• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington, DC, and is expected to hold talks with Trump for the first time since February. The two leaders are likely to discuss the war on Iran.
• Israeli forces conduct more raids in the occupied West Bank as former senior Israeli military officials write to Trump, urging him to press Netanyahu to curb the violence.

Hundreds of ex-Israeli military officials urge Trump to help end colonist violence

Some 600 figures from Israel’s security, defense, and diplomatic establishment have written to the US president, warning against the Israeli government’s push to expand illegal settlements and its encouragement of land grabs by settlers.

They argue this threatens Israel’s security and threatens Trump’s push to expand the Abraham Accords, under which Israel normalized relations with Arab countries it had never been at war with, effectively bypassing the Palestinian issue.

The letter appears to be an attempt to influence the White House and put the brakes on what the signatories see as a dangerous escalation.

This aligns with warnings we have seen from within Israel’s defense establishment, which has cautioned that settlers are increasingly taking the initiative, acting on behalf of the Israeli army, and putting Israeli soldiers themselves at risk.

Israeli military raids, colonist violence intensify in West Bank ahead of elections

There’s been another wave of Israeli military raids across the occupied West Bank.

The latest violence comes just three months before Israel’s general elections.

Land grabs and the expansion of illegal colonies are key issues for Netanyahu’s right-wing support base.

Hamas officials head to Egypt to hold talks with mediators

The Palestinian group says its delegation is heading to Cairo today to resume negotiations on the implementation of the second phase of the “ceasefire” with Israel.

The delegation is scheduled to meet mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye as well as Palestinian factions “to solidify the ceasefire and ensure the implementation of all commitments agreed upon”, a statement said.

The “ceasefire” aimed to halt Israel’s genocidal war that started in October 2023. However, Israel has repeatedly violated the agreement, and talks held since then have not borne fruit for it to move to the second phase.

Gaza death toll in Israel’s genocidal war rises to 73,333

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza during Israel’s genocidal war has risen to 73,333 with 174,023 wounded since October 2023, the Health Ministry says.

Three Palestinians were killed and 14 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza over the latest 24-hour reporting period as Israel’s military continues daily to violate a “ceasefire” signed in October.

Another Palestinian died from wounds sustained in a previous Israeli attack. Occupying forces have killed at least 1,207 people and wounded 3,914 since the “ceasefire” went into effect, the ministry said.

Israeli attack on central Gaza wounds two Palestinians

At least two Palestinians have been injured in Israeli attacks east of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports.

Residents in Deir el-Balah, southern Khan Younis and Rafah, and northern Gaza City’s Zeitoun, ⁠Tuffah and Shujayea neighborhoods say Israeli forces have advanced past the “Yellow Line” markers over ⁠the past 10 days.

The latest assault triggered new waves of displacement in areas already devastated by years of Israeli attacks. Residents in some affected areas received Israeli warnings via text messages or drone-mounted loudspeakers before fleeing once again.

Nearly all of the territory’s roughly 2.3 million residents are concentrated in a narrow coastal area, living largely in damaged buildings or makeshift shelters and facing dire humanitarian conditions.

Israeli forces appear to be raiding every possible town in occupied West Bank

It’s a highly tense time here in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces are seemingly raiding every town and arresting Palestinians en masse.

People are oftentimes just in their homes doing nothing but continue to suffer and bear the brunt of being born under Israeli occupation. While Israeli raids are mostly focused in the north, assaults continue to be conducted all across the occupied West Bank.

There is also an uptick in house demolitions. Israel is using the pretext of “no permits” to demolish the houses of Palestinians who are simply building on their own land.

But because Israel is an occupying power, it has given itself the right to grant permits, or rather not grant these permits to Palestinians.

In one area close to Hebron, we’ve seen Israeli settlers attack Palestinians whose homes have been demolished by Israeli soldiers. This apartheid system is making life extremely difficult and unbearable for residents.

Palestinians say the Israelis aren’t hiding their ultimate plan, which is to get Palestinians to leave their homes and their land.

