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Here’s where things stand on Thursday 12 June 2025:

• Israeli attacks have killed at least 42 people in the enclave since the early hours of this morning, sources at Gaza’s hospitals tell our team.
• The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the US and Israel-backed organisation established to supplant the aid work of the United Nations, has accused Hamas of killing five staff and wounding multiple others in an attack on a bus en route to a food distribution centre.
• The Israeli military says it has conducted a military operation in Syria’s Beit Jinn area overnight, arresting an unidentified number of Hamas fighters.
• Internet and communications services have been cut off in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.
• The Israeli military launched a precise drone strike on a Palestinian man on May 30 in Khan Younis, claiming he was a fighter with Hamas. But he was actually a Palestinian civilian called Mohammed al-Farra, who suffered from cerebral palsy due to a car accident he had in his childhood, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper has confirmed.

Israel’s Netanyahu survives opposition bid to dissolve parliament

Israeli  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fractious right-wing coalition has survived an opposition-backed bid to dissolve parliament after ruling lawmakers reached a deal regarding the divisive mandatory military service.

The bill, which would have been a first step leading to an early election, was rejected early on Thursday by a majority of 61 lawmakers in the 120-seat Knesset, while 53 supported it.

“I am pleased to announce that after long discussions we have reached agreements on the principles on which the draft law will be based,” Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein said in a statement.

The opposition had introduced the conscription bill, hoping to force elections with the help of ultra-Orthodox parties angry at Netanyahu over the contentious issue of forcing religious seminary students of draft age to serve in the army.

“It’s more than ever urgent to replace Netanyahu’s government and specifically this toxic and harmful government,” Labour’s opposition lawmaker Merav Michaeli said ahead of the vote.

While the opposition is composed mainly of centrist and left-wing groups, ultra-Orthodox parties, including Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ), which are propping up Netanyahu’s government, had earlier threatened to back the motion.

Military service is mandatory in Israel but under a ruling that dates to the country’s creation – when the ultra-Orthodox were a very small community, men who devote themselves full-time to the study of sacred Jewish texts are given a de facto pass.

Efforts  to scrap the exemption and the resulting blowback have intensified during Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza as the military looks for more soldiers to be deployed.

Netanyahu is under pressure from his own Likud party to draft more ultra-Orthodox men and impose penalties on dodgers, a red line for the Shas party, who demand a law guaranteeing their members permanent exemption from military service.

Netanyahu’s coalition, formed in December 2022, is one of the most right wing in the country’s history.

Ahead of the vote, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich argued that bringing down the government during wartime would pose “an existential danger” to Israel’s future.

“History will not forgive anyone who drags the state of Israel into elections during a war,” Smotrich told parliament, adding that there was a “national and security need” for ultra-Orthodox men to fight in the military.

In the early hours of Thursday, Israeli media reported that most ultra-Orthodox lawmakers ultimately agreed not to support the proposal to dissolve parliament.

After the failed vote, the opposition will now have to wait six months to submit another bill

Aid sites as ‘opportunities for killing’ unprecedented, ex-UN chief

“Food has become an opportunity for killing, I’ve never heard of such a thing” Former UN aid chief Martin Griffiths slammed Israel’s killing of Palestinians seeking aid. In an interview with Al Jazeera, he said the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was luring people to their deaths.

Gaza boy who lost 9 siblings speaks out as he’s evacuated to Italy

Video shows 11-year-old Adam al-Najjar arriving in Italy for treatment after surviving an Israeli strike that killed his father and nine siblings. As he speaks about the attack and his injuries, the UN says Israel is waging a “war on children.”

Activists gather for march to Gaza

Activists from across the world are set to meet in Egypt where they plan to march on foot through the Sinai desert towards Gaza, aiming to challenge Israel’s siege and call for an end to the genocide against Palestinians.

IAEA to vote on resolution accusing Iran of breaching nuclear safeguards

Later today in Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is set to vote on a resolution accusing Iran of not complying with its obligations towards nuclear safeguards.

The resolution, based on a recent IAEA report, accuses Iran of failing to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog over alleged “undeclared nuclear activities”. If adopted, the resolution could pave the way for the reimposition of UN sanctions – lifted under the nuclear accord known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – by October, when key provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the agreement, are set to expire.

Iranian officials have dismissed the IAEA’s findings as “politically motivated” and reliant on intelligence from hostile sources, including Israel.

Iran called Thursday’s vote, which has been pushed by Germany, the UK and France, a strategic mistake and warned that it could withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if the resolution is adopted.

Tehran is also facing pressure from the US to reach an agreement that puts constraints on its uranium enrichment programme in exchange for sanctions relief. Iran maintains that its programme is peaceful. Just a few minutes ago, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusadi confirmed that a sixth round of talks between Iran and the US will be held in Muscat on Sunday, May 15.

