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Here’s where things stand on Saturday 27 June 2025:
- Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn have killed at least 21 Palestinians, the majority around the southern city of Khan Younis, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera.
- The killings come a day after US President Donald Trump said a ceasefire in Gaza could be reached “within the next week”.
- Gaza’s Government Media Office says revelations in the Israeli media that soldiers were ordered to “deliberately shoot” starving Palestinians seeking aid supplies are further evidence of “war crimes” in Gaza.
- The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says aid distribution sites operated by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) had created “a killing field”.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 56,331 people and wounded 132,632, 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.
Anxiety high in Tehran as Iranians resume life after Israeli attacks
I have never seen Tehran so calm. The Iranian capital is famous for its heavy traffic, and now there is almost none.
Yet in the last two or three days, life is beginning to return to normal. Hotels, restaurants and coffee shops are opening again, and the city’s institutions are starting to operate once more.
But despite the signs of life returning to the capital, we’re seeing that people remain cautious.
Iranians never thought their capital would come under attack, yet for more than 10 days Israeli planes were bombing Tehran and other major cities.
People feel their country is more vulnerable than ever before, and that there is a high possibility of a second wave of the conflict.
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Let’s get you up to speed with the latest developments:
- At least 21 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since morning, according to hospital sources.
- The Gaza Media Office says 66 children have died as a result of malnutrition in the besieged enclave.
- In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces have arrested at least 15 people in a series of raids across the territory.
- Top political and military Iranian figures are among the thousands attending a state funeral in Tehran honouring those killed in the recent conflict with Israel.
- Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have launched a ballistic missile towards Israel in response to its attacks on Palestinians in Gaza.
Gaza death toll rises
At least 81 Palestinians have been killed and 422 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
The total toll in Israel’s war on Gaza has risen to 56,412 killings and 133,054 injuries since October 7, 2023.
At least 6,089 killings and 21,013 injuries came after Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18.
Daily raids in occupied West Bank conducted to make life ‘miserable’
The large-scale campaign of Israeli arrests in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023 is part of a concerted effort to destabilise Palestinian communities and push young people out of the territory, analyst Amjad Abu el-Ezz has told Al Jazeera.
“This is a policy being conducted by the Israeli occupation power under justifications like October 7,” said Abu el-Ezz, a professor at the Arab American University in Ramallah.
“But the truth behind this policy is to create fear, to make our life in the West Bank miserable and difficult, and to push the Palestinian youth to leave the land and become immigrants in Europe or elsewhere.”
Moreover, he added that Israeli soldiers are conducting daily raids, arresting young people even in towns and villages that have seen no unrest.
“Why is this policy being conducted when some towns and villages don’t have any problems, don’t have any activities, but they’re still being targeted?” he questioned.
US- and Israeli-backed aid system in Gaza an ‘abomination’
Chris Doyle, director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding, has labelled the aid distribution system in Gaza that is run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) an “abomination and utter disgrace”.
“It is an inversion of all the global humanitarian principles about independence, impartiality and neutrality,” he told Al Jazeera.
The UN and aid groups say the GHF does not abide by humanitarian principles, accusing it of weaponising aid since it began operating in late May.
“As we’ve seen, around about 550 Palestinians have been killed in trying to get food there, to travel by foot, long journeys, and then the families worry whether they’ll ever come back again,” Doyle said.
Pointing to the lack of accountability and the urgent need to change the current aid system, Doyle described the situation as another example of where “Israel enjoys complete and utter impunity from any of the norms of war, of international law.
“This has to be dismantled now, and the proper systems of delivery and distribution of aid set back up,” he added.
‘The pride of a nation is more precious than anything else’: Araghchi
Iran’s foreign minister has shared a photo of himself online mourning over the coffin of slain IRGC head Hossein Salami, writing in the caption about his pride that his country had defended itself against two nuclear-armed powers.
The photo was posted on Abbas Araghchi’s Instagram account in a gallery of images from his attendance at today’s huge state funeral in Tehran for military commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians killed in the Israeli attacks that began on June 13. The US, Israel’s top ally, joined the air campaign on June 22 by bombing three key Iranian nuclear facilities.
“The pride of a nation is more precious than anything else,” read the caption.
“Today, Iranians, in the midst of heroic resistance against two regimes armed with nuclear weapons, have preserved their honour and pride, and now look to the future more proudly, more honourably, and more firmly than ever.”
Israel is widely believed to have nuclear weapons, although it has never publicly admitted it.
His post translated to: Although their loss is difficult and heartbreaking, their memory and path will live on in the hearts of the awakened, and mature, aware, and faithful generations will continue their path. Facilities and buildings, although important and valuable, return with new splendour and greater strength with the passage of time, even if it takes years. The pride of a nation is more precious than anything else.
