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Gaza daily round-up: Muhammad Nasser Ali Kanita, who held Emily Damari hostage in his home, was eliminated

2025-07-15

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🚨 Breaking: Muhammad Nasser Ali Kanita, who held Emily Damari hostage in his home, was eliminated pic.twitter.com/NbGEMauRuW
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) July 14, 2025

The Israeli army says its warplanes have attacked Gaza more than 100 times in the past 24 hours
[GEO.TV] The Israeli army says its warplanes have attacked Gaza more than 100 times in the past 24 hours, claiming “terrorist organisations” are the targets, reported Al Jazeera.

It added that ground advances are also continuing across the besieged enclave, especially in the north.

Israeli attacks kill more than 50 people across Gaza
[GEO.TV] Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 51 Palestinians since dawn, Al Jazeera reported quoting medical sources.

Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 58,030 people and wounded 138,520 since the beginning of war, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

Children among over 700 Gazans killed waiting to get water
[GEO.TV] The government media office in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
says attacks on people waiting in line for water have killed more than 700 Paleostinians as part of a ''systematic thirst war'', Al Jazeera reported.

The Israeli army has targeted 112 freshwater filling points and destroyed 720 water wells, putting them out of service. This has deprived more than 1.25 million people of access to clean water, the office said in a statement.

''We affirm that this racist policy constitutes a full-fledged war crime under the Geneva Conventions, and a grave violation of international humanitarian law and human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
law.''

The office said Israel has prevented the entry of 12 million litres of fuel monthly, the amount necessary to operate the minimum number of water wells, sewage treatment plants, garbage collection vehicles and other vital services. This ban has ''caused near-total paralysis of water and sewage networks and worsened the spread of diseases, especially among children'', the office said.

Three IDF troops killed, officer seriously wounded in northern Gaza fighting
[IsraelTimes] After initially suspecting tank was hit by Hamas RPG fire, army increasingly believes deadly blast was caused by a malfunctioning shell that detonated inside the turret

Three IDF troops were killed and an officer was seriously wounded during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, the military announced.

The slain troops were named as:

Staff Sgt. Shoham Menahem, 21, from Yardena

Sgt. Shlomo Yakir Shrem, 20, from Efrat

Sgt. Yuliy Faktor, 19, from Rishon Lezion

They all served with the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion.

According to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were in a tank that was hit by an explosion in northern Gaza’s Jabalia at around noon Monday. The IDF initially suspected the tank was hit by Hamas RPG fire. However, in the hours following the incident, the military increasingly came to believe the explosion may have been caused by a malfunctioning shell that detonated inside the turret. Other causes of the explosion were being investigated, the military said.

Their deaths raised the Israeli toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip to 454 soldiers. The figure includes two police officers and three Defense Ministry civilian contractors.

The announcement of the soldiers’ deaths came shortly before two rockets were launched from the central Gaza Strip at southern Israel, which the military intercepted. Sirens did not sound in any towns, but alerts were activated in open areas near the Gaza border. There were no injuries.

In Gaza, meanwhile, footage circulated Monday on social media showing dozens of Palestinians lying on the ground as prolonged gunfire is heard around them.

That sure sounds like a classic Paliwood production to me, rather than something that actually happened as described. Especially since we know that Hamas has been killing those who dare take advantage of donated supplies that aren’t controlled — and sold at siege prices — by them.

Based on the location in the video, the incident appeared to have occurred near one of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s distribution centers, specifically in the Rafah area.

The IDF stated that “the details of the video are under review. At this stage, there are no known casualties from IDF fire at the distribution center in Rafah today.”

More from the Times of Israel:

A Hamas terrorist who infiltrated Israel during the October 7 onslaught and held hostage Emily Damari in his home was killed in an Israeli airstrike last month, the IDF announces.

Nasr Ali Quneita was targeted in Gaza City on June 19, according to the IDF.

Gaza’s Hamas-controlled civil defense agency said Israeli strikes on Monday killed at least 22 people, and the Islamic Jihad terror group shared footage that it said showed its fighters firing missiles at an Israeli command and control center in the Strip.

The fighting comes as five IDF divisions, made up of tens of thousands of troops, continue to operate across Gaza.

According to Israel, the IDF’s targets on Monday included operatives, buildings used by terror groups, weapon depots, tunnels, and other terror infrastructure.

The military said that in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, troops of the Givati Brigade located and destroyed a tunnel, while forces of the 99th Division directed airstrikes on operatives who tried to plant bombs on a road.

In the nearby town of Jabalia, the IDF said troops of the 401st Armored Brigade and elite Multi-Domain unit killed several more operatives, including by directing strikes, and destroyed terror infrastructure.

In the Gaza City neighborhoods of Daraj and Tuffah, troops of the Nahal Brigade killed additional operatives, and the 98th Division operating in the neighborhoods of Zeitoun and Shejaiya directed strikes on operatives and destroyed buildings used by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the IDF added.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad terror group which has fought alongside Hamas in Gaza, released footage that it said showed its fighters firing missiles at an Israeli army command and control center near Shejaiya.

Gaza’s civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal said that 10 Palestinians were killed in three separate airstrikes in various parts of Gaza City on Monday, with 12 more people killed in attacks on the southern area of Khan Yunis.

The agency, which is governed by Hamas, does not distinguish between civilian and combatant casualties, and its figures are not independently verified.

AIRSTRIKE LAST WEEK KILLED 10 TERRORISTS RELEASED IN SHALIT DEAL
The IDF and Shin Bet announced Monday that an airstrike in Gaza last week killed 10 Hamas terrorists who had been among the 1,027 security inmates released from Israeli prisons in 2011 in exchange for abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Most of those killed were members of Hamas’s so-called West Bank headquarters, a unit involved in recruiting terrorists and advancing attacks against Israel from or within the West Bank, the Shin Bet said.

Among those killed were Riyad Assila and Bassem Abu Sanina, who were accused of murdering Israeli civilian Haim Karman in a 1998 stabbing attack in Jerusalem.