Boy who lost nine siblings in Israeli attack arrives in Italy for treatment

An 11 -year-old Palestinian boy who was severely wounded in an Israeli air strike which killed his father and his nine siblings has arrived in Italy for medical treatment.

Adam al-Najjar arrived with his mother at Milan’s Linate airport on Wednesday, where he was greeted by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who gave him a football. He was then transferred to the city’s Niguarda Hospital for treatment of his injuries.

Adam is the only one of 10 children in his family to survive an Israeli strike on their home in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on May 23. His siblings ranged in age from seven months to 12 years old.

Adam’s father, doctor Hamdi al-Najjar, also died of his injuries in the days following the attack. His mother, paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, had been working at the time of the strike at Nasser Hospital, one of the few still operating in southern Gaza.

Adam sustained serious burns to his body in the strike, the AFP news agency reported. His mother, who travelled to Milan for her son’s treatment along with Adam’s aunt and cousins, said her son was stable but would be treated for injuries, including multiple fractures to his arm.

He  “has a head wound that is healing but his left arm is bad, the bones are fractured and the nerves damaged,” the 36-year-old told Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

She said she focused on his recovery so as not to think of the horrors of the loss of her family.

“I remember everything. Every detail, every minute, every scream,” she told the newspaper.

“But when I remember, it’s too painful, so I try to keep my mind focused entirely on Adam.”

Adam’s Uncle’s appeal for help

Adam’s medical evacuation followed an appeal by his uncle in the media, which led Tajani to announce that Italy was prepared to help.

Sixteen other Palestinian children, along with more than 50 family members, were also flown to Italy on Wednesday on military aircraft that set off from Israel’s Eilat airport, the Italian foreign ministry said, according to Reuters. The injured children will be treated in hospitals in cities including Rome, Florence and Bologna.

The Italian government has brought 150 injured Palestinians into the country for medical treatment to date, the foreign ministry said.

Italy has been a vocal supporter of Israel since it launched its assault on Gaza in October 2023, although in recent months, officials have criticised the severity of Israel’s response and expressed concern over the mounting death toll.

According to the United Nations’ child rights agency, UNICEF, more than 50,000 children have reportedly been killed or injured in the Israeli assault.

Israeli army says it arrests Hamas members in Syria

The Israeli military says it has conducted a military operation in Syria’s Beit Jinn area overnight, arresting an unidentified number of Hamas fighters.

“The terrorists were transferred to the territory of the country for further investigation by Unit 504,” the army said in a statement.

Medical sources report today’s death toll in Gaza

Israeli attacks have killed at least 42 people in the enclave since the early hours of this morning, sources at Gaza’s hospitals tell our team.

Twenty-four of that number were waiting for aid, the sources said.

In addition, a source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said Israeli attacks on the city have killed at least 12 people alone this morning.

Israel makes arrests inside Syria on suspicion of ‘terrorism’

Israel’s Army Radio is reporting that Israeli soldiers with the Alexandroni Brigade have conducted an operation inside occupied Syrian territory.

Israeli forces on Wednesday night reportedly arrested several Syrian nationals “on suspicion of involvement in terrorism” in the village of Beit Jinn, 10km (6 miles) from the Israeli border.

Internet and communications services are cut off in Gaza

Internet and communications services have been cut off in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.

The disconnect and the “digital isolation” of the besieged enclave come as a result of a systematic targeting of communications infrastructure, it said.

“The dangerous escalation against communications infrastructure threatens to cut Gaza off from the outside world.”

Israel’s government risked collapsing overnight. What happened?

After lengthy negotiations, a dissolution motion pushed forward by opposition parties in Israel’s parliament failed to pass, in a vote that observers say posed one of the riskiest challenges to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule yet.

The subject was the mandatory conscription of ultra-Orthodox men – a thorny issue that has long been a source of tension within the government.  Some members of the government want to enlist many ultra-Orthodox men of draft age into the army, a move that Netanyahu’s most conservative coalition partners strongly oppose.

Following the October 7 Hamas attack and the need for manpower, the decade-old policy allowing Haredi men to study religion and be exempted from compulsory military service was hurled back into the spotlight.

Opposition parties brought forward the bill, citing the ruling coalition’s internal discord over this matter.

Ultra-Orthodox parties, which are key for Netanyahu’s cabinet survival, had threatened to join the opposition to vote for the dissolution of the parliament. But, following hours of mediation, Netanyahu reached a compromise, and only 53 voted in favour of the bill against a majority of 61 who opposed it.

‘Terrorist’ killed by Israeli drone was special needs Palestinian: Report

The Israeli military launched a precise drone strike on a Palestinian man on May 30 in Khan Younis, claiming he was a fighter with Hamas.

