• At least five Palestinians were killed and 18 injured during Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip in the last 48 hours, according to the health ministry.

Hamas, Palestinian factions blame Israel for obstructing Gaza deal

Hamas Political Bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya has met in Cairo with a delegation from Fatah’s Democratic National Current headed by Mohammed Dahlan, to discuss political and field developments in the Palestinian territory, Hamas said in a statement.

The meeting reviewed ceasefire negotiations, efforts to ensure Israel’s implementation of the agreements, and humanitarian aid for Gaza, the statement said.

Al-Hayya separately briefed faction leaders and representatives on his meetings with mediators and Egyptian officials. After the briefing, faction leaders accused Israel of stalling the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, saying it had reneged on previously agreed-upon deals.

The Democratic National Current is an influential reformist faction within Fatah – which governs parts of the occupied West Bank through the Palestinian Authority – that operates independently from President Mahmoud Abbas’s central leadership.

Trump still ‘holds the cards’ in relationship with Netanyahu

Trump and Israel’s Netanyahu remain aligned on Gaza’s ultimate outcome but diverge sharply on the tactics needed to achieve it, according to Rob Arlett, Delaware state chairman for Trump’s 2016 campaign.

“President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu agree on the destination, but they certainly differ on the path to reach that destination,” Arlett said.

He pointed out both leaders agree that Hamas “cannot be responsible for security, military, or even political affairs in the Gaza Strip”, but said the divide stems from sequencing.

“The matter relates to Trump’s view that it’s necessary to work in phases to de-escalate and disarm gradually”, Arlett said, while “Netanyahu doesn’t agree with this approach; he wants Hamas fully disarmed… before Israel takes any step”.

Arlett said Trump’s posture is shaped in part by concern for his political legacy. “He wants a peace agreement not only in the Gaza Strip but also regarding Iran and elsewhere. He wants to be known, and for history to record, that he is the president of peace.”

He added that domestic politics complicate both leaders’ positions, pointing to upcoming Israeli elections alongside the US midterms. But, he said, Netanyahu “understands” that Trump “holds the cards” in the relationship.

Netanyahu gets along with Kushner to avoid going along with Gaza plan

The US administration’s latest diplomatic push on Gaza, led by Jared Kushner’s meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, appears to have yielded no major breakthrough.

Political analyst Marwan Bishara said Netanyahu will “give the appearance of getting along” with Kushner but “won’t really go along with the plan” for Gaza.

Bishara said Netanyahu’s announcement of two committees to discuss the plan is a tactic to “bury the issue”, noting that “when you want to bury an issue, make a committee for it”.

‘Does Netanyahu want peace or not?’

Rob Arlett, Delaware state chairman for Trump’s 2016 campaign, said that the central tension in US-Israel coordination on Gaza comes down to “intelligence transparency and accountability over Israeli military action” following reports that Washington granted Israel the right to act militarily against perceived threats.

“Benjamin Netanyahu, and certainly the Israeli army, always want to strike based on whatever intelligence they deem appropriate. This is a problem for President Trump,” said Arlett.

He added that Trump views such unilateral operations as undermining broader peace efforts and wants Israeli forces to “take steps back” to let Hamas fulfil its commitments.

Arlett said Trump would hold Hamas accountable if it reneges on its pledges, while stressing that Washington remains committed to defending and supporting Israel militarily.

“But ultimately, the question on the table is: Does Benjamin Netanyahu want peace or not?” the former campaign chairman said.

He argued that Trump holds a distinct advantage in pushing for de-escalation due to his regional standing.

“He’s a dealmaker, and he’s trusted in the Middle East region,” Arlett said, adding that Trump may be “more trusted than Benjamin Netanyahu” among Israel’s neighbors.

“So it’s important that we listen to the voice of reason and the voice of peace,” he said, pointing to the Board of Peace established under Trump to secure an agreement. “And, of course, the question remains: can the two men, Trump and Netanyahu, agree on how to reach the final goal?”

