Israel’s war on Gaza: Central, southern Gaza remain under attack
Five killed, 17 wounded in Israeli attacks on two homes in Nuseirat refugee camp while reports say Israeli forces used explosives to destroy buildings in the centre of Rafah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gaza officials say 15,694 children killed and 17,000 are without parents after 250 days of Israel’s war on Gaza.
Residents said Israeli helicopters targeted Rafah with Hamas fighters reporting fighting on the streets in the southern city despite Blinken saying a ceasefire was still possible.
Israeli ground forces have been operating in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, since early May despite widespread international alarm over the fate of displaced people crowded into the city.
Western areas of Rafah came under heavy Israeli fire from the air, sea and land, residents said.
“There was very intense fire from warplanes, Apaches and quadcopters, in addition to Israeli artillery and military battle ships, all of which were striking the area west of Rafah,” one of them told AFP news agency.
Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said its fighters were battling Israeli troops on the streets of the same area.
Local media platforms have published videos showing an outbreak of fires in southern Lebanon. Israeli forces have launched raids targeting the vicinity of the towns of Haris and Marjayoun, causing fires in the area, local media reported.
Translation: A fire broke out in Horsh Barakat in Jdeidet Marjayoun as a result of the raid that targeted the place a short while ago, and civil defense vehicles went to extinguish the fire.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that some of the amendments proposed by Hamas to the United States’ proposal for a truce in Gaza are not “workable”, but efforts to reach an agreement are continuing.
Watch the interview below where he discusses with Al Jazeera Israel’s war on Gaza and the prospects of a ceasefire.
Fires have broken out in 15 locations in the occupied Golan Heights and Upper Galilee after 150 rockets were launched from Lebanon at northern Israel, Israeli daily Maariv reports.
More than half of Gaza’s agricultural land, crucial for feeding the war-ravaged territory’s hungry population, has been degraded by conflict, satellite images analysed by the UN show.
Using images taken between May 2017 and 2024, United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) found that 57 percent of Gaza’s permanent crop fields and arable lands essential for food security had shown a significant decline in density and health.
“This deterioration is attributed to conflict-related activities, including razing, heavy vehicle movement, bombing, and shelling,” UNOSAT said, adding that the decline marked a 30 percent increase in damaged agricultural land since it published its last analysis in April. jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf jgf
G7 leaders are meeting in Italy for a three-day summit to discuss global affairs.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said President Biden will push G7 allies to back continuing Gaza ceasefire negotiations and press Hamas to accept the UN-backed ceasefire plan.
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