Assila served as a member of Hamas’s West Bank headquarters, specifically involved in recruiting terrorists from East Jerusalem, the Shin Bet said.

Also killed in the strike was Mohammed Saria, who the Shin Bet said was charged with killing IDF soldier Staff Sgt. Ehud (Udi) Tal in a stabbing attack at the Dotan Civil Administration facility in the West Bank in 1996.

Seven more members of Hamas’s West Bank headquarters were killed in the strike. The Shin Bet said the seven were all convicted during the Second Intifada of involvement in deadly terror attacks and were given life sentences, before being exiled to Gaza in the Shalit deal.

After their exile, the Shin Bet said, the operatives held roles in the West Bank Headquarters, “within which they operated in regional committees responsible for advancing attacks in the Judea and Samaria areas, including by transferring weapons and funds to terrorists.”

IDF issues evacuation order for Gaza City, Jabalia, saying fighting ‘is spreading westward’
[IsraelTimes] The IDF calls on Palestinians residing in Gaza City and Jabalia in the Strip’s north to evacuate amid an ongoing offensive against Hamas.

“The IDF is operating in the area with increased force to destroy the enemy and terror organizations. The fighting is spreading westward toward the city center,” says the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee on X.

The warning calls for civilians to head south to the Mawasi area on the coast.

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Israeli Air Force conducted airstrikes on approximately 35 Hamas targets in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza

2025-07-13

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The Israeli Air Force conducted airstrikes on approximately 35 Hamas targets in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, within the past hour, targeting Hamas tunnels among other sites, as part of intensified operations, the IDF confirmed. pic.twitter.com/uP62k0VT3l
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 12, 2025

Video footage from the Israeli border community of Netiv Haasara displays the intense Israeli airstrikes targeting Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, conducted a short time ago.pic.twitter.com/viaAyrxIBl https://t.co/etuVwHzSSx
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 12, 2025

Several IDF troops hurt in Gaza fighting as Palestinians reported killed at aid site

[IsraelTimes] Army reports the injured soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded in separate incidents; says unaware of any casualties near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution hubs

The military announced that two soldiers were moderately hurt on Saturday in separate incidents during fighting in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
, as fresh deaths were reported among Paleostinians at an aid distribution site.

One of the soldiers was hurt in the northern part of the coastal enclave, while the other was hurt in the southern part. In the latter incident, two other soldiers were lightly injured.

All four were taken to hospitals, and their families were notified.

The injuries came as the Israel Defense Forces said Saturday that over 250 terror targets in Gaza were hit in ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s since Thursday. A fresh wave of airstrikes Saturday evening hit over 35 targets in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, the military said.

The IDF said the targets included operatives, booby-trapped buildings, weapon depots, anti-tank launch posts, sniper posts, tunnels, and other terror infrastructure.

At least 143 Paleostinians were killed in Gaza since Wednesday, according to statistics published by the Hamas
Hamas

..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
-run health ministry on Friday night.

The strikes came as five IDF divisions, made up of tens of thousands of troops, continued to operate across Gaza.

In a statement on the Beit Hanoun strikes, which could be seen from across the border in Israel, the military said dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets hit some 35 Hamas targets in the area.

The targets included Hamas tunnels in the area, the IDF said.

Earlier, the military said troops of the 98th Division located Hamas and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
observation posts and caches of bombs in Gaza City’s Shejaiya and Zeitoun neighborhoods.

Numerous operatives were killed elsewhere by the troops, including by calling in airstrikes, the IDF added.

MORE DEATHS REPORTED AT AID SITES
Paleostinian reports, meanwhile, said that aid seekers were rubbed out and injured Saturday around the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation facility in northwest Rafah, with the News Agency that Dare Not be Named quoting hospital officials and witnesses as saying that at least 24 people were killed.

Hamas has been getting busy with their guns, as they do every day that the people they own dare to get help from a group that doesn’t let them skim off the top, the bottom, and both sides..

The IDF pushed back on the Paleostinian reports, saying the military was unaware of any casualties from troops’ gunfire near GHF distribution sites on Saturday.

A military official did say that several suspects were spotted approaching forces in Rafah on Saturday, hundreds of meters from the aid site, and that "troops acted to prevent the suspects from approaching and fired warning shots. No injuries from the gunfire are known."

The IDF, in its statement, said it "continues to operate in order to enable the distribution of humanitarian aid

in the Strip, and to allow passage to the distribution areas via organized and secured routes."

The statement added that the IDF is continuing to investigate the claims of injuries on Saturday near the aid site.

GHF, an Israeli-backed US organization that seeks to circumvent Hamas in the distribution of aid, has faced harsh criticism from the UN and other aid organizations, which charge that it fails to meet the needs of Gaza’s population. Gazooks have reported near-daily incidents in which groups trying to reach GHF facilities are shot at by Israeli forces, leading to mass casualties.

Israel, which accuses Hamas of hoarding aid, has also accused the terror group of attacking Gazook aid seekers near GHF sites and falsifying corpse counts. However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
Israel has also acknowledged that "several" Paleostinian civilians have been killed near GHF aid distribution sites.

GHF commenced operations in May as Israel lifted a nearly three-month aid blockade on Gaza, amid a renewed offensive there that seeks to take over 75% of the Strip.

On Friday, the United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
said nearly 800 people have died trying to access aid in Gaza since late May, with most killed near the GHF’s distribution sites.

Numbers supplied by Hamas are vary from exaggerated to greatly exaggerated, coupled with flat-out lies.

GHF, which denies that deadly incidents have occurred at its sites, told Rooters the UN figures were "false and misleading."

The IDF said Friday that it had issued instructions to troops in the field "following lessons learned" after reports of deadly incidents at GHF distribution facilities.