"..Washington granted Israel the right to act militarily against perceived threats.."

It's like in the West Bank, the Israeli belligerent creates threats then labels them as threats to them and or its colonizing people.

When it comes to Gaza, Netanyahu had already created the biggest threat when he decided at least a year before October 7, 2023, to keep silent about his knowledge, that Hamas was planning something. He allowed it to happen for his personal interest, which is keeping himself and his family away from the trial over his bribery, corruption and breach of trust.

So, "granting" a war belligerent, which the Israelis are since 1967, the "right to act against perceived threats" is simply making oneself accomplice in the genocide in Gaza.

Israeli military says it killed Islamic Jihad commander in Khan Younis

The Israeli military says it killed Tareq Anwar Rai, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander, in a strike on Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Sunday.

In a statement on Telegram, the military alleged that Rai entered Be’eri kibbutz during the October 7, 2023, attacks.

There were similar claims made in the past. But the Israelis never published some sort of a wanted list of resistance fighters who were involved in the October 7th attack. They only have published photos of those they have killed.

Kushner says Hamas disarmament in Gaza could begin within a month

Ten months into a US-backed “ceasefire”, at least 1,260 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza.

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and special envoy, claims that progress on Hamas’s disarmament could come within 30 days, following talks with the Palestinian group in Cairo and Israeli leaders in Jerusalem.

Hamas says it has accepted the ceasefire plan’s next phase but demands that Israel first fulfil its commitments. Gaza remains in ruins, with reconstruction yet to begin.

Hamas says committed to agreed-upon plan, but no approval from Israel

Hamas says it is committed to the US-brokered Gaza peace plan, which calls for its disarmament, but that Israel has not approved it, AFP reports.

“Hamas is committed to this agreed-upon process. It is clear that, so far, the Israeli side has not given the mediators clear approval of the roadmap,” spokesperson Hazem Qassem told AFP.

US envoy Kushner met Netanyahu on Monday. He said the process of disarming Hamas could begin within a month.

Meanwhile, Israeli officials have said they do not intend to pull out of Gaza and that they will not allow reconstruction until Hamas is disarmed.

"" .. will not allow reconstruction until Hamas is disarmed."

This demand is not included in the road map and in Trump's plan.

More than 800,000 Palestinians living in unfit tents in Gaza

More than 2.15 million displaced Palestinians are living in desperate conditions across Gaza, with more than 867,000 sheltering in makeshift tents that are no longer fit for purpose, the Gaza Government Media Office says.

The office warned on Monday of a looming humanitarian catastrophe with winter approaching, noting that more than half a million children are among those living in tents. It called on the international community to pressure Israeli authorities to allow the immediate entry of cranes, weather-resistant tents, insulation materials, and other shelter supplies into the besieged enclave.

“The situation is beyond critical,” the statement said, urging the removal of rubble, rehabilitation of infrastructure, and protection for the most vulnerable populations.

The appeal comes as aid agencies have repeatedly warned that Gaza’s population faces severe shortages of food, water, and medical care amid ongoing Israeli military operations.

According to previous data from the Media Office, the Israeli army destroyed 90 percent of civilian infrastructure in the Strip during its genocide war that began on October 8, 2023, with reconstruction costs estimated by the UN at approximately $70bn.

Gaza municipalities warn of looming water crisis

The Union of Gaza Strip Municipalities says more than 1 million people are at risk of severe water shortages as the territory’s water and sewage systems face imminent collapse.

The municipalities called for the urgent entry of fuel and spare parts needed to maintain electricity generators and keep water and sewage facilities operating.

They held Israel responsible for what they described as a looming disaster threatening the lives of residents.

Gaza municipalities call for urgent fuel entry

The Union of Gaza Strip Municipalities has called on the international community and mediators to press Israel to implement the ceasefire agreement and immediately allow fuel into the territory.

It said supplies had been allowed in for only 40 of Gaza’s 700 generators, while Israel is preventing the entry of fuel needed to operate generators for water wells, pumping stations and sewage facilities.

