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Here’s where things stand on Tuesday 17 June 2025:
- Blasts rock Tehran and air raid sirens go off in Tel Aviv as Iran says it is preparing for what it calls the largest and most intense missile attack in history on Israeli soil, after a strike on Iranian state television.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would not escalate hostilities, but would “end the conflict”.
- US President Donald Trump issues a threat on social media, ordering all residents of Tehran to flee and saying that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
- The death toll from Israel’s attacks on Iran has risen to more than 220, including 70 women and children. More than 20 people have been killed in Iranian attacks on Israel.
- Meanwhile, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 55,432 people and wounded 128,923, 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.
US Embassy in Israel to remain closed
The US Embassy in Jerusalem said it would remain closed today, and is directing all of its employees and their families to continue to shelter in place in and near their residences until further notice.
The mission said its branch in Tel Aviv will also remain closed.
“The U.S. Embassy is not in a position at this time to evacuate or directly assist Americans in departing Israel,” it added.
Two media workers killed in Israeli attack on Iranian state broadcaster
The official IRNA news agency has identified the victims as Nima Rajabpour and Masoumeh Azimi.
It said that Rajabpour was a news editor and Azimi was an employee of the IRIB broadcaster’s secretariat.
As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces struck the IRIB compound in Tehran, abruptly ending a live broadcast, after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz issued a warning, saying: “The Iranian propaganda and incitement mouthpiece is on its way to disappear.”
Israeli envoy says to expect ‘surprises’ in offensive against Iran
In an interview with Merit TV on Monday, Israel’s ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, referenced last year’s pager attack against Hezbollah while hinting at upcoming military operations against Iran.
“We’ve pulled off a number of surprises – when the dust settles – your going to see some surprises on Thursday night and Friday, that will make the beeper operation almost seem simple,” Leiter said.
Leiter did not elaborate on what “surprises” he was referring to.
South Korea urges citizens to leave Iran
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says South Koreans in all regions of Iran should leave the country as soon as possible.
The advisory follows an announcement on Monday saying the South Korean embassy in Iran had suspended consular services.
Israel unable to destroy Iran nuclear sites without US involvement: Analyst
Barbara Slavin, distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center think tank in Washington, DC, told Al Jazeera earlier that Israel requires US military involvement to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme as it does not have the capability to do so alone.
“The Israelis have not succeeded in achieving what was their announced goal, which was to destroy the Iranian nuclear programme, and they, frankly, cannot do that without United States assistance,” Slavin said.
“So, what we are seeing now is a kind of a push and pull by the Israelis trying to get the United States to step in. Meantime, there are reports that the Iranians are urging an urgent return to diplomacy,” she said.
“I don’t think the president wants the United States to get involved but the Israelis seem quite determined to continue their strikes on Iran, and Iran is retaliating, and I don’t see anyone at this point putting a stop to this,” she added.
“Trump doesn’t seem inclined to stop the Israelis at this point.”
Macron says forcing regime change in Iran would be a ‘strategic error’
Earlier, we reported that the French president said the US had made an offer for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
We now have more from his comments at the G7 summit.
“If the United States can achieve a ceasefire, that’s a very good thing,” Macron told reporters. He also called on both Israel and Iran to “end” strikes against civilians and warned that aiming to overthrow the government in Tehran would be a “strategic error”.
“All who have thought that by bombing from the outside, you can save a country in spite of itself have always been mistaken,” he said.
Maritime alert east of UAE’s Khor Fakkan port ‘not security related’: Monitor
An incident reported earlier at sea some 22 nautical miles (41km) east of Khor Fakkan port in the United Arab Emirates, near the Strait of Hormuz, was “not security related”, the UK’s maritime security firm Ambrey reports.
Ambrey’s issuing of an alert came as Iranian media reported in recent days that Tehran was considering closing the Strait of Hormuz, where about a fifth of the world’s total oil consumption passes through.