SWIMMING RESTRICTIONS
The IDF on Saturday also reiterated a restriction on Paleostinians, in place since the beginning of the war, forbidding them from entering the sea along the entire coast of the Gaza Strip. The IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Col. Avichay Adraee, reminded residents in a post on X that "security restrictions have been imposed in the maritime area adjacent to the Strip, and entry into the sea is prohibited."

He added, "The IDF will respond to any violation of these restrictions. We urge fishermen, swimmers, and divers to refrain from entering the sea. Entering the sea along the Strip exposes you to danger."

Nevertheless, the IDF has not enforced the restriction against Paleostinians seeking to cool off in the waters on the beach, but only those heading out deeper into the sea.

The vast majority of the Paleostinian population in Gaza is concentrated in areas on the coast, with tent camps set up on the beaches.

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Doha talks stuck on IDF withdrawal; Palestinian officials say discussions nearing collapse

2025-07-13

Here we go again.

[IsraelTimes] Hamas rejects proposal showing continued Israeli control over parts of Gaza, including Rafah buffer zone, sources tell ToI

No significant progress has been made in the ongoing hostage negotiations in Doha since Wednesday, an Arab diplomat and a second source familiar with the negotiations told The Times of Israel on Friday, as Palestinian officials said the talks were on the verge of collapse.

The result of the negotiations will either be a hudna that Hamas will quickly break or no ceasefire at all. Thus far they have not progressed beyond none at all, in which Israel is happy to oblige them. But the ritual, accompanied by a soundtrack of hysterical anti-Bibi protesters at home and Jew-hating protesters around the world, has become excessively tiresome.

While Israel agreed to ease some of its demands regarding the redeployment of its troops during the 60-day truce under discussion following US pressure, the new series of maps depicting the partial withdrawal of IDF troops was not sufficient to satisfy Hamas, the two sources said.

The new maps still envision Israel maintaining control of roughly one-third of Gaza’s territory, including a three-kilometer (1.86-mile) buffer zone in Rafah to create a highly controversial “humanitarian city” to which Gaza’s entire population will be herded, checked for weapons and be barred from leaving as Israel will seek to encourage their emigration outside of the Strip.

Channel 12 reported that Hamas agreed to expand the buffer zone Israel wants to create along much of the Gaza perimeter from 700 meters to one kilometer. However, Israel is still demanding that it be expanded to as much as two kilometers.

Amid the apparent stalemate on the issue, the US is urging Hamas to move on to discuss other remaining issues — something the terror group has refused to do until disagreements regarding Israel’s partial withdrawal from Gaza are solved.

“The negotiations in Doha are facing a setback and complex difficulties due to Israel’s insistence, as of Friday, on presenting a map of withdrawal, which is actually a map of redeployment and repositioning of the Israeli army rather than a genuine withdrawal,” a Palestinian official told AFP on Saturday.

“Hamas’s delegation will not accept the Israeli maps… as they essentially legitimize the reoccupation of approximately half of the Gaza Strip and turn Gaza into isolated zones with no crossings or freedom of movement,” the source said.

FAFO: this is what losing the war looks like, guys. Next time don’t start a war you are guaranteed to lose.

Palestinian officials told the BBC and AFP that negotiations in Doha between Israel and Hamas are on the verge of collapse and are being held up by Israel’s proposals to keep troops in the Strip.

That’s one way to look at it…

One Palestinian official told the BBC that Israel “bought time” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump, and that the decision to send a team to Qatar without a strong mandate was an act to deliberately stall the discussions.

Another way to see it is that The war would end the moment Hamas returned all the hostages, laid down their arms, and marched themselves out of the Gaza Strip — so much cheaper and easier than working to 10/7, so we know y’all are capable of it.

Israel’s delegation to Doha does not include the senior-most officials who have been involved in talks — Mossad chief David Barnea, acting Shin Bet head “Shin,” and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Army Radio reported earlier this week.

Gaza is only one of the fronts of this war, so the big guys have much more than Hamas on their plates

A Palestinian official told AFP that Israel was “stalling and obstructing the agreement to continue the war of extermination.”

Another said mediators had asked both sides to postpone the talks until the arrival of Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Doha. It is unclear if or when that will happen.

The second Palestinian source told AFP that “some progress” had been made in the latest talks on plans for releasing Palestinian prisoners held by Israel and getting more aid to Gaza.

GHF: ISRAEL SHOULD MEET ITS COMMITMENT TO LET NEW AID SITES OPEN
Meanwhile, the controversial Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation issued a statement Friday asking Israel to abide by its commitment to allow the opening of additional distribution sites.

“GHF also continues to press the Government of Israel to live up to its commitment to allow us to open additional sites, including in the north of Gaza,” GHF said.

The statement also welcomed reports of an agreement between Israel and the European Union to scale up humanitarian aid in Gaza, along with ongoing negotiations for a ceasefire in the Strip.

Since late May, Israel has handed authority over aid distribution in Gaza to the GHF, in a stated effort to prevent aid supplies from reaching Hamas.

Israel and the United States have publicly urged the UN to work through the GHF, but the UN has refused.

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Six senior Hamas naval commanders, responsible for sea-borne attacks and involved in planning the October 7 attacks, were killed in recent Israeli operations in Gaza

2025-07-12

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Six senior Hamas naval commanders, responsible for sea-borne attacks and involved in planning the October 7 attacks, were killed in recent Israeli operations in Gaza, starting mid-May.

The operations were led by the Israeli Navy, Intelligence Directorate, Southern Command, and… pic.twitter.com/VqLKlpBFBi
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 11, 2025

…Southern Command, and Shin Bet.

The commanders were:
-Ramzi Salah (northern Gaza)
-Jamal al-Baba (central Gaza)
-Ratab Abu Sahiban and successor Ahmad Ali (Gaza City)
-Omar Abu Jalala (Khan Younis)
-Mohammed Qashta (Rafah)

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Nobel Prize Missed: Why Trump and Netanyahu Didn't Reach an Agreement

2025-07-11

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Leonid Tsukanov

[REGNUM] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has completed a working visit to the United States. His July trip to Washington took place largely behind the cameras, and information about the results of the meetings was given to the press in extremely measured doses.