Today, Iranians, in the midst of heroic resistance against two regimes armed with nuclear weapons, have preserved their honour and pride, and now look to the future more proudly, more honourably, and more firmly than ever. In the glorious history of Iran, which has spanned thousands of years, these 12 days will shine like a jewel in the desert of resistance.
History will write: Iranians gave blood, not soil; gave their hearts, not honour; they stood under the rain of thousands of tonnes of bombs, they did not surrender. Iran, my homeland, and my body, are alien to the word “surrender”. And Hussein’s cry of “How I abhor” is louder than ever this year in Muharram.
Number of children dead from malnutrition rises to 66 in Gaza: Media Office
The development comes due to the ongoing closure of crossings by Israeli forces and “prevention of the entry of baby milk and nutritional supplements designated for vulnerable and weak groups, especially infants and the sick”, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
“This behaviour constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity, and reveals the ‘Israeli’ occupation’s deliberate use of starvation as a weapon to exterminate civilians, especially children, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions,” it added.
PIJ’s armed wing claims attack on Israeli solders in Gaza City
The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, al-Quds Brigades, has published a video on Telegram, claiming that it shows its artillery targeting a group of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles with mortar shells.
It said the attack came around al-Muntar Hill, east of the Shujayea neighbourhood in Gaza City.
Netanyahu’s denials of military wrongdoing undermined by daily slaughter
It’s no surprise that the statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office is denying any wrongdoing by the military in Gaza in response to an explosive Haaretz newspaper report yesterday.
The report quoted Israeli soldiers as saying that commanders had instructed them to fire at Palestinians approaching food aid distribution sites in Gaza.
Netanyahu has consistently denied wrongdoing by the Israeli military since the war began nearly two years ago. This time, Netanyahu has dismissed the report as a “blood libel”, saying that the Israeli military operates in incredibly difficult conditions and does what it can to minimise the harm to civilians.
That’s a little hard to believe given the fact that more than 56,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s onslaught.
The Israeli soldiers quoted in this report said Gaza has become a killing field, especially in the areas near the aid distribution sites.
Bodies of two aid seekers recovered in northern Gaza: Medical source
A source at Ahli Hospital has told Al Jazeera the bodies of two Palestinians were recovered among a crowd of people waiting for aid, at the Netzarim Corridor south of Gaza City.
Scenes in Tehran show renewed national unity in face of foreign attacks
The huge crowds gathered for a state funeral in Tehran reflect a renewed sense of patriotism across Iran in the wake of the recent conflict, according to an Iranian researcher.
Ali Akbar Dareini of Tehran’s Centre for Strategic Studies told Al Jazeera that the Israeli and American attacks had “reignited that sense of patriotism and nationalism in Iran”.
“Iranians love their country no matter their political affiliations,” he said, adding that even those opposed to Iran’s government were now rallying behind the flag.
“Iranians now feel that … a country with 7,000 years of civilisation is under attack, and they have to stand up to foreign aggression, no matter their political affiliation.”
Despite the ceasefire, there was “absolutely no trust in the Israelis” that it would hold, he said. “I would not be surprised if Israelis are not going to attack Iran again as soon as they replenish their arsenal,” he said. “But Iran is also making itself prepared for defence.”
More than 20 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza so far today
The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn today has now risen to 21, according to medical sources.
The death toll earlier had been reported as at least 17.
Israeli army confirms settlers attacked troops in West Bank’s Kafr Malek
We have reported earlier several dozen Israeli settlers reportedly attacked Israeli military reservists while rampaging through the occupied West Bank village of Kafr Malek, leading to arrests.
Now, the Israeli military statement published on Telegram said the incident took place overnight when several Israeli civilians were driving towards an area designated as a closed military zone.
“Upon the arrival of the security forces, dozens of Israeli civilians hurled stones towards them and physically and verbally assaulted the soldiers, including the Battalion Commander,” it said, adding that the group vandalised and damaged the military vehicles as well as attempting to ram the security forces.
The security forces dispersed the gathering, and six Israeli civilians (settlers) were apprehended and transferred to the Israel Police for further processing, the statement said.
‘Gaza food hubs death traps luring Palestinians to be shot at’
We’ve spoken to Chris Doyle, director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding, about the growing number of Palestinians being killed while waiting near food distribution centres in Gaza.
“These are death traps, essentially using these hubs of food to try to lure starving Palestinians to be shot at,” he told Al Jazeera.
Doyle, a commentator on Middle East affairs, said the confirmation from Israeli soldiers of the shootings in a report this week “only just demonstrates the sheer brutality of what is going on here”.
He also stressed that UN agencies and humanitarian groups have for months warned that operations by the Israeli and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were “utterly wrong and unworkable”.