International law states that an occupying power is prohibited from destroying private property, applying discriminatory planning laws, and altering the legal or demographic status of occupied territory. Under the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and international humanitarian law, such permit systems and subsequent demolitions are unlawful.

Under Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the 1907 Hague Regulations, an occupying power cannot destroy private or public property unless it is strictly and absolutely required by immediate military operations. Administrative zoning or planning schemes that target the local population do not justify destruction.

Dozens of Israeli settlers storm East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque

Nearly 200 Israeli settlers have stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City under the protection of Israeli soldiers.

The settlers prayed and performed “provocative rituals” in the mosque’s compound, the Wafa news agency reported.

Prayers are not allowed for non-Muslims at the site as part of the status quo arrangement in place since 1967 in the city that is holy to three religions although Jewish people are permitted to visit the compound.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound sits on a plateau in occupied East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed in a move not recognized by the international community.

For Muslims, the compound is Islam’s third holiest site. It is home to the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque and is where Prophet Muhammad is believed to have ascended into heaven.

It is also the holiest site in Judaism, known as the Temple Mount, where the ancient Temple of Jerusalem once stood.

UN reports 1,330 colonist-related incidents since January

The UN humanitarian agency OCHA says escalating violence in the occupied West Bank has killed at least eight Palestinians, including a child, and two Israelis since last week with many others wounded.

OCHA reported the displacement of at least 10 families as well as widespread arson and vandalism of Palestinian homes, mosques, trees and agricultural structures

Tighter Israeli movement restrictions are affecting access to healthcare and livelihoods, OCHA said.

The UN office has documented at least 1,330 colonist-related incidents since January in the occupied West Bank. It renewed calls for the protection of civilians and accountability for Israeli violations.

Israel’s Katz orders takeover of West Bank refugee camp

The office of Defense Minister Israel Katz says he issued instructions to the army to expand the scope of the military assault on the occupied West Bank.

Katz instructed the army to prepare to occupy another Palestinian refugee camp similar to what happened in the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps in recent years.

Palestinian movement frozen amid Israeli crackdown

Punishing Israeli restrictions on movement in the occupied West Bank are greatly affecting the daily lives of Palestinians.

“Life is extremely difficult here and it is extremely difficult to plan anything these days,” Nablus-based journalist Sarah Abu Alrob said.

“People who need to go to their schools or work must anticipate extra hours on the way. They try to minimize their trips and stay at home, except in emergency situations.”

Avoiding roads is crucial where Palestinians might face Israeli settler attacks or military harassment, she said. “It is really hard to move from one city to another or from a town to the city centre,” said Abu Alrob.

Egypt condemns Israel for raid on UNRWA training centre

Egypt has condemned the Israeli army for raiding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) training centre in the Qalandiya refugee camp and detaining its students and staff.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said the assault represented a “flagrant violation of the sanctity of UN facilities, a continuation of unlawful Israeli actions in the West Bank, and a violation of four Geneva Conventions regarding the protection of civilians living under occupation”.

It called on the international community and the UN Security Council to take “urgent measures to prevent further Israeli actions against UN facilities”, and ensure UNRWA’s protection so it can continue to perform its UN mandate.

Thousands of Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in West Bank since start of year

More than 3,600 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, since the start of this year, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.

Children and women continue to be targeted, it said, adding: “There has been an unprecedented expansion in administrative detention without charge or trial.”

At the start of this month, 3,244 Palestinians were being detained, “the highest level recorded in recent years”, the society said.

“The conditions of prisoners inside prisons have deteriorated with an escalation in torture, starvation, medical neglect, solitary confinement, sexual assault and the spread of diseases, most notably scabies.”

At least 1,320 Palestinians from Gaza are also being imprisoned and detained as “unlawful combatants”, the society said.

Since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023, more than 24,600 Palestinians have been arrested in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

Israeli settlers establish new settlement in central West Bank

Israeli colonists have established a new colony near the town of Yasuf, east of the Salfit governorate, reports the official Wafa news agency.