There were also no promising public statements, without which no major visit by an Israeli prime minister has taken place before. Netanyahu left Washington virtually incognito, without holding a major press approach on the White House lawn.

And while Israeli officials are calling the visit "historic and groundbreaking," both Washington and Tel Aviv appear to have remained unconvinced.

"GREAT VICTORY"
One of the main topics of the Israeli Prime Minister's conversation with US President Donald Trump and other high-ranking American officials was summing up the results of the June "Lion Force" operation against Iran.

Netanyahu expressed gratitude to the Republicans for their determination in the fight against the “Iranian threat” and, as a sign of gratitude for their contribution to the “great victory,” presented Trump with a symbolic gift: a mezuzah (a scroll with text from the Torah in a decorative case for hanging on a door frame. — Ed.) in the shape of a B-2 bomber, made from a fragment of an Iranian ballistic missile.

In addition, the Israeli Prime Minister announced his nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, with the wording “for his significant mediation efforts in resolving the conflict between Iran and Israel.”

This is already the third nomination for the Republican in his new term (previously, the Pakistani government and Republican member of the US House of Representatives Darrell Issa expressed similar intentions ) and the second on the Middle East track; the American leader is already among the favorites in the informal rating of candidates - at least, this is what the Western press is convinced of.

Tel Aviv has found an elegant way to thank the White House for its timely intervention in the recent conflict.

At the same time, Israel felt it necessary to convey its concerns to the United States: the rate of restoration of Iranian nuclear facilities damaged as a result of the joint bombings turned out to be an order of magnitude higher than initially predicted, which means that new preemptive actions may soon be required.

Here, Netanyahu tried to draw attention to himself, convincing Trump to allow Tel Aviv to act against Iran and its regional allies unilaterally, without coordinating new operations.

The US responded to the request in a very vague manner.

On the one hand, Trump praised the Israelis for their persistence and willingness to defend the existing balance of power, promising “full support” and protection.

On the other hand, Washington is well aware of the growth of revanchist sentiments in Iran - the growing public demand for nuclear weapons and attempts by individual clerics to legitimize the "vendetta" against the initiators of the June campaign. And therefore the White House has not made any specific promises to the public.

The question of whether Netanyahu secured Trump's consent behind the scenes also remains open.

FRIENDSHIP OUTLINE
It is noteworthy that during the extensive work program, the topic of normalizing Israel's relations with Arab countries was barely touched upon, although it was previously considered the "calling card" of the Trump administration. There was almost no talk about new expansions of the "club of friends", limiting themselves to pleasantries addressed to Morocco and the Arabian partners - Bahrain and the UAE.

Neither Washington nor Tel Aviv want to bring the issue to the forefront, since Syria is considered “first in line” for normalization.

The transitional government of Ahmed al-Sharaa is actively making contact with the Israeli authorities and, judging by the latest leaks, is even ready to give up the Golan Heights in exchange for stabilization of the situation.

In support of these aspirations, the US and EU countries have even loosened the sanctions noose around Damascus's neck. However, the general instability of the new Syrian regime and internal strife are preventing rapid progress in the negotiations.

Other potential candidates for a reset – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman – have maintained a marked neutrality and are in no hurry to get closer to Israel even under US pressure for fear of falling into Tehran’s crosshairs.

THE STUMBLING BLOCK CORRIDOR
The situation in the Gaza Strip was much more actively discussed: the parties were unable to finally agree on the outlines of a deal to cease fire in the enclave. Although the White House clearly expected to make a statement about the deal at the end of Netanyahu's visit.

The stumbling block, as expected, was the “Morag Corridor” – a strategic security strip built by Israeli troops along the Egyptian border south of the Palestinian Khan Yunis.

The US is convinced that the deployment of the army in close proximity to Palestinian areas hinders the delivery of humanitarian aid to the enclave and, moreover, endangers American NGO workers, who are now the majority in Gaza, and therefore Israel should leave Morag as a gesture of goodwill.

Tel Aviv does not want to repeat the mistakes of the “first deal,” which was concluded with the mediation of Joe Biden, and counters that “Hamas terrorist agents” will immediately flood into the abandoned security corridor.

The continued presence in the Gaza Strip is explained by the role of “volunteer gendarme” that the Israeli authorities have taken on: they will be ready to reduce the contingent only if the entire leadership of the Palestinian resistance leaves the enclave, and the new leaders undergo “preliminary filtration.”

For these purposes, Tel Aviv is even ready to build a “city within a city” in the Rafah area for interned Palestinians (there are currently about 600 thousand of them). Neither Washington nor its Arab partners from among the “trustees” of Gaza like this option, but no one has yet dared to present an alternative.

"HOME" QUESTIONS
However, some uncomfortable questions got to the Israeli prime minister even in Washington. For example, on the sidelines of a gala reception for leaders of Jewish and Evangelical communities, Netanyahu was asked several times whether the government was going to free the hostages remaining in Hamas captivity.

To which Netanyahu, in his usual manner, reported on “significant progress” and the “imminent release” of the remaining Israelis from captivity.

There is indeed hope for an exchange. American sources regularly announce the imminent trip of Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff to Qatar to give the necessary guarantees to Hamas and monitor the transparency of the deal.

However, given that Whitkoff's trip has already been postponed several times, the White House still has no confidence in the parties' ability to reach an agreement. And three meetings between Netanyahu and Trump (one of which was closed) have not changed the disposition.

A more pressing question was also asked - about the prospects for adjusting the law on the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Israelis (Haredi) into the army. Especially since the authorities announced increased penalties for those who dodge service, including a ban on leaving the country and administrative arrests.

This has increased unrest in the ranks of the conservative parties, which continue to threaten to break up the ruling coalition. The future of the Haredi law is unclear, and Netanyahu has failed to explain in detail how exactly Tel Aviv intends to emerge from the crisis.