Iranian news agency IRINN cited the country’s key conservative lawmaker Esmail Kosari as saying earlier this week that the Strait may be closed as Israel intensifies its attacks on Iran. Experts have said that any closure of the Strait could restrict trade and affect global oil prices.
Hormuz is the only marine entryway into the Persian Gulf. It splits Iran on one side and Oman and the United Arab Emirates on the other, and it links the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean.
‘No war with Iran,’ Democratic lawmaker says
Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna has added his voice to a small but growing list of US lawmakers warning against military action against Iran.
Khanna, who represents California’s 17th congressional district in the House of Representatives, said on X he would support a resolution requiring Trump to receive congressional approval before entering Israel’s conflict with Iran.
Republican Representative Thomas Massie said earlier that he would introduce the War Powers Resolution on Tuesday.
A number of other lawmakers, including Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and independent Senator Bernie Sanders, have also expressed their opposition to US involvement in the conflict.
‘Iran can never have a nuclear weapon,’ G7 joint statement says
The economic bloc – which is made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US – has also called for “de-escalation” in the conflict between Israel and Iran.
Israeli soldier killed, three seriously wounded in southern Gaza
Israel’s military has confirmed that one soldier has been killed and three seriously injured in the southern Gaza Strip.
The military identified the deceased as a 20-year-old sergeant in Israel’s Golani Brigade’s 12th battalion, while the three “seriously injured” soldiers were also from the same unit. All three have been evacuated from the Palestinian territory.
Earlier on Monday, the Israeli military reported that a 28-year-old captain from the Golani Brigade’s engineering battalion was also killed in southern Gaza.
What could prompt US involvement in Israel’s attacks on Iran?
We’ve been speaking to Benjamin Friedman, the policy director at the Defense Priorities Foundation, about possible US involvement in the Iran-Israel war.
He said that possibility at this point “is sort of a flip of a coin” but that the US should avoid it “at all costs”.
“I think it would be a disaster for US interests… One way the US could get involved is as a result of Iranian attacks on US personnel, or US bases in the region, or even potentially on oil infrastructure in the region. That wouldn’t necessitate US involvement, but it could bring it. I think the Iranians know that, and thus far been refraining from those sorts of attacks,” he said.
“But the US might also get involved more as a choice because of this president and some of his top people being enraptured with the Israelis, and being eager to serve them. I could see the US going along with a request from the Israelis to get involved,” he continued.
“I hope that’s not the case. I think they’re engaged in a war, ultimately, about regime change that’s bound to fail, and I hope the Trump administration recognises that and keeps the US out of it.”
Smoke rises in Tehran after explosion
The Iranian Mehr news agency says an explosion has been heard in northeastern Tehran in the past hour.
It posted footage of smoke rising into the sky.
Other videos, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, show a plume of grey smoke rising over buildings in Tehran.
White House seeks talks with Iran on nuclear deal, ceasefire: Reports
The Axios news outlet is reporting that the White House is in discussions with Iran on the possibility of a meeting between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi this week.
Citing four sources briefed on the issue, the outlet said the objective of the meeting would be “to discuss a diplomatic initiative involving a nuclear deal and an end to the war between Israel and Iran”.
The report comes hours after the CNN broadcaster also reported that Trump has directed members of his team to “attempt a meeting with Iranian officials as quickly as possible”.
CNN quoted a US official as saying that nothing is yet set, but that Israel and Iran were moving in the right direction.
Trump, meanwhile, has left the G7 summit in Canada early and US media say he is expected to meet his national security staff in Washington, DC, soon after his arrival. Earlier, he also issued a threat on social media, telling residents of Tehran to leave the city immediately.
Donald Trump’s ‘contradictory narratives’ in dealing with Iran: Analyst
Middle East analyst Hassan Mneimneh said that the Trump administration has issued two contradictory narratives on its approach to Iran.
One narrative insists that the US is “just demanding a return to the negotiations” and there is no intent to attack Iran “at the moment”.
