Gaza

Palestinian woman killed in Israeli strike on Gaza apartment

A Palestinian woman has been killed in an Israeli strike targeting an apartment near the al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, according to reporting from our colleagues on the ground.

Two people killed in Israeli air attack on Gaza’s Khan Younis

Two Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli drone struck a vehicle north of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Wafa reported that a woman was also injured in the attack and was transferred to Nasser Medical Complex.

Humanitarian

Qatar, Red Cross discuss challenges in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza

A Qatar Foreign Ministry official has met with the International Committee of the Red Cross to discuss ways to bolster humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip.

Qatari Assistant Director of International Cooperation Jawhara bint Abdulaziz Al-Suwaidi and the Red Cross representative also discussed the wider humanitarian situation in Gaza, according to the ministry.

Israel has killed about 1,500 people in the devastated Palestinian territory a year into a “ceasefire”.

Israeli claims

Israeli army claims it killed a Hamas commander in Gaza air strike

The Israeli army claims to have killed a Hamas military wing commander in Tuesday’s air strike on Gaza City.

The statement, published on Telegram, identified the victim as Momen Ahmad Salameh Ay and said he operated as “an aide to commanders of the Hamas Gaza Brigade”.

There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas.

Other

Australian senator condemns government over Gaza genocide

Australian Senator Mehreen Faruqi called for an urgent debate on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, accusing the government of complicity.

The motion was voted down by the Labor government and opposition coalition.

Egypt reaffirms commitment to Gaza peace plan on summit anniversary

Egypt has reaffirmed its commitment to consolidating peace in the Middle East and advancing a two-state solution, marking the first anniversary of the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit for Gaza, the Foreign Ministry says in a statement.

Cairo renewed its “full support for US President Donald Trump’s comprehensive peace plan for the Gaza Strip”, committing to close coordination with Washington and international partners to ensure “the full implementation of the plan’s various mandates, consolidate the ceasefire, guarantee sustainable access for humanitarian aid, complete the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, move forward with phase-two arrangements, and initiate early recovery and reconstruction efforts”.

Regional actors must seize the “historic opportunity” to launch a credible political process aimed at “establishing the independent Palestinian state on the June 4,1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital”, it added.

Jerusalem

Settlers attack mosque near occupied East Jerusalem

Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in Mukhmas, north of occupied East Jerusalem, during a late-night pogrom that also saw a Palestinian vehicle burned and an olive tree torched.

Israelis from illegal settlements have increasingly carried out near-daily attacks on Palestinian communities and religious sites.

West Bank

Two Palestinians injured by Israeli rubber-coated bullets near Ramallah

Two Palestinians have been injured by rubber-coated bullets fired by Israeli forces in Ras Karkar, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday evening, official Palestinian news agency Wafa has reported.

Local sources told Wafa that soldiers fired at residents attempting to cross an iron gate separating Ras Karkar’s lands from the neighbouring village of Kharbatha Bani Harith. Both were struck in the head and taken to a hospital in Ramallah for treatment.

Happened in the occupied West Bank

• The Israeli army stormed the office of the Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs in the city of Salfit.
• Three vehicle repair shops in Haris village, west of Salfit, were demolished by the Israeli army.
• Israeli forces arrested a young man from the town of Tammun, south of Tubas, after raiding his family’s house.
• An elderly man and a woman were injured in an attack by Israeli forces in the same town.
• Israeli forces arrested a woman in Tulkarem refugee camp.
• Settlers attacked farmers in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit, and sprayed them with pepper spray.
• Israeli bulldozers uprooted hundreds of olive trees and drove over agricultural land in the village of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah.
• Soldiers fired tear gas at farmers in the towns of Fandaqumiya, Jaba and Silat al-Dhahr, south of Jenin.

Israeli army says security guard injured after being hit by ‘suspicious vehicle’

Israel’s military says an Israeli security guard was hurt after a car struck him at a checkpoint in the illegal Ariel settlement in the occupied West Bank.

According to the Israeli military, the “suspicious vehicle” fled the scene after the guard fired his weapon at it.

Several people were arrested, and troops are currently searching for additional suspects involved in the incident, the army said.

 

Palestine

Cairo hosts fresh talks on Palestinian unity, elections

The leaders of Palestinian groups, including the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Hamas, are due to meet in Cairo for talks on internal divisions, Palestinian unity and elections, sources have told Al Jazeera.

Fatah spokesman Abdel Fattah Dawla told the Turkish news agency Anadolu that the Wednesday and Thursday meetings would focus on preparations for broader dialogue and efforts to build consensus among the various Palestinian factions.

Last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas postponed next month’s presidential and legislative elections by almost one year to September 11, 2027.

The PLO’s Executive Committee, which Abbas heads, said in a statement that conditions in occupied East Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip were not conducive to holding elections, pointing out that Israel had not allowed election materials or international observers to enter Gaza.