Overall, it is noticeable that the Israeli Prime Minister is still more focused on the “external contour,” where he clearly understands the priorities and goals for the near future, while he is not yet ready to closely deal with issues of an internal nature.

This means that Tel Aviv will continue to actively promote stories related to foreign policy (primarily the confrontation with Iran) in order to distract the population’s attention from problems within the country.'

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Israel Attacks in Gaza Kill 78 More Palestinians; IDF confirms death of 10/7 terrorist last week in Khan Younis

2025-07-09

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Israel Attacks in Gaza Kill 78 More Palestinians@DecampDave

Israeli attacks in Gaza on Tuesday have killed at least 78 Palestinians, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as relentless US-backed strikes continue and IDF troops continue to gun down people seeking aid.

The… pic.twitter.com/zrM8cpPwuz
— Kyle Anzalone (@KyleAnzalone_) July 8, 2025

…The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that at least six Palestinians, including three children, were shot dead by Israeli forces near an aid distribution site run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in the southern city of Rafah.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its daily update, which it releases about midday Gaza time, that at least eight aid seekers were killed over the previous 24-hour period, bringing the death toll of Palestinians attempting to get aid since the GHF began operating at the end of May to 766.

Recall that we saw reports from Gaza that Hamas was attacking Gazans who dared go to the GHF sites to get free food instead of paying siege prices to Hamas. Even if that number is not a gross exaggeration, it’s probable they were killed by Hams rather than the IDF.

IDF confirms death of Oct. 7 terrorist in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] 51 Palestinians said killed across Gaza as Israeli troops battle Hamas across Strip

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday confirmed having killed in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
a Hamas
Hamas

..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
terror operative who led an attack on Israeli civilians in the October 7 onslaught.

The military also killed at least 51 Paleostinians in Gaza on Thursday, according to unverified figures provided by hospitals in the Hamas-run Strip, as IDF troops continued to advance throughout Gaza, a day after five soldiers were killed in battle.

The IDF also announced on Tuesday that Taha Abu Ayadeh, a platoon commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba force, was killed last week in an ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
on the area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

In the October 7 onslaught, Ayadeh invaded Israel with his platoon and attacked a gas station close to the Gaza border community of Kibbutz Magen, the IDF said.

Footage of the attack was published by the South First Responders group in November 2023. The footage showed two Israeli employees rushing to hide as Hamas turbans opened fire and stormed the area. The employees reportedly hid in a freezer for hours before being rescued.

In central Gaza, Israeli strikes killed another 10 people and maimed 72 on Tuesday, according to the Awda Hospital in Nuseirat. Farther south, in Khan Younis, Nasser Hospital records showed a total of 41 people killed.

Hamas health officials at Nasser Hospital, where victims were taken, claimed that one strike targeted tents sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, killing four people. A separate strike in Khan Younis killed four people, including a mother, father, and their two children, the officials said.

The IDF had no immediate comment on the strikes. The military says it takes steps to mitigate harm to civilians, including using aerial surveillance and precision munitions, and accuses Hamas of embedding itself in civilian infrastructure including hospitals and designated humanitarian areas.

IDF issues fresh evacuation order for Gaza’s Khan Younis area
[IsraelTimes] The IDF issues a new evacuation warning for Palestinians residing in the Khan Younis area, further expanding a no-go zone.

“Due to terror activities in the area, the IDF with its maneuvering troops and intensive firepower is expanding actions in your area,” says Col. Avichay Adraee, the military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, on X.

Palestinians are instructed to head west.

IDF says it hit more than 100 terror targets in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] Over 100 terror targets were struck by the Israeli Air Force in the Gaza Strip over the past day, including operatives, booby-trapped buildings, weapon depots, anti-tank launch posts, tunnels, and other infrastructure, the military says in a daily update.

The strikes come as five IDF divisions, made up of tens of thousands of troops, continue to operate across Gaza.

During ground operations, the IDF says troops of the 7th Armored Brigade located a cache of explosive devices hidden in a civilian building in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood.

Elsewhere in the Strip, troops killed operatives and destroyed Hamas infrastructure in the past day, the military adds.

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Two U.S. Aid Workers Wounded in Grenade Attack in Gaza, Bibi,US blame Hamas

2025-07-06

[LI] Hamas and UNRWA protecting their grift
Two American aid workers were wounded when a terrorist threw a grenade at a food distribution center in Gaza. The aid workers belonged to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a newly established U.S.-backed private food distribution organization.

"Two U.S. aid workers with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) were injured in a grenade attack during a food distribution event in Gaza, the organization said on Saturday," the Israel TV channel i24NEWS reported. "The Americans, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries, are in stable condition and receiving medical treatment."

Two US aid workers belonging to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were wounded when a grenade was thrown at them. The GHF claims initial indications suggest this was a Hamas attack pic.twitter.com/UNIromuZrw
— Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992) July 5, 2025

Netanyahu, US blame Hamas for grenade attack on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation workers

[IsraelTimes] PM says world must ‘stand up and condemn’ Hamas for ‘terror attack,’ urges UN to end boycott and ‘instead work in partnership’ to feed Gazans; IDF: Civilians were in area at time of attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Hamas on Saturday for a grenade attack that injured two American aid workers employed by the Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and condemned the incident as a “terror attack.”

The US also blamed Hamas for the attack, saying it “lays bare the depravity” of the terror organization.

Early Saturday, GHF reported that two American aid workers were wounded when assailants threw two hand grenades at a distribution site in southern Gaza, blaming the attack on “hostile action by Hamas.” The organization said the explosive devices had been packed with ball bearings.

The IDF later confirmed that terror operatives threw grenades at a distribution center in Rafah, accusing “terror groups in Gaza” of continuing to sabotage humanitarian efforts, though without naming Hamas directly.

Civilians were still present in the area at the time of the attack, the Israeli military said, condemning the attack.

