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Here’s where things stand on Monday 7 July 2025:
- Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza after killing at least 82 Palestinians on Sunday, including 10 people waiting for food aid.
- US President Donald Trump says there is a “good chance” that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas could be reached this week.
- Trump’s comments come as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due in Washington, DC, and as negotiations resume in Qatar’s capital, Doha.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,418 people and wounded 136,261, 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.
What is happening in Gaza?
- One person was killed in an Israeli attack on a residential apartment in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.
- Medical sources said six people were killed after Israeli forces targeted the al-Rimal clinic in central Gaza City.
- Two Palestinians were killed and many wounded in an Israeli attack on a house in al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
At least 14 people have been killed by Israeli attacks today.
Houthis vow to continue Gaza support until Israeli attacks end
A senior Houthi official has reaffirmed the group’s commitment to Palestinians, saying that operations to support Gaza will not stop until Israeli attacks on the enclave end and the siege is lifted.
On Sunday, the Yemen-based group said it had fired a ballistic missile at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport. Later, the Israeli army targeted the ports of Hodeidah, Ras-Isa and as-Salif along the Red Sea coast, as well as the Ras Kathib power plant.
It said it also struck a radar system on the Galaxy Leader ship, which was seized by the Houthis and remains docked in the port of Hodeidah.
The Houthis, who hold control over Sanaa as well as large parts of western and northern Yemen, have been carrying out missile and drone attacks against Israel since November 2023, following the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.
Two people killed near aid site in southern Gaza
Gaza’s emergency services officials said two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire near an aid centre north of Rafah. Another 20 have been wounded.
aSettlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Israeli settlers have stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem under the protection of Israeli police.
Settlers are Israeli citizens living illegally on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Al-Aqsa has become a regular target of visits by right-wing Israeli politicians and Israeli settlers, who have stormed the compound on an almost daily basis and performed religious rituals under the protection of Israeli forces.
Under the decades-old status quo maintained by Israeli authorities, Jews and other non-Muslims are allowed to visit the compound in occupied East Jerusalem during specified hours, but they are not permitted to pray there or display religious symbols.
Netanyahu arrives in the US
Israeli media outlets are reporting that Netanyahu has arrived in the US ahead of his meeting with Trump.
The Times of Israel reports that he was met by Israel’s ambassador to the US and Israel’s Consul General in New York at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, DC.
Netanyahu is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff today.
Israeli attacks kill 13 people in Gaza today
Hospital officials in Gaza are reporting that at least 13 people have been killed by Israeli attacks across the besieged enclave today.
What’s in the ceasefire proposal and could it end the war on Gaza?
Discussions of a ceasefire in Gaza have picked up in recent days.
Last week, Trump said Israel agreed to the conditions for a 60-day ceasefire, and negotiators could meet to carve out a path to finally ending Israel’s war on Gaza.
Hamas said it delivered a “positive response” to mediators, but according to reports, the group has requested three amendments.
Netanyahu called the Palestinian group’s asks “unacceptable” but still sent negotiators to Qatar for talks.
Netanyahu is set to visit Washington, DC today, where reports say Trump would like a deal.
Read our explainer to find out what is in the ceasefire deal here.
What’s the latest on the push for a ceasefire in Gaza?
US President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Sunday that a ceasefire deal in Gaza could be reached by next week.
Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Trump on Monday at the White House to discuss the Gaza ceasefire deal in question.
Israel had dispatched the negotiating team to the Qatari capital, Doha, to meet with mediators about bridging the gaps between the two sides, when it comes to the current framework on the table. Early on Sunday, Netanyahu said that what Hamas had responded with was, “simply unacceptable” to Israel, and that the Israelis are not going to end the war until all of their military goals and objectives were reached.
Before departing for Washington, Netanyahu said that three of those goals need to be achieved, releasing the remaining 50 captives, destroying Hamas politically and militarily, and also ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to the Israelis.
Now, Hamas had responded to the latest proposal with some amendments saying that they want aid in Gaza to be distributed by the United Nations, and want the Israeli military to only be deployed in areas that are approved as part of the agreement, and also for negotiations to end the war to happen on the first day of that 60-day agreement.
This is the first time since the beginning of the war that the Israeli prime minister has signalled any sort of flexibility or willingness toward ending the war. And it comes after immense pressure from Trump.
French jurists appeal to judge to stop military shipment to Israel
Jurists for the Respect of International Law (JURDI) have appealed to an administrative judge to suspend the delivery of military cargo destined for Israel.
The group of French lawyers and jurists says it “filed an urgent request with the Administrative Court of Montreuil, France” to suspend the military cargo in transit through France’s Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport to Elbit Systems in Israel from Swedish company Swebor Stal Svenska AB.
“Elbit Systems, the main arms supplier to the Israeli army, plays a central role in the current war effort, including in the Gaza Strip,” the group said in a statement shared on X.
JURDI said it wanted to alert French authorities to “possible complicity” in international crimes, which it said were “incompatible with the values of the French people”.
“Authorising the uncontrolled transit of armoured vehicles destined for Elbit Systems would be equivalent to facilitating, from French territory, the commission of international crimes already denounced by the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.”
Israeli forces intensify attacks on Gaza City
Rescuers in Gaza City have used bare hands to search rubble after Israeli strikes destroyed two residential buildings sheltering displaced families.
The midnight attack on the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood on Sunday killed dozens, with victims still trapped under debris.
Witnesses described apocalyptic scenes as neighbours retrieved body parts from trees. “We pulled two survivors out after three hours,” one rescuer said.
The bombing occurred without warning, compounding Gaza’s cycle of displacement.
Israeli forces kill 9 Palestinians in Gaza overnight
Here’s what we know:
- Al-Shifa Hospital reports six people were killed, including a child, and 15 others wounded in an attack on a clinic in Gaza City’s Remal neighbourhood.
- The hospital has also reported that one person was killed and others injured in the bombing of an apartment in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa.
- A medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs and al-Awda Hospital reported that two Palestinians were killed and others wounded in an attack on a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israel says Houthis launched 2 more missiles overnight
Israel’s military says two missiles were launched from Yemen in the early hours of this morning, shortly after Israeli forces bombed three ports and a power plant in the Gulf state.
It said it attempted to intercept the projectiles and is investigating if the bids were successful.
Israel’s emergency service said it has not received reports of impact or casualties.
This comes after the Houthis claimed to have fired a missile towards Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday.
A recap of recent developments
- Israeli forces have killed at least 82 Palestinians in Gaza, including 39 people in intensified attacks on Gaza City, as well as 10 others waiting for food aid.
- Israeli forces also bombed three ports and a power plant in Yemen, as well as southern and eastern Lebanon.
- The crew of a Liberia-flagged vessel abandoned ship and were rescued after coming under attack in the Red Sea.
- US President Donald Trump told reporters that there is a “good chance” that Israel and Hamas could reach a ceasefire deal this week.
- BRICS members called for an immediate, “unconditional” ceasefire in Gaza and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied Palestinian territory.
- The Freedom Flotilla Coalition is preparing to set sail again towards Gaza, weeks after Israel intercepted a previous ship taking humanitarian aid to the enclave and illegally seized it.
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