Israel - Gaza, news on the war. Four children killed while taking cover during a raid.
Four children were killed during Israeli raids: they were in a tent during an airstrike, seeking shelter. In Israel, there has been controversy over US President Donald Trump's comments regarding the hostages. "Minister Dermer, please update us," the Hostage Families Forum demanded after the tycoon said that Hamas has "20 live hostages." Netanyahu's hostage coordinator, Gal Hirsh, sent a message to the families, insisting that Israel's information has not changed.
UNRWA: Israel must allow us to deliver aid to Gaza
"The famine in Gaza City can be stopped. Reverse the ongoing catastrophe: flood Gaza with a massive increase in aid through the United Nations, including UNRWA. UNRWA warehouses in Jordan and Egypt alone are full. There is enough food, medicine, and hygiene products ready to fill 6,000 trucks. The State of Israel must allow us to deliver aid to Gaza." This is the appeal launched by the UN agency for Palestinians in a message on X, the day after the United Nations officially declared a famine in the Strip.
US and UK NGO investigation: 'At least 64 attacks on Gaza aid centers'
A joint investigation by Forensic Architecture, a London-based research group, and the World Peace Foundation, affiliated with a Massachusetts university, found at least 64 cases of Palestinian civilians being attacked by the Israeli army while seeking aid in Gaza. The report, reported by Al Jazeera, states that 25 of these incidents occurred near food distribution points operated by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a Delaware-based nonprofit de facto run by the United States and Israel. The report also states that Palestinians are forced to walk an average of 6 kilometers to reach a GHF rationing point. "Despite well-established humanitarian principles that dictate that humanitarian aid not be misused for military or political purposes, Israel is instrumentalizing aid," the report states.
Media: At least 19 Palestinians killed in IDF raids since dawn
The death toll from Israeli raids on Gaza is rising. At least 19 Palestinians, al-Jazeera reports, have been killed in airstrikes and shelling conducted by the IDF since dawn. Among the victims, 17 people died in a raid that targeted tents in the southern town of Asdaa. Two other Palestinians were killed and several wounded in an attack on a house in the Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Embassy in Rome: "The presence of individuals linked to Hamas in Italy is concerning."
"What your investigation has uncovered is concerning. The presence of individuals linked to Hamas in Italy is very concerning." This was stated by Israel's ambassador to Italy, Jonathan Peled, commenting to Il Tempo on the newspaper's investigation into the relationship between certain Italian political groups and individuals close to the Palestinian Islamist movement. "There are figures already sanctioned by the United States, such as Mohammad Hannoun," Peled noted, "but we trust in the Italian authorities' attention." The ambassador then denounced the "media war" won by Hamas: "We are winning the military conflict, but losing the battle of communication due to disinformation, propaganda, and anti-Zionist prejudice. We have not paid sufficient attention to this front, but it is an area where we must raise the bar." Peled also criticized the UN special rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, accusing her of "enormous and distorted statements" about the role of Hamas, adding: "I wonder who and what she represents." The ambassador finally expressed grave concern about the "spread of anti-Semitism" in Europe and Italy, arguing that "it is a danger not only for Jews and Israel, but for the entire West. In Italy today, life has become more difficult for many Jews: they suffer verbal and physical attacks, threats, and offensive graffiti."
Four children killed while taking cover during a raid
Four children were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Al-Jazeera reported, citing medical sources, adding that many others were injured in the early morning raid. According to Palestinian sources, the victims were killed by Israeli fire while sheltering in tents for displaced Palestinians.
Trump: Perhaps fewer than 20 hostages are still alive. Israel: Not true.
US President Donald Trump said that likely fewer than 20 Israeli hostages held by Hamas are still alive, CNN reports. During a World Cup announcement in the Oval Office, Trump said he had "got a lot of people out" of Gaza, taking credit for a ceasefire agreement brokered by the Biden administration. "So now they have 20 (alive hostages), but the 20 probably isn't actually 20 because a couple of them are probably gone," he added. Trump's remarks immediately sparked an outraged response from the Forum of Families of Kidnapped Victims and Missing Persons, which released a statement requesting an update. "Mr. President, there are 50 hostages. For us, each one of them represents an entire world," the forum said in the statement. "If (Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister) Dermer, who only speaks with the Americans but neither speaks nor meets with the hostages' families, knows anything different, he should first update the families. It is our sacred duty to prevent further sacrifices and bring everyone home." Dermer is one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest aides, and the forum has repeatedly requested a meeting with him. After Trump's statements, Netanyahu's hostage coordinator, Gal Hirsh, sent a message to the families insisting that Israel's information had not changed. "According to Israel's information, there is no change compared to the information you previously received from us: 20 of the hostages are alive. Two are in critical condition, with serious concerns for their lives," Hirsh's message read.
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