Netanyahu said later Saturday, in a statement from his office, that he wished to extend “a speedy recovery to the staff of the American aid foundation who were injured today in the terror attack carried out by Hamas terrorists.”

Netanyahu praised the GHF staff, saying they were “doing important work, and I thank them and [US] President [Donald] Trump for their support.”

He added: “The entire world must stand up and condemn this grave incident, which once again exposes the brutality of Hamas. The United Nations must stop opposing the foundation’s operations and instead work in partnership to ensure it can continue its mission safely for the benefit of Gaza’s residents.”

The GHF said in a statement that “the attack – which preliminary information indicates was carried out by two assailants who threw two grenades at the Americans – occurred at the conclusion of an otherwise successful distribution in which thousands of Gazans safely received food.”

The foundation has previously accused Hamas of killing at least eight of the agency’s Palestinian staffers.

Reacting to the alleged Hamas attack, US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Saturday that, “This act of violence against the people actually bringing relief to Gazans lays bare the depravity of Hamas.”

“GHF has contributed over 62 MILLION MEALS – nothing will stop these courageous aid workers,” she wrote on X. “We are praying for the rapid recovery of the injured Americans.”

Israel has accused Hamas of hijacking aid deliveries by other humanitarian groups. The GHF, which in addition to aid workers employs private US military contractors to protect its distribution sites, says that since starting operations in May it has delivered supplies to Palestinians, while other humanitarian groups had “nearly all of their aid looted.”

The GHF bypasses traditional aid channels, including the United Nations, which says the US-based organization is neither impartial nor neutral, and forces Gazans to walk long distances to reach the aid.

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Africa Subsaharan

Tanzania's Prime Minister steps down ahead of elections

2025-07-05

[AFRICANEWS] Tanzania's Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has announced he will not seek re-election in October's parliamentary polls, ending his chances of being re-appointed to the role.

Majaliwa, 64, had earlier said he would defend his seat for a fourth term but made a surprise announcement on Wednesday, saying his decision was guided by God and made ''in good faith.''

''It is time to allow others to build on what we have started,'' he said, without giving further reasons for his withdrawal.

Appointed prime minister in 2015, Majaliwa was seen as a potential successor to the late President John Magufuli. He remained in office under President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is seeking re-election under the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party.

His exit comes shortly after Vice-President Philip Mpango announced his retirement in May, raising speculation that President Samia is consolidating her control within CCM as she shapes her leadership team for a potential second term.

Political analysts suggest Majaliwa's departure could be part of an effort to balance regional and religious representation in government. Tanzania has a Christian majority, while both Samia and Majaliwa are Moslems.

Majaliwa, a former teacher and junior minister under ex-President Jakaya Kikwete, is credited with ensuring a smooth political transition after Magufuli's death in 2021. He will remain a senior CCM official and support Samia's re-election bid.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the space pirate fleet to attack Zemblonia...
tensions remain high between the government and the opposition. The main opposition party, Chadema, has been banned from the elections after refusing to sign a code of ethics and demanding electoral reforms. Its leader, Tundu Lissu, currently faces treason charges.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israeli strikes kill 138 Palestinians in last 24 hours

2025-07-05

[GEO.TV] Health ministry on Friday informed that 138 killed Paleostinians were brought to Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
hospitals in the last 24 hours, al-Jazeera reported. This included 62 bodies of Gazooks who were seeking aid.

Moreover, the ministry also added that 452 were maimed within this duration.

Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, have now killed at least 57,268 Paleostinians and injured at least 135,625 others.

Since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, at least 6,710 Paleostinians have been killed and 23,584 more injured.

At least 41 killed in Gaza since dawn
[GEO.TV] The death toll from today's attacks across Gaza continues to rise. Al-Jazeera reported at least 41 people were killed in Israeli raids on several areas in the enclave since dawn.

The IDF has been working hard.

WHO says Gaza's Nasser hospital 'one massive trauma ward'

And if it is, who started the war and refuses lay down arms and give back hostages?Next time stay on your side of the fence, O Gazans.

[GEO.TV] Nasser hospital in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
is operating as "one massive trauma ward" due to an influx of patients maimed at non-United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
food distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the World Health Organization said.

The US-and Israeli-backed GHF began distributing food packages in Gaza at the end of May, overseeing a new model of deliveries that the United Nations says is neither impartial nor neutral.

Decidedly odd use of the language…No skimming by Hamas and the NGOs, you mean, while the unconnected have to pay siege prices for what was supposed to be given for free.

It has repeatedly denied that incidents involving people killed or maimed at its sites have occurred.

Referring to medical staff at the Nasser hospital, Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative in the West Bank and Gaza, told news hounds in Geneva: "They've seen already for weeks, daily injuries ... (the) majority coming from the so-called safe non-UN food distribution sites. The hospital is now operating as one massive trauma ward."

It would help if Hamas weren’t shooting those who dare defy them by lining up for GHF donations.

Israel lifted an 11-week aid blockade on Gaza on May 19.

IDF says it holds operational control over around 65% of Gaza
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it now holds operational control over roughly 65% of the Gaza Strip, following intensified military action across the territory.

Over the past week, Israeli forces eliminated more than 100 Hamas operatives, including senior commander Hakem al-Issa.

Since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, the Israeli Air Force has struck over 7,500 terror targets, including weapons sites, tunnels and rocket launchers.

The military says its campaign will continue in pursuit of its war goals and to protect Israeli civilian.

IDF says soldier killed during fighting in Gaza’s Khan Younis
[IsraelTimes] The IDF has announced that Sgt. Asaf Zamir, 19, from Dimona, a soldier in the 53rd Armored Battalion of the 188th Brigade, was killed during combat in the southern Gaza Strip. In the same incident, which took place this morning in the Khan Younis area, a tank was fired upon, resulting in several casualties. Two additional soldiers from the same battalion were severely wounded and evacuated to the hospital for medical treatment. Their families have been notified.