The union also said diesel supplies for power generators and other vital facilities had been reduced, forcing most water wells out of service and cutting water supplies to tens of thousands of families in displacement camps.

It called for an urgent humanitarian corridor to ensure aid can enter Gaza.

Just 3 percent of Gaza’s cropland accessible, undamaged: UN report

About 3 percent of the Gaza Strip’s cropland is both accessible to farmers and undamaged, according to a new geospatial assessment by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNOSAT.

As of June 24, 448 hectares (1,100 acres) of cropland were found to be both accessible and undamaged, down from 601 hectares (1,490 acres) in October last year – a drop of more than a quarter.

The report attributed the decline mainly to continued bombardment and reduced access to farmland since the “ceasefire”, driven largely by the westward expansion of Israel’s “Yellow Line” separating the civilian zone from Israeli military-controlled areas.

Gaza’s southern city of Rafah was found to be the worst affected, with 97.2 percent of its cropland now inaccessible.

“The loss of access to farmland is further shrinking the space available for farmers to produce food, even where agricultural assets remain physically intact,” said Rein Paulsen, director of FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience, calling for urgent action to restore safe access to land and agricultural supplies in the enclave.

Palestine Red Crescent says 71 people evacuated through Rafah

The Palestine Red Crescent Society says it took part in a medical evacuation through Gaza’s Rafah crossing, carrying 71 people, including 32 patients and 39 companions, the Wafa news agency reported.

The evacuation was carried out in coordination with the World Health Organization, Wafa added, as part of ongoing efforts to allow patients from Gaza to access treatment outside the war-battered enclave.

Israel’s bombardment during its genocidal war on the enclave has ravaged its health sector, already severely strained before the war, pushing it to the brink of collapse.

Child among five killed in Israeli drone attack on port area near Gaza City

An Israeli drone attack has killed at least five people, including a child, at a cafe in the port area west of Gaza city.

The intensity of the strike pushed a number of injured and dead into the sea, with recovery efforts currently under way, the report said.

Most of the injured, including those in critical condition, have been transferred to the city’s al-Shifa Hospital.

Israel claims Hamas commanders targeted west of Gaza City; Hospital says child among 6 killed

Israeli forces say they have attacked “several Hamas commanders” in the al-Shati area, west of Gaza City.

The Israel army said in a post on Telegram that the group was “attacked from the air to remove the threat to the forces”.

It said the group was planning an attack against the Israeli forces operating in the strip.

Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital says that six people, including a child, was killed in the attack.

Earlier it was reported that five people, including a child, had been killed in the attack on a port, west of Gaza City. The port is part of the al-Shati area.

Panic, chaos after deadly Israeli drone attack on Gaza City

Drones have hit the seaport area in western Gaza City, killing at least six Palestinians. Among those killed one child who happened to be at the place of his family.

A seventh body is also at al-Shifa Hospital, and according to civil defence sources, it’s unrecognizable. They haven’t been able to identify the body because it looked like the missile hit him directly and left the body shredded.

The attack happened at about 6pm [15:00 GMT], at a cafe. The explosion was so massive that it shook buildings across the surrounding area and could be felt as far away as Gaza City centre.

This area is particularly busy at this time of the year, with temperatures high; many living in tents come out in the evening to get some relief from the heat and cool off by the sea.

Hamas says Gaza City attack reveals Israel’s ‘disregard’ for ceasefire deal

Hamas has said in a statement that the Israeli “massacre” that killed six Palestinians in western Gaza City demonstrates the “disregard” for Trump’s calls to maintain the “ceasefire” deal.

The group called on the mediators to pressure Israel “to commit to the ceasefire deal” and the peace roadmap “agreed upon earlier”.

Israel defense minister says Gaza attacks to continue

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says an Israeli drone attack west of Gaza City that killed at least six Palestinians, including a child, is a “clear” attempt to “remove threats”.