Jumaa Abdel Fattah, head of the Yasuf village council, said settlers set up a tent in the al-Nasba area, northeast of the town, about 50 meters away from residents’ homes.

It is the third settlement established in the Salfit governorate over the past two days, said Wafa.

‘Arms embargo now’: UN expert urges trade halt with Israel

The UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories has reiterated her call for states to cut trade with Israel and impose an arms embargo, adding that governments should have listened to those who raised the alarm earlier.

Responding to comments by a former Israeli ambassador to France who urged the public to acknowledge there are “genocidaires” in the Israeli government, Francesca Albanese said it is “never too late” to act.

“It is never too late to stop it. Cut trade with Israel now. Arms embargo now.”

Gaza doctors report surge in miscarriages linked to war, malnutrition

Medical officials in Gaza say they’re treating a surge in miscarriages that they link directly to Israel’s genocidal war and blockade.

The trend has worsened as Gaza’s health system collapses after years of bombardment with malnutrition and psychological strain cited as key drivers.

Al-Awda Hospital’s maternity director, Yasser Saadeddine, told Al Jazeera roughly 70 percent of pregnancy losses his team treats are linked to the war and blockade.

Israeli strikes and gunfire wound 22 Palestinians in Gaza

At least 22 people have been wounded in Gaza today following Israeli strikes and the collapse of a building wall.

• An Israeli drone attack on a house in the Remal neighbourhood in Gaza City wounded four people, while nine were hurt in a separate attack on a market in Nuseirat, according to al-Awda Hospital.
• Another person was wounded in a shooting at al-Mazra’a al-Sharqiya school east of Deir el-Balah and transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, according to a statement from the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
• Israeli gunfire wounded four people in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis.
• Four displaced people in a tent were injured when a building wall collapsed in central Gaza City.

Israel threatens West Bank camp as demolitions continue

Demolitions of Palestinian homes and confiscation of land across the occupied West Bank continue unabated, Al Jazeera correspondent Jivara Budairi reports from Ramallah.

Eleven homes have been demolished in the past 24 hours, she said, citing Palestinian sources.

In Masafer Yatta, Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked three Palestinians, including an elderly woman, and blocked an ambulance from reaching the area.

Budairi said Israeli forces detained six Palestinians in Nablus over the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.

More than 3,600 Palestinians have been detained across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the start of the year.

‘Fatigue’ in the West Bank after Israeli threat to take over camp

The military raids are ubiquitous and pervasive. They take place all the time throughout the day and night.

That’s really why there is a sense of fatigue – being overwhelmed – here in the occupied West Bank: because these raids have not stopped, and the detention of Palestinians has not stopped.

Israeli forces have detained 3,600 Palestinian men, women and children since the beginning of the year in such incursions.

Now, the Israeli minister of defense has announced he’s instructed the army to carry out a large-scale raid and take control of one of the many refugee camps inside Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank.

He threatened that the refugee camp – which has not been specified – would face the same fate as the camps in Jenin and Tulkarem. Those camps are now in ruins with more than 30,000 Palestinians displaced.

Israeli opposition leader Lapid denies genocide in Gaza, says leaders’ remarks fuelled genocide allegations

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid says Israel has not committed genocide in Gaza despite acknowledging that remarks by Israeli leaders claiming there were no civilians in Gaza “backed the allegation of genocide”.

“There’s no genocide. It was war. It was a terrible war. It had consequences,” Lapid said during a panel discussion organized by the Atlantic Council think tank.

Several international human rights organizations, genocide experts and the UN have concluded that Israel’s actions in Gaza have constituted genocide.

The International Court of Justice, the UN’s top court, is also investigating Israel over allegations of genocide.

One killed in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp following Israeli air strike

A Palestinian man has died after succumbing to injuries sustained in an Israeli air strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital has said.

As we reported earlier, al-Awda Hospital meanwhile said an Israeli bombing wounded nine people in the Nuseirat camp. It is not immediately clear if the deceased man was wounded in the same incident.

At least 22 people have been wounded in Gaza today.