IDF says soldier killed in operational accident in northern Gaza Strip
[IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces announced on Friday that Sgt. Yair Eliyahou, 19, from the community of Ezer, a combat engineering soldier in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Division’s Northern Brigade, was killed overnight during a combat-related operational accident in the northern Gaza Strip.

Eliyahou was killed when a heavy equipment vehicle fell into a hole in Beit Hanoun, hitting a vehicle being operated by Eliyahou, according to the reported initial findings of an IDF probe.

Eliyahou’s death brings Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas
Hamas

..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip to 443. The toll includes two coppers and three Defense Ministry civilian contractors.

15 KILLED IN KHAN YOUNIS
Meanwhile,
...back at the pie fight, Bella went down under the weight of the custard...
Israeli strikes overnight on Friday killed at least 15 people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, according to Gaza’s Hamas-linked civil defense agency.

Civil defense official Mohammad al-Mughayyir told AFP that seven people, including a child, were killed in an Israeli air strike on displaced people’s tents near the city.

He added that eight more people were killed in two other strikes on tent encampments on the coast of Khan Younis, including one that killed two children in the early hours of the morning.

The IDF told AFP that it cannot comment on specific attacks without precise coordinates, but noted it is "operating to dismantle Hamas military capabilities."

The military says it does not deliberately target civilians and notes that Hamas has been using civilian sites, like hospitals, schools and displaced centers, as cover for their operations.

The IDF said Friday that the Air Force struck around 100 terror targets across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours as ground forces continue operations against Hamas and other terror groups.

Targets of the air strikes included rocket launchers, military buildings, weapons depots and other infrastructure used by terror operatives.

Simultaneously, IDF ground troops from multiple divisions continued operations in Gaza City, northern Gaza, Khan Younis and Rafah, locating and destroying underground tunnels, weapons stockpiles and explosives planted to harm Israeli forces.

Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHCR), said on Friday that at least 613 killings have been recorded both at aid points run by the GHF and near humanitarian convoys run by other relief groups since the GHF began operating in the Strip in late May.

"This is a figure as of June 27. Since then...there have been further incidents," she said, adding that the rights office was not able to attribute responsibility for the killings, but that "it is clear that the Israeli military has shelled and shot at Paleostinians trying to reach the distribution points" operated by GHF.

According to the OHCHR, of the 613 people killed, 509 were killed near the GHF distribution points, and the others were killed near other aid distribution sites or trucks.

The OHCHR said its figure is based on a range of sources such as information from hospitals, cemeteries, families, Gaza health authorities, NGOs and its partners on the ground. It said it is verifying further reports and cannot yet give a breakdown of where they were killed.

Death tolls provided by Hamas-run Gaza health authorities cannot be independently verified and do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

19 Palestinians, including football player, killed in intense Israeli strikes in Gaza

2025-07-04

[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] At least 19 Paleostinians were killed and dozens injured on Thursday as Israeli forces carried out a series of intense ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
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...KABOOM!...
s and live-fire attacks across multiple areas of the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip, the Paleostinian official news agency WAFA reported, citing medical sources.

How many were Hamasniks or other jihadis? How many were human shields?

In Rafah, southern Gaza, seven people were killed, with 30 reported maimed following heavy Israeli airstrikes on the al-Shakoush area, northwest of the city.

In Khan Younis, Israeli warplanes targeted the Batn al-Samin area in the southern part of the city with multiple airstrikes, though casualty figures from the strike are still being verified.

In central Gaza, six Paleostinians were rubbed out by Israeli soldiers near an aid distribution center north of the province, as residents gathered to collect much-needed humanitarian supplies.

The victims also included Muhannad al-Layyeh, a player for the Khidmat al-Maghazi football club, who succumbed to wounds sustained in a previous Israeli airstrike on his home in the Maghazi refugee camp.
Red Card!
In Gaza City, three non-combatants were killed and others injured when Israeli jets bombed a residential apartment in the Qasr al-Minah building in the western part of the city. Additional strikes on the Zaytoun and Tuffah neighborhoods in eastern Gaza claimed the lives of three more Paleostinians and maimed several others, including children. Some of the injured were rushed to the Baptist (Al-Ma'madani) Hospital following a strike near Salah al-Din Mosque in Zaytoun.

In northern Gaza, Israeli aircraft bombed a crowd of civilians near the Halawa roundabout in Jabalia town, killing two people and injuring several others.

Emergency and civil defense teams continue efforts to recover victims from the rubble, operating under extreme danger due to the ongoing bombardment and frequent targeting of rescue workers by Israeli.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

GHF AID discloses 12 of its Gazan staff members are murdered by Hamas, others are tortured

2025-07-04

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

#Hamas Hunger Games: GHF AID discloses 12 of its Gazan staff members are murdered by #Hamas, others are tortured. Hamas blocks Free AID after years of Hamas monopoly on looted, stored UN AID, sold on black markets. #FreeGazaFromHamas https://t.co/LPKsUNS7yQ
— Shanty Elena 🌍 (@SandeRuby10) July 2, 2025

Despite Hamas viciousness, GHF stayed on task. Update from the Times of Israel at 2:00 p.m. EDT:

IDF source says Gaza Humanitarian Foundation building new distribution site in Rafah

The US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it distributed almost 29,000 boxes of food today.

Almost all of the aid was distributed at the two GHF sites in southern Gaza, with only 1,300 boxes given out at the Wadi Gaza site in central Gaza.

The organization says it has delivered over 1 million boxes of food since it started operations in late May.

The GHF is building a new site in Rafah, an IDF source tells The Times of Israel.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Soldier killed in northern Gaza, 3 others seriously hurt; rockets fired at Sderot

2025-07-03

[IsraelTimes] Slain soldier named as Sgt. Yaniv Michalovitch, 19; Palestinian media claims head of Gaza City hospital killed in IDF strike alongside wife, 3 kids; 7 allegedly killed near aid site

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed during fighting in the northern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip, the military announced on Wednesday, as it continued its push further into northern Gaza.