The Israeli attack on Tuesday at a cafe at a port west of Gaza City resulted in a number of civilian casualties in addition to the killings.

Katz claimed in a post on X that Hamas members were targeted, and that Israel “will continue to act with force to protect our soldiers and ensure quiet in the southern settlements”.

On June 30, 2025, the Israelis dropped a 500-pound bomb on the Al-Baqa cafe without any warning,  killing at least 33 people including the cafe’s owner, Saher Al-Baqa.

Al-Baqa was a beloved seaside cafe also west of Gaza City, and that offered rare respite for journalists and residents.

Gaza Prisoners Ministry warns of disease outbreaks in Israeli jails

Islam Abdo, media director at Gaza’s Ministry of Prisoners and Freed Prisoners, says scabies and other diseases are spreading among Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails, warning of a “serious health catastrophe”.

Abdo said prisoners were being deprived of water, cleaning products and other basic supplies, creating conditions that facilitate the spread of disease.

He called for urgent international intervention to contain infections and urged human rights organisations to increase prison visits and pressure Israeli authorities to protect Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

Israeli forces label Palestinian detainees with numbers on faces

Israeli forces have branded Palestinians detained in raids in the occupied West Bank with numbers on their foreheads, according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.

Haaretz reported that the army detained two Palestinians accused of planning attacks after raiding 100 buildings in Qabatiya, south of Jenin, on Monday.

But Palestinian sources report a larger number of Palestinians detained during the raids.

According to local reports, some of those detained were beaten by soldiers.

Several Palestinians who were interrogated were released with numbers written on their faces and body parts.

This practice has been since 2024 when it was part of a so-called "de-nazification" campaign in Gaza, while the Israeli troops brought Nazi material into the enclave.

The practice is the Israeli version of those that the Nazis had used.

Israeli minister shows construction of dedicated execution facility for Palestinians

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has shared a video on his Telegram channel, showing the construction of a dedicated execution unit for Palestinians after the passage of the death penalty law for detainees in the occupied territory.

“We promised – we are keeping it. I promised to worsen the conditions of terrorists in prisons – we kept it. I promised to pass the death penalty law for terrorists – we did. And now the death row and hanging facility are also starting to take shape,” Ben-Gvir wrote in his post on Telegram.

“We are making history”, he said.

Complaint lodged in India over Israeli soldier

The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a complaint in India against an Israeli soldier reportedly on vacation in the country.

In a statement posted on X, HRF said the soldier had “documented his deployment in Gaza and his direct involvement in the unlawful destruction of civilian property”.

HRF, which was formed in 2024, has pulled together lawyers and activists from around the world to prepare cases against Israeli soldiers based on social media content shared by the soldiers themselves.

ICC-wanted Netanyahu backs new US sanctions on global criminal court’s officials

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after Rubio announced new sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) officials.

Rubio said he had launched a diplomatic campaign last month “to dismantle the ICC’s threat to our national sovereignty”, and that the Trump administration was sanctioning ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye as part of an “unwavering mission to protect Americans from this sham of a court”.

Responding to Rubio’s post on X, Netanyahu described the ICC as having become “a kangaroo court” that uses the language of international law to disguise abuses of power. He said he commended Rubio for leading the Trump administration’s “determined efforts against the ICC’s illegitimate overreach” and for making clear that the court’s leadership “will face consequences”.

The ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in November 2024 over war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel has rejected the warrants as anti-Semitic and without legal basis.

The US, which is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the court, sanctioned then-ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan in 2025 and has separately sanctioned several ICC judges and officials over the court’s Israel-related investigations and its probe into US conduct in Afghanistan.

Rights groups warn of life-threatening risk to Palestinian American held in Israel

A coalition of more than 100 faith-based, human rights, and civil rights organizations has urged the US State Department to secure the immediate release of a 20-year-old Palestinian-American student detained by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank, citing her severe chronic medical condition and warning of life-threatening consequences.

