- Civilians fleeing Gaza City say people were shot dead during forced evacuations after the entire population of Gaza City – 300,000 people – was ordered to leave by Israel’s military.
- A trail of destruction is left as Israeli forces partially pull out of Gaza City’s Shujayea district after a bloody two-week incursion, with bodies “filling the streets” of their next target, the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, residents say.
- Ceasefire talks continue in Qatar as efforts to end the nine-month war are hampered by intensified Israeli attacks.
- At least 38,345 people have been killed and 88,295 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139, and dozens of people are still held captive in Gaza.
- Gallant meets with US envoy amid reported row with NetanyahuIsraeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has met with White House Mideast envoy Brett McGurk in Israel to discuss the war on Gaza.His office said in a statement that the two discussed progress on the ceasefire agreement, “with an emphasis on the security measures required to prevent weapons smuggling into Gaza”.It said the two discussed delivery of “critical munition, some of which will be sent to Israel in the coming days”. Gallant’s office characterised the meeting as a follow-up to the one in Washington DC in late June.This comes as Israeli media are reporting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is deliberating ousting Gallant from his government amid disagreements on issues including enlisting ultra-Orthodox Jews for military service.
- US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin receives his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon in Washington DC on June 25, 2024 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]
- Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian landIn 2024, Israel illegally seized 23.7sq km (9.15sq miles) of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, amid its ongoing war on Gaza.That’s more than the land it took over the past 20 years combined.On July 2, Israeli authorities announced the largest single seizure in more than 30 years – 12.7sq km (4.9sq miles) in the Jordan Valley.It was the latest in a series of land grabs announced this year by Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who oversees settlement planning.Israel has seized more than 50sq km (19.3sq miles) of Palestinian land since 1998, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement watchdog.In this visual explainer, Al Jazeera unpacks the land Israel has stolen from Palestinians.Read our explainer here.
- Anti-Semitisim rising across Europe because of Gaza warAn EU rights watchdog says Europe’s Jewish community faces a “rising tide of anti-Semitism” because of the war on Gaza, “eroding” progress made in the fight against it.“The spillover effect of the conflict in the Middle East is eroding hard fought-for progress” in tackling anti-Jewish hate, Fundamental Rights Agency Director Sirpa Rautio said.“Jews are more frightened than ever before.”Even before Israel’s war on Gaza, the agency found 96 percent of European Jews said they encountered anti-Semitism during the previous year.Using information collected from 12 Jewish organisations in 2024, the report found that across Europe, 76 percent reported hiding their Jewish identity “at least occasionally” and 34 percent avoid Jewish events or sites “because they do not feel safe”.In France, 74 percent of Jews said they felt the war affected their sense of security – the highest rate among the countries surveyed.
- Anti-war protesters at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia [File: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP]
- UN reports ‘utterly appalling’ conditions at school sheltering 14,000The facility run by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is housing 14,000 displaced civilians in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza.According to Louise Wateridge, a UNRWA spokesperson, the shelter has not had any food to distribute since March 11, and once-healthy children are now “unrecognisable” because of severe malnutrition and disease.“Our colleagues shared that two people had already died in this facility because of the lack of sanitation and there is a spread of hepatitis A and skin diseases,” she said.“The facility only has 25 toilets, meaning 560 people are sharing one single toilet with no hygiene products and a shortage of water due to lack of fuel, to pump the water from the well.”
Israel’s war on Gaza live: 300,000 Palestinians flee Gaza City invasion
