Israeli forces have continued to pound Gaza, placing a busy market and a water distribution level, killing no less than 95 Palestinians, because the demise toll from Israel’s warfare on the enclave handed the grim milestone of 58,000.
The Israeli assault on the Gaza Metropolis market killed no less than 17 folks on Sunday, together with outstanding physician Ahmed Qandil, based on the Palestinian Ministry of Well being.
Within the central Nuseirat refugee camp, an Israeli missile assault struck a water collection point, killing no less than 10 folks.
Many of the victims have been kids who had queued as much as acquire ingesting water, based on medical sources. At the very least 17 others have been additionally wounded.
The Israeli navy is but to touch upon the Gaza Metropolis market strike, however stated its assault on Nuseirat was geared toward a Palestinian fighter and had veered off target as a consequence of technical failure.
The Israeli declare couldn’t be independently verified.
The lethal assaults come as Gaza’s water scarcity continues to worsen, with desalination and sanitation crops shutting down as a result of ongoing Israeli blockade of gas. Many residents now depend on harmful journeys to restricted water assortment factors.
The Palestinian Ministry of Well being stated on Sunday that the general confirmed demise toll from Israel’s warfare has now risen to 58,026 folks. Greater than half of these killed for the reason that warfare started on October 7, 2023, have been ladies and youngsters.
The ministry stated no less than 138,500 others have additionally been wounded.
The warfare and Israel’s siege have additionally left 2.1 million folks in Gaza on the point of famine, with the UN’s company for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, saying the demise of one other toddler from malnutrition.
‘Baby survival emergency’
The seven-month-old lady, Salam, died whereas being handled by UNRWA employees on Sunday, the company stated. The newest demise got here a day after authorities in Gaza stated no less than 67 kids had already died of malnutrition since Israel’s warfare started.
The UN’s kids’s company, UNICEF, in the meantime, stated that greater than 5,800 kids have been recognized with malnutrition in Gaza in June, together with greater than 1,000 kids in extreme situation. The determine marks a rise for the fourth month in a row, the company stated in a publish on X.
“Kids’s our bodies are losing away. This isn’t only a diet disaster. It’s a toddler survival emergency,” the group added.
UNICEF and 7 different UN companies additionally issued a separate joint assertion, warning that Israel’s blockade on the entry of gas provides into Gaza is threatening to close down hospitals, water programs, sanitation networks and ambulances within the Strip.
Within the assertion, the companies, which additionally included the World Meals Programme, the World Well being Group and the UN humanitarian workplace (OCHA), stated they might need to cease their operations solely “with out sufficient gas”.
“This implies no well being providers, no clear water, and no capability to ship assist,” the companies stated. “Gasoline should be allowed into Gaza in adequate portions and constantly to maintain life-saving operations.”
Gaza’s Authorities Media Workplace, in the meantime, accused Israel and safety contractors working at assist distribution factors of intentionally attacking civilians. In an announcement, it referred to as United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Basis (GHF) websites “demise traps” and described the scenario as “genocide engineering underneath US sponsorship”.
At the very least 805 folks have been killed and 5,250 wounded whereas trying to gather assist for the reason that GHF began working in Could.
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza Metropolis, stated that lots of have died whereas trying to entry humanitarian assist from GHF-controlled factors.
“Folks journey as much as 15km [9 miles] from the north to Rafah – many on foot, some in a single day – simply to get one meals parcel,” he stated. “However even then, they’re met with dwell hearth from Israeli forces.”
Ceasefire talks
Efforts to finish the warfare proceed within the Qatari capital, Doha.
US President Donald Trump’s Center East envoy, Steve Witkoff, talking to reporters in New Jersey, stated he remained “hopeful” concerning the truce talks. The envoy was anticipated to satisfy Qatari officers on the margins of the FIFA Club World Cup Final.
The feedback got here as a US-backed proposal for a 60-day ceasefire stays slowed down in disagreements, with either side blaming one another for delays.
Chatting with Al Jazeera, Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy chief, Muhammad al-Hindi, stated Israel has resisted committing to key situations earlier than shifting on to the subject of prisoners.
“We’re discussing a framework settlement. It consists of three factors: ending aggression, withdrawal from Gaza and secure assist distribution,” he stated. “Israel desires to skip straight to the prisoners’ file with out ensures on the primary points.”
Al-Hindi accused Israel of searching for to regulate the southern metropolis of Rafah and pressure civilians into overcrowded, bombed-out areas underneath the guise of assist distribution.
“We can not legitimise these assist traps which might be killing our folks. The resistance is not going to signal any settlement that quantities to give up,” he stated.
In the meantime, in Israel, Legal professional Normal Gali Baharav-Miara stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s shut adviser, Jonatan Urich, is dealing with doable indictment over allegations he leaked labeled navy data to the German newspaper Bild.
Urich and one other aide are accused of passing on secret intelligence to affect public opinion after six Israeli captives died in Gaza final August. The deaths sparked mass protests in Israel and deepened public anger on the authorities’s dealing with of ceasefire efforts.
Netanyahu has dismissed the investigation as politically motivated, calling it a “witch-hunt”. Urich has denied any wrongdoing.
The Bild article, printed shortly after the captives’ our bodies have been found, aligned carefully with Netanyahu’s narrative of blaming Hamas for the collapse of earlier ceasefire talks.
A earlier two-month truce, which started in January, noticed the discharge of 38 captives earlier than Israel broke the ceasefire and resumed its devastating navy assault.