In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio published on Tuesday, the 102 groups demanded action on behalf of Sama Safi, an honors psychology student at Birzeit University, who they say was seized from her family home in the West Bank on June 2 by Israeli forces. She is being held at Damon military prison near Haifa, which the groups described as a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

“Interruption in Sama’s specialized care abroad places Sama at high risk of clinical deterioration, severe inflammatory relapse, progressive organ damage, hospitalization, and potentially life-threatening repercussions,” the letter states.

Safi, who celebrated her 20th birthday in April, described in a statement being shackled, blindfolded, and denied food and water for 24 hours upon detention. She also reported verbal abuse and being placed in painful stress positions.

At least 10 Palestinian women at Israel’s Damon military prison have contracted scabies due to overcrowding, poor ventilation, and supply shortages, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said on Monday, calling the conditions and denial of treatment “torture and systematic medical neglect”.

Colonists target Palestinian ambulance in West Bank, Red Crescent says

A group of Israeli colonists has attacked a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in the occupied West Bank while it was transporting a patient from the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron, the organization says.

In a post on X, the Red Crescent said the attack had targeted its medical teams and obstructed their humanitarian work, calling it “a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.”

Happened in the occupied West Bank

Israeli forces and colonists continue to raid civilian homes in the occupied West Bank and subject residents to abuse, while the Israeli army escalates its demolitions, displacing and forcibly evacuating civilians from their homes.

From the Palestinian news agency Wafa:

• For the ninth consecutive day, Israeli colonists, with full impunity and under the protection of the Israeli army, continued to besiege the Ras al-Ain area of Qusra, south of Nablus, preventing residents from accessing their homes and setting up tents nearby with the intent to intimidate and seize property.
• Israeli colonists attacked a water pipeline in Tubas, which supplied Palestinian families in Yarza and Ras al-Ahmar.
• Israeli forces shot a Palestinian citizen from Beit Surik, north of Jerusalem, who was visiting the town of ar-Ram. He was transferred to a hospital, where his health condition remains stable.
• The Israeli army fired tear gas canisters into Beit Inan, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, igniting fires across the town.
• In the Salfit governorate, Israeli forces and police stormed Kifl Haris, north of Salfit, imposing strict measures on movement to secure the entry of colonists performing Talmudic rituals at Islamic sites.
• In the Tulkarem governorate, Israeli troops stormed Iqtaba, stationing themselves in front of the village council. The army raided several shops and detained several young men. No arrests were reported.
• The Israeli army demolished a two-storey home belonging to Dheeb Hamad in Qalandiya, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, under the pretext of it being built without the necessary permit. The building housed two Palestinian families.
• Two young Palestinians were injured in an attack by Israeli colonists in Beita, south of Nablus.

Israeli forces arrest 54-year-old doctor in Ramallah raid

Israeli forces have arrested 54-year-old gynecologist Dr Dima Muhammad Amin Barakat after raiding her home in the at-Tira neighborhood of Ramallah, the Palestinian news agency Wafa is reporting.

Separately, Israeli forces injured two Palestinians during a raid on the village of Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews treated two people who had been beaten by soldiers before taking them to hospital.

Israeli forces raid West Bank home as colonists cut power in Burin

Israeli forces have raided a residential building in al-Jarushiya village, north of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, and forced its Palestinian residents to evacuate, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.

The building, which belongs to the Othman family, is currently being used by the military as barracks, it said.

Meanwhile, Israeli colonists cut utility poles in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, causing a blackout. Local sources said this marks the second time colonists have severed the power supply to the Soufan family’s home, Wafa reported.

Qusra mayor: Besieged families face imminent food, medicine shortages

The mayor of Qusra says three Palestinian families have now been besieged in their homes for 10 days in the Ras al-Ein area of the occupied West Bank town.

He said messages received by the municipal council indicate that those trapped in the homes will face serious shortages of food and medicine within the coming hours.

