At least 105 Palestinians have been killed and 530 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
The toll included seven aid seekers killed and more than 57 injured, the statement published by the ministry on Telegram said.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed a total of 57,680 people and injured 137,409 since October 7, 2023, the ministry said.
The total number of aid seekers killed since the US- and Israel-backed aid mechanism was introduced on May 27 has reached 773, with more than 5,101 Palestinians waiting for aid also injured.
Israeli forces detain over 30, including children, in occupied West Bank raids
More than 30 people, including two children aged nine, have been arrested in Israeli army dawn raids across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA) says.
The raids took place in Bethlehem, Salfit, Jerusalem, Qalqilya, Hebron, Nablus and the Balata refugee camp on the latter city’s outskirts, according to the group.
Former prisoners were among those arrested.
Israel’s military says it has struck more than 100 targets in Gaza
As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, its military says it has destroyed Hamas targets throughout the territory, claiming to have destroyed a cache of explosives and mines hidden in civilian infrastructure.
In a statement, the Israeli military said it had been operating in Gaza City’s Shujayea and Zeitoun neighbourhoods in recent days, eliminating a cell of fighters, dismantling military structures and striking a Hamas weapons facility.
In southern Gaza, it added, Israeli troops had eliminated another cell and dismantled fighting infrastructure in the al-Jnaina area in the city of Rafah.
Medical sources have told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that at least 18 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids on the enclave since dawn today, including 11 in Gaza City.
Israel claims to have killed senior Hezbollah figure near Lebanon’s capital
The Israeli military says it has killed Hussein Ali Muzhir, the head of fire coordination for Hezbollah’s Badr Unit in the Zahrani sector, in a strike on the municipality of al-Babliyah, about 60 km (40 miles) southeast of Beirut, last night.
The statement claimed Muzhir had directed numerous attacks towards Israel and Israeli troops, and had recently been actively working to rebuild Hezbollah’s artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon.
It said Muzhir’s actions had been a violation of “understandings” between Israel and Lebanon, and said it would continue to remove any threats posed to Israel.
Meanwhile, United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met for the second time in 24 hours about a ceasefire in Gaza, but there appears to be no breakthrough.
The United Nations has warned that the fuel crisis in Gaza due to the Israeli blockade has reached a “critical point” and will cause further deaths and suffering in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,575 people and wounded 136,879, 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.