The slain soldier was named as Sgt. Yaniv Michalovitch, 19, a tank crew member in the 82nd Battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade, from Rehovot.

According to the IDF, Michalovitch was killed in combat in the northern part of the Strip. A tank commander and another soldier from the same battalion were seriously maimed in the same incident.

In a separate battle in northern Gaza, a soldier from the Egoz unit of the Commando Brigade was also seriously maimed.

All of the maimed soldiers were evacuated to a hospital for medical treatment, and their families have been notified.

Michalovitch’s death brings Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas
Hamas

..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
in Gaza and in military operations along the border with to 442. The toll includes two coppers and three Defense Ministry civilian contractors.

Also Wednesday, two rockets were launched from the northern Gaza Strip, triggering sirens in the city of Sderot and the nearby town of Ibim. Both projectiles were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force, with no reports of impacts or injuries.

A few hours later, the military’s Arabic-language spokesperson issued an evacuation warning for residents in several neighborhoods of Gaza City — including Tuffah, Daraj and the Old City — ahead of expected IDF operations in the area.

The statement said the IDF was operating with "very strong force" and would strike "any area used to launch rockets toward Israel."

Residents in the affected areas were urged to evacuate immediately southward to the humanitarian zone in al-Mawasi and to refrain from returning to the designated combat zones.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible...
the IDF and Shin Bet announced that they had killed two Hamas operatives responsible for the deaths of seven Israeli soldiers in a bushwhack in Khan Younis on June 24.

According to a joint statement, an Israeli Air Force drone, directed by the Shin Bet and the IDF’s 188th Armored Brigade, struck and killed Mosaab Yasser Abdallah Galban and Abd al-Latif Mousa Hagag Barbakh in the Khan Younis area on Thursday last week.

The two were involved in the ambush that killed seven IDF soldiers: Lt. Matan Shai Yashinovski, 21; Staff Sgt. Ronel Ben-Moshe, 20; Staff Sgt. Niv Radia, 20; Sgt. Ronen Shapiro, 19; Sgt. Shahar Manoav, 21; Sgt. Maayan Baruch Pearlstein, 20; and Staff Sgt. Alon Davidov, 21.

Earlier in the day, while visiting IDF troops in Rafah, Defense Minister Israel Katz told soldiers that Israel won’t "give up or compromise" on defeating Hamas or recovering the remaining hostages held in Gaza.

Katz was accompanied by Southern Command head Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor, Gaza Division commander Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram, Tourism Minister Haim Katz, and senior officers from reserve brigades operating in the Strip.

"The maneuver is aimed at achieving two goals — returning the hostages and ensuring Hamas no longer exists here. We will not let go of this objective," Israel Katz told troops.

"To kill the enemy, bring the hostages home and win — that is our mission. There’s no chance we’ll give it up or compromise on it," he said. "Hamas has not changed. It wants to continue what it did and to destroy [Israel]."

Katz also accused Hamas of working with Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
to implement its plan to destroy Israel by launching missile attacks and coordinating invasions from Gaza, Syria, Leb
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects....
, Jordan and other fronts.

Along with Katz’s visit, the IDF announced a partial reduction of the closed military zone in Israel along the Gaza border in line with a new situational assessment, allowing additional civilian areas in the Western Negev to reopen for the first time since October 7, 2023.

The affected areas had been closed to civilian movement since Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, which triggered the ongoing war and led to the imposition of broad security restrictions in the border area.

The updated order, signed by the head of the Southern Command Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor, limits the closed military zone to areas outlined in a revised map, which includes key roads and areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip.

Entry into these zones remains restricted. Only permanent residents, authorized agricultural workers and individuals conducting essential work — coordinated through the IDF Gaza Division and Home Front Command — will be granted entry. Violators of the order may face legal action.

The order remains in effect until August 31, unless modified earlier.

SEVEN SAID KILLED NEAR AID SITE, DOCTOR KILLED IN GAZA CITY
On Wednesday morning, Paleostinian media reported that seven people were killed by Israeli fire while waiting for humanitarian aid

in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor overnight, adding to the growing toll of those said to have been killed at or near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid sites.

After the reports, the IDF said it is looking into the incident and has launched an investigation, adding that it has no information at this stage confirming any casualties but is reviewing the details.

There have been repeated instances of Paleostinians being shot near aid distribution sites, with Hamas’s health ministry claiming the corpse count is over 500. The IDF has said it is investigating, and denied that troops are ordered to open fire on civilians.

On Monday, after weeks of reported incidents, the IDF released a statement acknowledging that Paleostinian civilians have been killed and injured by its fire near aid distribution sites, including by artillery fire, but claimed that the tolls provided by Hamas authorities are exaggerated.

The military also announced that it "reorganized the access routes" to the humanitarian hubs, adding new fencing and signage along with additional paths to the aid sites, and that they have revised their methods of crowd control at the sites after "learning lessons" from their probes of the incidents.

Later Wednesday, media outlets in Gaza reported that Marwan Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, was killed in an Israeli strike.

According to the reports, he was killed along with his wife and other relatives when his home in Gaza City was hit.

In the past, the IDF has said that Hamas used the Indonesian Hospital as a base for its terror activities and had fired at Israeli forces from the site. The hospital was cleared by the IDF several weeks ago and is no longer operational.

The IDF has not yet responded to the reports.

Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said seven people were killed in the strike early Wednesday afternoon, including Sultan, his wife and at least three of his children. The doctor’s body was taken to the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, where mourners gathered around it, AFP journalists reported.

"His face was unrecognizable, we could barely identify him," the director of that facility, Mohammad Abu Salmiya, told AFP.

"His whole life was devoted to medicine and the struggle to treat patients," the doctor’s surviving daughter Lubna Sultan told AFP. "There is no justification for targeting him and his martyrdom."

The Medical Emergency Rescue Committee, the group that runs the hospital, called the killing of the doctor and his family "a flagrant violation of humanitarian principles and a grave act of injustice," saying those responsible "must be held accountable."

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