Inaction of Israeli forces allows colonists to act with impunity across occupied West Bank

For years, Israeli colonists have been complicating the lives of the Sufan family who lives on a hill near an Israeli military watchtower. This area has been declared a closed military zone.

The whole family has barricaded themselves in for the past few years to prevent colonists from throwing rocks and dirt into their house.

Over the past few weeks, however, these same colonists have been encircling the area around the house. Last night, they cut the electricity to the house.

This morning, Israeli soldiers, who had been in the military tower, started blockading the road, effectively putting the house under siege – the same kind of siege we’ve been seeing in Qusra, Beit Imrin and other places across the occupied West Bank.

This is yet another example of how the Israeli forces, instead of moving colonists away, have allowed them to block roads leading to Palestinian families’ homes so that no one can come to their rescue.

These families can’t leave their houses as they are trapped inside.

Because the Israeli soldiers have not pushed the colonists away from Qusra or held them accountable for their actions, these colonists feel that they can encroach even more on the Sufan family and their lands.

Ayman Sufan told us that the colonists have even brought a tent with them, meaning that they intend to stay.

Israeli PM opens ‘Netanyahu Road’ as part of colony expansion plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has inaugurated a major road named after himself in the Ariel colony in the occupied West Bank’s Salfit district, according to local media reports.

“Netanyahu Road” is part of a plan by the Israeli government to construct 12,000 new units to expand the number of colonies in the occupied Palestinian territory to 100,000.

Under international law, an occupying power is strictly prohibited from constructing infrastructure like roads to connect illegal colonies because occupation is temporary and public property cannot be used for the occupier's permanent or demographic goals.

• The occupant must manage the land for the local population and military needs. It cannot change the local status quo for its own benefit.
• Building roads is an extending violation. Building roads to link colonies consolidates an illegal presence. International bodies view these construction projects as part of a permanent, unlawful annexation process.
• Under Article 55 of the 1907 Hague Regulations, the occupant acts only as an administrator of public immovable property.
• Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention bans an occupier from moving its own civilians into occupied lands.
• Using public land and resources to build roads for foreign colonies rather than local civilian welfare breaches the laws of occupation.

Is it partioning of occupied land?

Yes, because the interconnected construction of colonies and dedicated connecting roads creates a de facto annexation and physical fragmentation of the land.

Two children shot by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have fired live ammunition at two children, seriously wounding one, during a raid on the Am’ari refugee camp in the el-Bireh area of the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian medical sources.

Israeli forces raided a cafe after positioning themselves in the center of the Am’ari refugee camp, from where they shot at children and young men in the area.

Israeli colonists rebuild illegal outpost in occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta

Israeli colonists have rebuilt an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

The army had torn down the outpost on Monday, eight months after colonists first established it.

The colonists returned and rebuilt it once the military withdrew from the area.

The UN designates all Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank “illegal” under international law.

Huckabee condemns colonist ‘terrorism’ in interview to Israeli public broadcaster

Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, says “terrorism” is the most accurate term to describe the actions by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

“When you engage in a process aimed at changing behavior and creating fear in an individual, a population group, or a society, this is the description … the description in the historical lexicon of terrorism … and I don’t know how to use any other term,” he told Israeli public broadcaster Kaan.

Huckabee, who in recent days condemned the colonist siege of homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, told the public broadcaster that colonist actions “are causing significant harm to Israel and the Jewish people”.

“Why help your enemies to make them hate you even more?”

Dutch delegation visits occupied West Bank’s Qusra as Israeli siege enters 10th day

A Dutch diplomatic delegation headed by Michel Rentenaar, representative to the Palestinian Authority, has visited the Ras Al-Ain area of the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.

The visit aimed to “assess the conditions” of besieged Palestinian families, Qusra Mayor Abdul Azim al-Wadi told the Wafa news agency.

Israeli colonists and soldiers have blockaded three Palestinian homes in the area for a 10th consecutive day with residents facing water shortages and the inability to enter or leave after the area was declared a closed military zone.