The second narrative, which Trump appears to be promoting personally through “snippets and sound bites”, is that the US is colluding with Israel in its war on Iran. Trump is “applauding what Israel is doing and preparing, it seems, for an action on the part of the US”, Mneimneh told Al Jazeera.
“Which one is it in reality? Clearly, we are not in a position to know. But only the second narrative seems to be supported by facts,” he said.
“One cannot conceive of a situation in which the US will accept the type of parity that Iran has succeeded in establishing in terms of causing harm. At least it doesn’t have the ability to destroy any kind of programme in Israel. But the ongoing war does not seem to be able to stop unless there is some sort of US intervention – or a diplomatic one,” he said.
Trump weighing use of US bomb on Iranian nuclear facility, NYT says
The US president is deliberating whether to enter the conflict with Iran to bomb its nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo, according to The New York Times.
The facility can only be reached using the US’s biggest “bunker buster” bomb, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, using American B-2 bombers, according to The Times.
“If he decides to go ahead, the United States will become a direct participant in a new conflict in the Middle East, taking on Iran in exactly the kind of war Mr. Trump has sworn, in two campaigns, he would avoid,” reporters David E Sanger and Jonathan Swan write.
Notably, the piece is tagged under “analysis” instead of news, and does not cite a source or sources for its contention that such a strike is under consideration.
Israelis in ‘shock’ as Iranian missiles hit their targets
The Israeli broadcasting authority is saying that several missiles fell in open areas injuring several Israelis who fled to shelters.
We are waiting on some more details on that. The most significant damage so far has been to Haifa port where refinery operations have been halted because of severe damage to the refinery. This is one of two refineries. Israel refines a large chunk of petrol, diesel and jet fuel, and it will be considerably inconveniencing and difficult for Israel to manage.
Israelis have never experienced anything like this in the last 40 or 50 years. So it’s come as a bit of a shock to a lot of Israelis.
Israelis are beginning to realise that this is a very, very dangerous situation that they are in. Nevertheless, Israelis always rally around the flag. They may not like Benjamin Netanyahu or his extreme right-wing government – he personally remains unpopular – but Israelis will rally around the flag when the country is under attack.
Iran extends closure of airspace
The official IRNA news agency says the country’s airspace will remain closed until 2:00pm local time today (10:30 GMT).
The agency, however, says these restrictions will likely be extended again until conditions return to normal. It cited authorities as urging citizens not to visit airports in person, but to go to the website of the Civil Aviation Organization (www.caa.gov.ir) for information.
US’s Rubio leaves G7 with Trump
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also left the G7 summit in Canada along with the US president, according to media reports.
As we reported earlier, Trump is expected to convene a meeting of his national security staff soon after his return.
Iranian-American lawmaker slams Trump’s call to evacuate Tehran
Yassamin Ansari, who became the second person of Iranian descent to be elected to the US House of Representatives last year, has described Trump’s suggestion that “everyone” leave the Iranian capital as “callous and horrifying”.
“Tehran is a massive city of nearly 10 million. Iranian people deserve freedom, but Trump’s threat of murdering innocent civilians, a mass casualty event, or another endless war is not the answer,” Ansari said on X.
‘Different signals’ as Trump aides push back against reports of US involvement
We are seeing his top aides really push back on social media when there are reports that the US is going to get involved.
They are responding, saying this is fake news. The secretary of defence went on television and said the posture is defensive, currently.
That said, and sometimes with President Donald Trump, confusion is the point. If he is coming back, as he apparently told the leaders at the G7… to work on a ceasefire, it is not clear that he would need to convene the National Security Council in the Situation Room.
That’s not something that would really rise to that level, I don’t believe. So the signals are very mixed here.
Coming back from Canada could be the ceasefire. It could be something else. It could be US military involvement. The National Security meeting – leaking that it is happening – that could indicate potential US involvement. And, of course, his social media post that Tehran should be evacuated.
I think there is growing concern in Washington. Even from President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters, we are seeing them post to social media that this is not an American fight.
