was sponsored by the Israeli embassy to Australia, and that Sabsabi had included former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in previous works.
Iranians face economic strain after 12 days of conflict with Israel
The effect of the conflict with Israel is still being felt across Iran. There are fears that the economy, which was halted for two weeks, will struggle to recover.
Netanyahu may seek US guarantees for strikes on Iran’s rebuilt nuclear and missile sites: Report
The Israeli broadcaster Kan reports that PM Netanyahu is likely to ask President Trump for guarantees to be able to strike Iran should it detect that Iranian authorities are trying to rebuild their nuclear programme or missile arsenal.
Netanyahu, who is scheduled to travel to Washington next week, may request a written letter from the US, the report said.
In their 12-day war, Israel deeply damaged Iran’s missile production and damaged its nuclear capabilities. While the extent of the damage remains disputed, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi acknowledged last week that the country’s nuclear facilities sustained “significant and serious damages” after the US dropped bunker busters on three key sites.
Iran made preparations to close Strait of Hormuz: Report
Quoting two US officials, Reuters news agency reports that the Iranian military loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Gulf some time after Israel launched its initial missile attack against Iran on June 13.
The loading of the mines, which have not been deployed in the strait, suggests that Tehran may have been serious about closing one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, a move that would have escalated an already-spiralling conflict and severely hobbled global commerce. About one-fifth of global oil and gas shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and a blockage would likely have spiked world energy prices.
The report also said it wasn’t clear if the mines have since been unloaded. The sources did not disclose how the US determined that the mines had been put on the Iranian vessels, but such intelligence is typically gathered through satellite imagery, clandestine human sources or a combination of both methods.
The two officials said the US government has not ruled out the possibility that loading the mines was a ruse. The Iranians could have prepared the mines to convince the US that Tehran was serious about closing the strait, but without intending to do so, the officials said.
Iran’s military could have also simply been making necessary preparations in the event that Iran’s leaders gave the order, they said.
In an age of abundance and ceasefires, Gaza starves, and the war won’t stop
Israel and Iran fought for 12 days, firing bombs, drones and missiles at each other, with the US also joining in. Then it stopped.
Last month, India and Pakistan attacked each other, and the world feared the outbreak of an all-out war between the two nuclear powers. But then, after four days, it stopped.
In Gaza, we haven’t been so lucky. The word “ceasefire” doesn’t apply to us – even after 20 months of slaughter, death, and starvation.
Instead, as wars erupt and end elsewhere, Gaza is neglected, slipping down the news agenda, and disconnected from the internet for days.
World leaders who can end wars decisively can’t deliver medicine to Gaza, can’t bring in food aid without daily bloodshed.
That inadequacy has left us Palestinians in Gaza isolated, abandoned, and feeling worthless. We feel humiliated and degraded, as if our dignity has been erased.
Read more here.
Four killed in Israeli attack on northern Gaza
An Israeli air attack on a house in the the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City has killed four Palestinians including two children, a source at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
GHF’s operations in Gaza are part of a ‘dark mission’ to expel Palestinians
We have more from Antony Loewenstein, a journalist and author of The Palestine Laboratory.
He said Israel and the US’s push to take over aid distribution from the UN in Gaza, via the GHF, is aimed at pushing out Palestinians from the coastal enclave.
He said Israel loathes the UN’s presence in occupied Palestinian territory because it sees the world body as “perpetuating the Palestinian issue”.
“It’s nonsense. The issue is that there is an occupation that has been going on for decades. That’s what’s perpetuating the situation, not the UN,” Loewenstein said.
He went on to note that a recent study published in the Nature magazine has found that an estimated 84,000 people have been killed in Gaza as a result of Israel’s war.
“These are staggering numbers of people,” he said.
“And in the last five weeks, since this aid operation has begun, there’s been well over 600 killed, and there’s no indication right now that that’s stopping. And it’s worth saying that the goal is also pretty clear. Israel now controls the whole of the Gaza Strip militarily, and Palestinian civilians are in pretty much 20-21 percent of it, meaning that the vast majority of Gaza has no Palestinians or very, very few,” he continued.
“And the fear that I have … is that the so called long term goal here is to, for those Palestinians who stay, who refuse to leave – assuming they’re given any option to do anything else – their life will be essentially misery and intense siege forever, at least for the foreseeable future. And this aid operation is part of that very, very dark mission.”
Law firms call on UK parliament to halt F-35 parts export to Israel
Two law firms challenging British exports of F-35 parts to Israel have described a recent London court ruling on their case as “disappointing”.
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Al-Haq say they are considering appealing the decision.
They also said it is now up to the UK parliament to act, after the high court said “it is Parliament’s role, not the court’s” to scrutinise if the “government decision to continue to arm Israel through the F-35 carve-out is consistent with its international law obligations”.
“The court’s decision, which continues to allow the UK to arm Israel, through the F-35 carve-out, is disappointing; however, our teams are looking into whether to appeal the judgment,” GLAN and Al-Haq said in a statement.
“Yesterday’s decision does not affect the UK government’s obligation under international law to prevent genocide and atrocity crimes,” they added.
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Here’s what happened overnight:
- Neither Israel nor Hamas has commented on Trump’s announcement of a 60-day truce in Gaza.
- Israeli forces have killed at least six people in Khan Younis and wounded many more in attacks on Gaza City and Deir el-Balah.
- The US has accused UN expert Francesca Albanese of waging “warfare against” its economy after she released a report detailing the companies involved in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory.
- More than 100 staff at the BBC have accused the broadcaster of “censorship” and “anti-Palestine racism” when it comes to its coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
- Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and 22 other NGOs have urged Israel to release 185 Palestinian healthcare workers who remain arbitrarily detained.
- The World Food Programme says “the window to push back starvation in Gaza is closing fast” and is renewing its calls for a ceasefire to provide aid to hungry Palestinians.
Why is Israel ramping up attacks on the West Bank?
As the world remains distracted by Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Residents, experts, and rights groups say the violence is aimed at displacing Palestinians and annexing their land. In 2024 alone, Israel confiscated more Palestinian land in the West Bank than in the previous 20 years combined, according to Peace Now, an Israeli nonprofit tracking land theft in Palestine.
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has led the charge after assuming control of the newly established “Settlements Administration” in February 2023.
The position allows Smotrich to advance Israel’s de facto annexation of the occupied West Bank by working to extend Israeli civil law over the area, in direct contravention of international law.
Read more here.
Amnesty, HRW, MSF and other NGOs urge Israel to release Palestinian health workers
The group of 25 rights organisations are demanding an end to Israel’s arbitrary detention of healthcare workers in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
“At least 185 healthcare workers from Gaza and the West Bank were estimated to be in Israeli detention as of February 2025,” the group said in a statement. “The conditions of many of those still detained remain unknown. Many of those released have reported severe abuse, while some have died in custody.”
The detentions are part of a wider assault on Gaza’s health system, the NGOs said.
“Since October 2023, there have been around 700 attacks on health, including aerial bombardments of hospitals, health clinics and ambulances. Over 1,500 health workers and 460 aid workers have been killed.”
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