Gaza’s temporary schools fail to keep pace with children’s needs, UN mapping finds

Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza lack access to a functioning school, according to new mapping by the UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

The analysis, based on data collected through June 30, found that only 613 temporary learning spaces have been built to serve roughly 770,422 school-aged children and adolescents across the territory, with just 432,701 currently enrolled.

The findings underscore how far reconstruction of basic services still lags behind the scale of displacement in Gaza.

Researchers used a method that tracks how easily families can reach a classroom on foot to identify where shortages are most severe. North Gaza, Gaza City, and parts of Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah showed the widest gaps, with dense populations far outstripping available classroom space.

The study also counted 2,149 sites housing displaced people as of mid-May. Aid officials say the figures point to the scale of investment still needed to restore even basic schooling for children whose education has been disrupted for months.

Israel moves more mobile homes to West Bank checkpoint to expand settlement plans

Israeli forces have brought additional mobile homes to the Tayasir checkpoint area, east of Tubas in the northern West Bank, as part of preparations for a new settlement in the Jordan Valley.

The transfers took place today, according to Mahdi Daraghmeh, head of the Al-Maleh Village Council, who spoke to Wafa news agency. Al-Maleh said the site is one of several colonies previously announced for the area.

Daraghmeh said Israeli authorities have also been leveling and bulldozing land around the checkpoint, with plans reportedly including a synagogue, recreational facilities for children, and swimming pools.

The move comes a day after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Israel’s push to fast-track outposts amounted to a “flagrant violation” of international law, reiterating that colonies carry no legal validity.

The UN has documented more than 1,330 settler-related incidents across the West Bank so far this year.

Smotrich says he considered resigning after Oct 7 but changed his mind

Israel’s sanctioned far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has said he considered resigning after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, but ultimately decided against it after concluding he had done nothing wrong.

According to Israeli media reports, Smotrich said he “thought about it”, but added that “when I tried to think about what I had done wrong, I could not find anything”.

Israeli settlers, soldiers storm West Bank towns

Groups of Israeli forces and illegal settlers have attacked several towns in the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports.

One group used a bulldozer to storm the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah, while others gathered in Deir Jarir to the east and the village of Rantis to the west.

Israeli forces assembled near al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, and assaulted a group of Palestinians in the village of Beitillu.

Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks rises as bodies remain trapped under rubble

Gaza’s health ministry reports four people have been killed and 14 wounded by Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours.

The ministry said a number of victims remain trapped under rubble and in the streets, with ambulance and civil defense crews still unable to reach them.

Since the October 11, 2025, ceasefire, the ministry has recorded 1,207 deaths, 3,914 injuries and 803 bodies recovered.

The total number of Palestinians killed by Israel since October 2023 in Gaza has reached 73,333, according to the ministry.

Israeli forces arrest two, deploy tear gas in more West Bank raids

The Israeli army has begun a raid on the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, where they fired stun grenades and deployed tear gas in several neighbourhoods, Wafa is reporting.

Meanwhile, south of Hebron, Israeli forces arrested a man and his son as they were herding sheep in an area surrounded by an illegal settlement.

As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces and settlers have been attacking towns in the occupied West Bank throughout the day, including in the Ramallah and el-Bireh governorates.

One killed, mosque destroyed in latest wave of Israeli attacks on Gaza

Israel has launched a new wave of attacks across Gaza, killing at least one person and injuring 22 others.

A strike destroyed a mosque in Gaza City after the area was forcibly evacuated, while dozens of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians were damaged. In a separate attack, one person was killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Happened in the occupied West Bank

• Israeli settlers kidnapped two Palestinian men after smashing their vehicle. The Wafa news agency said the incident happened in the town of Beit Ula, west of Hebron.
• Israeli settlers set fire to another vehicle in the Abu Najim area, east of Bethlehem. A security source told Wafa that settlers also attacked the home of a Palestinian man and set fire to his car.
• Eight people were injured and taken for treatment by ambulance after Israeli settlers attacked a house in Wadi Abu Najim, south of Bethlehem, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.