So, a lot of different signals being sent here in Washington, DC, and I don’t think we will know much more until he has landed back in Washington.
Republican legislator announces push to ‘prohibit US involvement’ in Israel-Iran conflict
We’ve been covering separate efforts in the US Senate, by Independent Senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, to limit US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.
There now appears to be a similar push in the US House of Representatives by a member of Trump’s Republican party.
Republican Representative Thomas Massie announced on X a short while ago that he will introduce a bipartisan War Powers Resolution on Tuesday “to prohibit our involvement” in the conflict.
“This is not our war,” he wrote. “But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.”
Israeli medics say no injuries from latest Iranian attacks
The Magen David Adom emergency service says it has not received any reports of injuries following waves of Iranian missiles towards central and northern Israel.
The report comes moments after the Israeli military told residents of northern Israel that it was now safe to leave their shelters.
Iran’s attacks have killed at least 24 people in Israel so far.
US Senator Bernie Sanders introduces bill to block Trump from striking Iran
Sanders’s “No War Against Iran Act” would prohibit the use of federal funds for any use of military force against Iran unless it has been specifically authorised by the US Congress.
“Netanyahu’s reckless and illegal attacks violate international law and risk igniting a regional war. Congress must make it clear that the United States will not be dragged into Netanyahu’s war of choice,” Sanders, an independent who represents Vermont, said in a statement.
“Our Founding Fathers entrusted the power of war and peace exclusively to the people’s elected representatives in Congress, and it is imperative that we make clear that the President has no authority to embark on another costly war without explicit authorisation by Congress.”
While the bill has a number of Democratic co-sponsors, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, it is unlikely to become law, as Republicans control both the Senate and the House of Representatives, while Trump has veto power over legislation that comes across his desk.
Air raid sirens blare in northern Israel
We are following Iran’s latest missile salvo on Israel.
Israeli media are reporting that the barrage has set off sirens again, this time in northern Israel, including the port city of Haifa. The city has been hit several times in recent days, with one attack killing three people and forcing the oil refinery there to shut down.
We’ll bring you more when we have it.
Egypt-led group of 21 Muslim countries condemn Israel’s attacks on Iran
The group has denounced Israel’s attacks on Iran and called for urgent de-escalation and nuclear disarmament “without selectivity”.
The latter refers to Israel’s nuclear programme.
The group warned that the conflict risked spiralling further and called for an immediate ceasefire. They also expressed their support for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, calling on all states in the region to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
The signatories are Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gambia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates.
Israeli military warns air defences working to intercept Iranian missiles
The Israeli military said it has identified missiles from Iran en route to Israel and is working to “intercept the threat”.
Israel’s public has been warned to enter “protected spaces” immediately on hearing air attack sirens and remain in place until receiving further instructions from the Home Front Command.
‘Confused picture’: Trump departs early from G7 amid reports of Situation Room meeting
I have to say that it’s a somewhat confused picture, and lots of different reports pointing in different directions.
President Trump is wrapping up business here about 24 hours early. He was supposed to leave here on Tuesday after giving a press conference. He won’t be here on Tuesday at all.
[French] President Macron has been speaking to reporters.
He said that President Trump had told the other leaders that there was the possibility of negotiation between Israel and Iran. And that’s why President Trump was leaving early and it should be seen as a positive sign.
On the other hand, there are other reports: Fox News, the US cable channel, is saying that President Trump has urged all of his security team to immediately go to the Situation Room in the White House.
And a couple of hours ago, President Trump put a post on Truth Social saying that all the residents of Tehran should evacuate.
That’s a massive city. One of the biggest in the region. People were describing that as a throwaway remark.
But now, reportedly, one administration official says that’s because of the current urgency of the situation, suggesting that this could go either way.
So whether we see this as a positive development – that talks of a ceasefire are getting close or whether we see it as things going in a negative situation and getting much, much worse in Tehran – I think we need to look into this much, much closer.