But he was actually a Palestinian civilian called Mohammed al-Farra, who suffered from cerebral palsy due to a car accident he had in his childhood, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper has confirmed, after evaluating the location of the attack and speaking with his family.

The newspaper also reported that seven members of the al-Farra family have been killed since the start of the war.

A journalist with Israel’s Channel 12 published the drone video of the attack on the day it took place, garnering thousands of positive reactions from Israelis who “liked” the post on Telegram or responded with an Israeli flag.

Israeli military bulldozers enter Jenin camp to carry out demolitions

Bulldozers have been deployed to the Jenin refugee camp as the Israeli military pushes on with a large-scale demolition campaign in the area.

Footage published by the Palestinian Information Center showed bulldozers accompanied by Israeli military vehicles heading towards Jenin camp early on Thursday morning.

The Israeli military operation in the Jenin Governorate has now continued for 140 days.

During this time, it has resulted in the deaths of more than 40 Palestinians and injured dozens. The occupation forces have also displaced thousands of residents and completely demolished more than 600 homes in the Jenin area, a hotbed of Palestinian resistance.

On June 6, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced an “escalation plan” in the occupied West Bank should France and other European countries persist in pushing for recognition of a Palestinian state.

Gaza in desperate need of blood units: Ministry

The manager of the Health Ministry’s blood banks says that at least 7,000 units of blood are needed immediately, as Israeli attacks continue to wound hundreds of Palestinians daily.

“There are not enough volunteers to give blood because of poverty and starvation”, he said.

Israeli army claims unarmed brothers killed in Nablus were ‘terrorists’

The Israeli military says “two terrorists were eliminated and 10 wanted individuals were arrested” during its largest raid on Nablus in the occupied West Bank in two years, lasting 30 hours.

However, images and footage from the scene of the killing showed how Israeli soldiers attacked and shot down two unarmed brothers who approached to go to their house to move their family out and away from the Israeli raid.

In a statement, the Israeli army also said its soldiers searched more than 400 buildings, interrogated dozens of people in the field, and found makeshift weapons and equipment along with ammunition.

US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says 5 aid workers killed in attack

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the US and Israel-backed organisation established to supplant the aid work of the United Nations, has accused Hamas of killing five staff and wounding multiple others in an attack on a bus en route to a food distribution centre.

A bus carrying more than two dozen Palestinians working with the organisation was “brutally attacked” while travelling to a distribution centre west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the foundation said in a statement late last night.

While the organisation was still gathering facts, “at least” five people were killed and there were “multiple injuries”, the foundation said, adding there were fears that some of its staff had been taken captive.

Hamas, for its part, has yet to comment on the accusations. Last week, the group responded to a GHF statement that claimed Hamas threats had prevented the organisation from distributing aid, saying that no such threats existed.

Learn more by reading our full story here.

UNICEF surveys the damage at al-Shifa Hospital

Children are bearing the brunt of a lack of food and aid in Gaza, and the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, has called Israel’s actions a war on children.

UNICEF global spokesperson James Elder has visited the al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza to assess medical services needed to provide for injured people and children.

Three killed by Israeli military drone strike in southern Gaza

Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report that the Israeli military has bombed a tent housing displaced Palestinians in the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Citing a source in the Nasser Medical Complex, Al Jazeera Arabic reports that at least three people have been killed in the attack, while more have been injured.

We will bring you more information when we have it.

At least 13 Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attack on aid seekers

The Israeli military has a short while ago once again opened fire on Palestinians waiting near a humanitarian aid distribution centre in the Netzarim junction area of central Gaza.

Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report, citing a medical source at al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, that Israeli forces have killed at least 13 people and wounded about 200 more in the attack.

It’s the latest in a string of deadly Israeli attacks on aid seekers in the Palestinian enclave over recent weeks, with Gaza’s Ministry of Health reporting that 57 people were killed attempting to access aid on Wednesday alone.

We will bring you more information on this latest attack when we have it.

Here’s what you need to know

Let’s take a quick look at the latest developments:

• Israeli forces killed and wounded dozens more Palestinians near a US and Israeli-backed distribution centre run by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
• UNICEF said Israel is carrying out a “war on children” as warplanes dropped more bombs on the enclave and an Israeli blockade continues to starve Palestinians.
• The Israeli military said it recovered the bodies of two captives after an operation in the area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
• As thousands more rallied in cities across the world against the war, many called for the release of international activists detained by Israel after their Gaza-bound ship was taken by Israeli forces.
• After being hit by sanctions from five Western countries, Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich cancelled a waiver for Palestinian banks that could paralyse the beleaguered Palestinian economy in the occupied West Bank.

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