- Israeli forces are accused of deliberately targeting displaced Palestinians in Gaza City where dozens of bodies have been recovered after attacks in the city’s Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood.
- Director-General of the Gaza Government Media Office Ismail al-Thawabta has accused Israeli forces of carrying out a “planned massacre” in Gaza City.
- Gaza civil defence teams say they found at least 60 bodies after Israeli forces withdrew partially from Tal al-Hawa and work continues to recover the dead and wounded from destroyed streets and buildings in the area.
- Most of those killed in the neighbourhood were “families, women, and children”, Gaza’s civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said.
- A senior staff member with UK humanitarian organisation Al-Khair Foundation was among four aid workers killed in an Israeli air raid near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to reports.
- 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.
- Gaza’s civil defence calls for donations of equipment, petrol for rescue missionsMohammed al-Moghayyar, a member of Gaza’s civil defence crew, has told Al Jazeera in Deir el-Balah that the enclave’s rescue teams lacked basic equipment to reach the injured and the dead trapped under the rubble after Israeli air attacks.He called for more support from the international community to deal with “the difficult situation”, adding that the civil defence was also suffering from a shortage of petrol for their vehicles.“Yesterday, alone we recovered at least 70 bodies from Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood and there are so many more bodies under the rubble,” he said.
- Israeli air attacks intensify in central GazaReporting from Deir el-Balah, central GazaThe Israeli military is intensifying its air attacks on the central areas of Gaza, especially in Deir el-Balah where people have been told to seek refuge.At least five Palestinians have been killed here after a residential house was completely destroyed.Meanwhile, as the bombardments escalate in the north of the Gaza Strip, the civil defence crews are scrambling to recover the dead and injured from under the rubble.But they lack the equipment to remove the debris and petrol for the vehicles to reach all of the bombarded areas, reflecting on the grim circumstances in the enclave.
- More than 70,000 people infected with hepatitis: Gaza governmentGaza’s Government Media Office says that 71,338 people have been infected with viral hepatitis due to displacement in various parts of the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war on October 7 last year.It reported that more than 1.7 million Palestinians have been infected with infectious diseases as a result of the harsh displacement conditions.It said that 350,000 people with chronic diseases in Gaza face great risks due to the Israeli army’s prevention of the entry of necessary medications.
- Israeli military announces operations across the Gaza StripThe Israeli military has announced that it has carried out several operations across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, including:
- The Israeli military’s 162nd Division continues to fight in the Rafah area in southern Gaza, where it has destroyed several tunnel openings and eliminated a “number of terrorists”.The 99th Division continues to fight in Gaza City in northern Gaza, where it has killed a “number of terrorists” in face-to-face clashes.The Nahal Brigade detected a “terrorist cell” consisting of three Palestinian fighters who fired rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shells at Israeli forces. Israeli fighter jets bombed and killed them near a tunnel opening.Israeli fighter jets bombed a parachute warehouse used by Hamas in the Rafah area.
- Palestinians, some using donkey carts, make their way over rubble and past destroyed buildings after the Israeli military withdrew following a two-week offensive in the Shujayea neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, on July 11, 2024 [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
- Hezbollah shelling damages buildings in Upper Galilee: Israeli armyThe Israeli army says nine buildings were damaged yesterday in the town of Metula in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel due to shelling from southern Lebanon.Yesterday, Hezbollah announced it was carrying out a number of attacks against Israeli military sites.The cross-border attacks on the Lebanon-Israel border have become a daily occurrence since Israel’s war on Gaza started. Hezbollah says its attacks on Israel are in support for the Palestinian people and will stop as soon as the permanent ceasefire is secured in the enclave.
Israel’s war on Gaza live: Dozens of bodies discovered after ‘massacre’