Trump administration denies claims that US jets joined air strikes
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell says the claim is “not true”.
Parnell was responding to an X post by Dominic Michael Tripi, who describes himself as a political commentator and the CEO of World Independent News.
Tripi’s post cited Israel’s Channel 14, which is known for its ultra-nationalistic coverage.
Al Jazeera could not find any reference to the US joining the strikes on Channel 14’s website.
Tripi later deleted the post without explanation.
Trump hits out at ‘kooky’ Tucker Carlson
Trump has taken a swipe at conservative commentator Tucker Carlson over his opposition to US involvement in Israel’s attacks on Iran.
“Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, ‘IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!’” Trump wrote on Truth Social late on Tuesday.
Trump’s broadside comes after Carlson, a former Fox News host, accused the US president of being “complicit” in Israel’s “act of war” against Iran.
“While the American military may not have physically perpetrated the assault, years of funding and sending weapons to Israel, which Donald Trump just bragged about on Truth Social, undeniably place the US at the center of last night’s events. Washington knew these attacks would happen,” Carlson wrote on his website on Friday.
Iran has exposed divisions in the MAGA coalition, factions of which were drawn to Trump over his stated opposition to overseas wars.
Macron says US has made offer for Israel-Iran truce
French President Emmanuel Macron says the US leader has made an offer for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
“There is indeed an offer to meet and exchange. An offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kick-start broader discussions. And I think this is a very good thing,” Macron told reporters at the G7.
“We have to see now whether the sides will follow.”
Israel says its now safe to exit bomb shelters
The post on X indicates the threat from Iranian missiles is now over.
Trump to hold meeting with NSC as US sends additional forces to Middle East
There are reports by US media that Donald Trump has requested the National Security Council to convene in the situation room as he returns early from the G7 summit in Canada.
Trump’s early departure on Monday evening from the G7 came as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said earlier in the day that he had ordered the deployment of additional US military capabilities to the Middle East.
Hegseth did not disclose the type or size of the US force that would be sent to the region. But the Reuters news agency reported the movement of a large number of US military refuelling aircraft and an aircraft carrier to the Middle East.
The aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, was reported to be leaving the Southeast Asia region after cancelling a scheduled visit to Vietnam and was tracked heading through the Malacca Strait towards the Indian Ocean, according to Marine Traffic, a ship-tracking site.
Explosions in Tel Aviv as air raid sirens blare in central Israel
The Reuters news agency is reporting explosions in the sky over Tel Aviv after the Israeli military said it was working to intercept missiles launched from Iran.
The Times of Israel says air raid sirens are blaring across central Israel.
We’ll bring you more when we have it.
Tehran’s residents have nowhere to go despite Trump threat
It’s very alarming, especially given the timing, that this warning comes from the US president.
It’s the middle of the night for the people in Tehran, and most of them are asleep. Second, even if they were aware of this warning, where are they supposed to go?
Iran has no bomb shelters. It is not prepared for what is happening right now.
This was an unthinkable situation for most Iranians. They haven’t seen bombs dropping on Tehran since the Iran-Iraq War, and that ended 37 years ago. So there is an entire generation of Iranians that have never seen this kind of conflict, and they’re absolutely petrified, and understandably so. It came as very much a surprise to the entire nation of nearly 90 million people.
So the options for the general public are very limited.
I think the intent is to really create fear and panic by the US president to try and pressure the Iranian officials to agree to a deal, whatever deal he has in mind.
Pentagon chief deploys more troops to the Middle East
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says he has directed the “deployment of additional capabilities” to the Middle East over the weekend.
“Protecting US forces is our top priority and these deployments are intended to enhance our defensive posture in the region,” he said in a post on X.
The announcement came amid reports that the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz had left Southeast Asia after cancelling plans to dock in Vietnam, and is on its way to the Middle East. The Nimitz will be joining the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group, which is currently in the Arabian Sea.