“And you are doing this to a population that’s already endured such suffering,” Doyle said. “They are already on the brink of starvation or actually being starved, and without any form of a healthcare system – all the hospitals have been hit, healthcare centres, you name it, we’ve all seen this, so to allow this to continue is a disgrace,” he called, calling for international sanctions against Israel.
“We need measures to be taken against the Israeli government, further sanctions to utterly force and compel them to stop.”
Houthis claim ballistic missile strike on southern Israel
We have been reporting on the Israeli claims of a missile strike from Yemen that was “most likely successfully intercepted”.
Now, the Yemeni armed group has confirmed they launched a ballistic missile, saying it was against a “sensitive” target in the Israeli city of Beersheba in southern Israel.
According to a statement released by the group, the attack was carried out by the group’s missile unit using a Dhu al-Fiqar ballistic missile. “The operation successfully achieved its goal,” it said.
Moreover, the statement claimed that, earlier last week, the Houthis had launched several operations targeting sites in Beersheba, Jaffa, and Haifa using ballistic missiles and drones.
Since November 2023, the Houthis have launched attacks on Israeli cities and vessels linked to Israel, in an effort to pressure it to stop its nearly 21-month war on Gaza.
Iran’s president, head of elite Quds Force attend state funeral in Tehran
Some of Iran’s most powerful political and military figures are among the mourners at the huge state funeral in Tehran, honouring those killed in the recent conflict, according to footage posted by Iranian media.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian was shown walking through the crowds, flanked by bodyguards.
Also present were Esmail Qaani, commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, and Ali Shamkhani, a top adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and negotiator in diplomatic talks.
Both men were initially reported to have been killed in Israeli strikes during the recent conflict.
PIJ’s armed wing claims attack on Israeli military vehicle in southern Gaza
The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, al-Quds Brigades, has said in a statement published on Telegram that its fighters detonated “a highly explosive device” in an Israeli military vehicle.
The attack came on Highway 5, north of Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, the group said, without elaborating on the time of the assault.
Number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces today rises
Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn today have now killed at least 17 Palestinians, up from 14 we had reported earlier.
The number includes:
- 11 people killed in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza
- Two in Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza
- Two in Jabalia, in northern Gaza
- One in an area northwest of Gaza City
- One killed and several others wounded by Israeli forces’ fire near a GHF aid centre north of Rafah, in southern Gaza.
Fuel crisis in Gaza threatens lifesaving services: UNRWA
The health sector in the Gaza Strip remains under intense strain, with widespread damage to medical facilities, the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has said.
The health crisis in the Gaza Strip was further compounded by ongoing restrictions on the entry of essential medical supplies and fuel, UNRWA said in its latest situation report.
“The fuel crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached deeply worrisome levels. Humanitarian organisations warn that without the immediate entry of fuel, lifesaving and life-sustaining services are at risk of shutting down imminently,” the UN agency said.
Israeli forces targeting Gaza’s so-called ‘safe zones’
Israel has been pressing ahead with its military offensive across Gaza, with a particular focus on targeting civilians in areas that the Israeli military itself has designated as safe humanitarian zones, specifically in the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza.
Since dawn today, two makeshift tents have been targeted, resulting in at least four confirmed Palestinian deaths and six others injured.
What is especially alarming is that rescue operations are still ongoing following an Israeli strike yesterday evening that hit a group of makeshift shelters in Gaza City.
This strike buried at least 15 tents, and several rescue workers are still trying to recover more bodies trapped under the sand.
This marks yet another bleak milestone in Israel’s ongoing war, with residents feeling a shattered sense of safety and left wondering if anywhere in Gaza is truly safe.
Despite Israel’s claims that its military campaign will continue until Hamas is fully defeated, misery on the ground is mounting, with civilians bearing the brunt of the violence.
A recap of recent developments
Let’s get you up to speed with some of the latest developments over the past day with Israel’s war on Gaza and the Israel-Iran conflict:
- Gaza’s civil defence said at least 100 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces on Friday, including six people near one of the aid distribution sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in the south of the besieged enclave.
- Israeli officers and soldiers have told Israel’s Haaretz newspaper they were instructed to shoot at unarmed Palestinians seeking aid at designated GHF distribution zones in Gaza, even if the crowds posed no threat.
- Gaza’s Government Media Office has expressed its “deep concern and condemnation” over the discovery of “Oxycodone” narcotic pills inside flour bags distributed by GHF.
- US President Donald Trump has claimed he personally stopped a final Israeli air strike targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as he accused Tehran of lying about the outcome of the war.
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a sharp warning to Trump, calling on him to “put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone” towards Khamenei.
- Iran has also rejected a “meaningless” request by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi to visit facilities bombed by Israel and the US.
Welcome to our coverage
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the conflict between Israel and Iran, as well as Israel’s war on Gaza.
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You can find all our updates from Friday, June 27, here.
