The Palestinian Health Ministry reported 152 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza during July, including children and women, amid ongoing ceasefire violations and attacks on civilian homes.
Two Palestinian brothers were killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in central Gaza, raising the death toll since dawn to 12, including children and a fetus, amid continued Israeli bombardment despite a US-backed ceasefire.
Israel intensified its attacks across Gaza, killing a Palestinian leader, despite reports of halting assaults to implement the second phase of Trump’s deal. Israel expressed objections to the agreement’s terms and no date was set for its activation.
Six Jewish settlers attacked the entrance of Saint James Monastery in occupied Jerusalem’s Old City, assaulting an Armenian woman and spitting at the site. Police arrested six suspects, while the Armenian Patriarchate filed a complaint urging recognition of such attacks as hate crimes amid recurring impunity.
The far-right Israeli Finance Minister admitted advocating cutting vaccines and humanitarian aid to Gaza during the COVID pandemic to pressure its population. He also renewed calls to approve new settlements in northern Gaza despite the devastation there.
Dr. Musab Samman, a Palestinian doctor in Gaza, refused to leave Nasser Hospital during the Israeli assault that devastated Gaza’s healthcare system. He was abducted by Israeli forces and remains imprisoned under harsh conditions. Hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers have been detained without charges amid ongoing attacks on Gaza’s health system.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is facing increasing national backlash in the US over its links to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and its significant spending against critics of Israel, turning its influence into a political liability amid criticism from both left and right.
A Palestinian physician detained by Israeli forces reports suffering physical abuse, starvation, medical neglect, and harsh prison conditions including overcrowding, as detailed in a Haaretz report.