Blow-by-blow’ fight between Israel, Iran to continue for near term: Analyst
Colin Clarke, a senior research fellow at the New York-based Soufan Center, said that the “blow-by-blow” fighting between Israel and Iran will likely continue over the next 24 to 48 hours at least.
“The United States is moving a lot of military muscle into the region to help the Israelis, and so I think we are likely to see continued fighting and escalation, at least for the near term,” Clarke told Al Jazeera a little earlier.
“Beyond that, President Trump has expressed some optimism that the Iranians are willing and ready to come to the negotiating table. But I have my own doubts about that based on what I’ve seen,” he said.
“It’s still too early for a formal battle damage assessment. But symbolically, both sides are absorbing blows – pretty significant blows. We’ve seen the recent Iranian attack against Israeli energy infrastructure in Haifa. And the Israelis, now with air superiority and air dominance, have had their pick of going after various surface-to-air missiles and Iranian anti-missile defence systems. So this is a real knock-down, drag-out conflict. It’s really what we’ve all been hoping to avoid since October 7, 2023.”
Blow-by-blow’ fight between Israel, Iran to continue for near term: Analyst
Colin Clarke, a senior research fellow at the New York-based Soufan Center, said that the “blow-by-blow” fighting between Israel and Iran will likely continue over the next 24 to 48 hours at least.
“The United States is moving a lot of military muscle into the region to help the Israelis, and so I think we are likely to see continued fighting and escalation, at least for the near term,” Clarke told Al Jazeera a little earlier.
“Beyond that, President Trump has expressed some optimism that the Iranians are willing and ready to come to the negotiating table. But I have my own doubts about that based on what I’ve seen,” he said.
“It’s still too early for a formal battle damage assessment. But symbolically, both sides are absorbing blows – pretty significant blows. We’ve seen the recent Iranian attack against Israeli energy infrastructure in Haifa. And the Israelis, now with air superiority and air dominance, have had their pick of going after various surface-to-air missiles and Iranian anti-missile defence systems. So this is a real knock-down, drag-out conflict. It’s really what we’ve all been hoping to avoid since October 7, 2023.”
Chinese Embassy in Israel advises citizens to leave
The embassy says that citizens should leave via the land crossings with Jordan as soon as possible.
“At present, the Israeli-Iranian conflict continues to escalate, with civilian facilities damaged and civilian casualties increasing, making the security situation even more severe,” the embassy said in an advisory posted on WeChat.
Trump’s Tehran ‘evacuation’ warning ‘extremely troubling’: Analyst
Matthew Duss, the executive vice president of the Washington, DC-based Center for International Policy think tank, said that Trump’s warning that Tehran’s entire population should evacuate the city was “frankly terrifying”.
“This is a metropolitan area of over 15 million people. Evacuating a city of that size is impossible, even before you consider the fact that people don’t have access to gasoline. They would have to be fleeing on foot,” Duss told Al Jazeera.
“But, unfortunately, it’s hard to know how seriously to take what Donald Trump says… But still, this kind of language from a president of the United States is extremely troubling. We should all be concerned,” he said.
Trump had earlier written in a post on his Truth Social platform: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
A recap of recent developments
- Blasts rock Tehran and air raid sirens blare in Tel Aviv as the conflict between Israel and Iran enters a fifth day.
- Iran’s state TV warns that its attacks on Israel will be the “biggest and most devastating” yet, after Israeli forces bomb the offices of Iran’s state broadcaster, abruptly ending a live broadcast.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to rule out the possibility of killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying: “It’s not going to escalate the conflict. It’s going to end the conflict.”
- US President Donald Trump issues a threat on social media, ordering all the residents of Tehran to flee and saying Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
- The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, is warning of possible chemical contamination and radiation inside Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility following Israeli attacks on Friday.
- Meanwhile, Israel is continuing its attacks on Gaza, killing at least 56 Palestinians on Monday alone. Some 38 of them were killed by a mix of air strikes and snipers while trying to access food.
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