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Here’s where things stand on Friday 11 July 2025:
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he hopes to reach a deal in a few days for the release of more Israeli captives held by Hamas.
- Israeli forces intensify air and ground attacks on Gaza, killing at least 82 Palestinians, including nine aid seekers, across the besieged territory in 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
- Greece’s Cosmoship Management says one person is believed dead and four more have not been seen since Houthi militants attacked the Eternity C cargo ship in the Red Sea this week.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,762 people and wounded 137,656, 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.
Netanyahu willing to agree to 60-day truce, but prepared to resume war
For the first time, Netanyahu has acknowledged publicly that Israel is seeking an end to the war. However, they want it on their terms.
Netanyahu has said in Washington that Israel is willing to enter into this 60-day temporary ceasefire and start negotiations for a permanent end to the war.
But there are what he calls minimal requirements for Israel to end the fighting in Gaza. The first is for Hamas to lay down its weapons. The second is for Hamas to militarily and politically disband. The third is for Hamas to not be in the picture going forward.
Netanyahu says one way or another, Israel is going to achieve its objectives – that if during those 60 days, Israel is not getting what it wants diplomatically, they’re going to return to the fighting.
West Bank’s historic church comes under threat amid Israeli settler violence
Earlier this week, Israeli settlers deliberately started fires near the remains of a fifth-century church in the occupied West Bank.
Priests say it is one of the oldest religious landmarks in Palestine.
The attack happened in the predominantly Christian village of Taybeh, near Ramallah, highlighting the continued expansion and intimidation tactics by Israeli settlers.
Israeli army chief visits West Bank attack scene, vows ‘intense’ counterterrorism activity
As we previously reported, a Palestinian citizen launched a stabbing and shooting attack in the Israeli settlement of Gush Etzion in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing an Israeli soldier before being shot dead.
The Israeli military has now announced that Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visited the scene of the deadly attack on Thursday night, along with other senior Israeli officers.
“The chief of staff noted that this was a grave terror incident and sent condolences to the family of the murdered man,” it said in a statement, adding that the victim was a civilian.
Zamir thanked Israeli security forces for preventing a “larger and more severe attack”, as he said they will “continue intense counterterrorism activity” in the occupied West Bank.
Egypt, China call for international efforts for reconstruction of Gaza
The remarks came as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi received the premier of the State Council of China, Li Qiang, yesterday, in the presence of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, according to a statement by the presidency in Cairo.
Both parties underscored the necessity of reaching a ceasefire in the Strip, ensuring the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid, and the importance of reaching a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue.
The top officials also expressed the urgent need to mobilise international support for the implementation of an Arab-initiated project aimed at rebuilding Gaza.
The leaders stated that global support must be quickly organised for the implementation of the plan for the reconstruction of Gaza, adopted at the extraordinary session of the Arab Summit held in Cairo on March 4.
The plan envisions the establishment of a “Gaza Management Committee” to manage the Gaza Strip during a six-month transitional period.
Eight Palestinians reported killed in Israeli air attack in northern Gaza
A source from Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital has told our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues that the latest deaths were a result of an Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Jabalia an-Nazla in northern Gaza.
Several people were also injured in the attack.
We will update you as soon as we receive more details on this development.
Relative ‘not convinced’ returning captives is Israel’s top priority after PM meeting
Moshe Lavi, the brother-in-law of Omri Miran, was among a group of families of Israeli captives still held in Gaza who met with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.
Posting on X, Lavi said he left that meeting “not convinced” that returning Israeli captives from Gaza is Netanyahu’s top priority.
“Prime Minister, I was not convinced yesterday that you have the hostages in mind after the decisions regarding Iran and Lebanon and the blood-soaked achievements in Gaza,” he wrote in response to a post by Netanyahu.
“As I told you in the meeting: the fate of the hostages and our social contract are at stake if you choose a partial solution again, rather than the formula that the Trump administration claims is possible – returning all 50 hostages, even at the cost of ending the war,” he added.
Greek firm confirms 1 of 5 suspected deaths linked to Houthi ship assault
Cosmoship Management, the owner of the Eternity C cargo ship that was attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea this week, has confirmed the death of at least one crew member in connection with the assault.
The Greek firm said four more people have not been seen since the incident. Maritime security sources earlier reported that four people were killed as a result of the Yemen-based group’s repeated raids on the ship that started on Monday.
Twenty-one mariners, including at least two armed guards, abandoned the vessel. As we previously reported, 10 individuals remain unaccounted for, with Cosmoship Management asking vessels in the area to assist with the search.
Doctors at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital vows not to abandon patients
In a letter addressed to the public, the medical staff of Nasser Hospital, in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, have said they are running the hospital under “harsh conditions”, with ailing and injured patients, many women and children, being treated while under Israeli bombardment.
“Tell the world about us. Tell them that we chose death rather than abandon our noble mission,” part of the letter read.
“Don’t say we’re heroes. Just say that we understood what it means to be truly human, and forgive us. We are not numbers,” it added.
The letter was first published by Al-Aqsa TV and later reported by our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues.
More on Netanyahu’s interview with Newsmax about possible deal on Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the US-based conservative news site Newsmax that he foresees a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza within days, paving the way for the release of the first batch of captives still held by the Palestinian group Hamas.
He said that he could use the brief truce period “to try to negotiate and end” to the conflict, but stressed that it could end “if Hamas lays down its arms”.
Netanyahu added that 50 captives are still being held by Hamas with “20 definitely alive and some 30 that are not alive”.
On Wednesday, Hamas said it had agreed to release 10 Israeli captives as part of continuing efforts to reach a ceasefire in the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, but warned that ongoing talks for a truce were “tough” due to Israel’s “intransigence”.
Israeli military announces death of officer in southern Gaza
The Israeli military said the 21-year-old officer was killed during an operation in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in which soldiers were rigging buildings with explosives in order to demolish them.
An explosion occurred approximately two hours after the buildings were rigged, resulting in the officer – a team commander in the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit – being struck with shrapnel. He was declared dead shortly after.
Family speaks to man in burning rubble in Gaza but cannot save him
A Palestinian man trapped under rubble in a burning building spoke to his cousin by phone, pleading for help after an Israeli air strike flattened their home in Gaza City.
Rescue teams later found Ibrahim al-Daly’s lifeless body after he had succumbed to severe burns.
A recap of recent developments
- Israel continued heavy strikes across Gaza on Thursday, killing at least 82 Palestinians across several attacks, including nine aid seekers waiting for humanitarian assistance.
- UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told Al Jazeera she considers the Trump administration’s sanctions against her “obscene” and says she will not be bullied into halting her advocacy work.
- UN officials rallied around Albanese, including UNHRC Ambassador Jurg Lauber, who called for member states to “fully cooperate” with her mandate and reject “acts of intimidation or reprisal”.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to reach a deal in a “few days” for the release of more Israeli captives held by Hamas in Gaza.
- But key differences remain, with Netanyahu saying Israel’s “fundamental conditions” were that “Hamas lays down its weapons” and no longer has “governing or military capabilities”. Hamas wants a definitive end to fighting, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the unrestricted flow of aid.
- French President Emmanuel Macron called for the UK to join France in recognising a Palestinian state, stating that it is “the only hope for peace” in the region.
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