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Israeli army keeps attack al-Mawasi despite ‘safe’ designation: UN
The UN human rights office has reiterated that there is “no safe in Gaza” amid Israel’s offensive, highlighting the Israeli military’s air raids and shelling on al-Mawasi, a so-called “humanitarian zone”, Al Jazeera reports.
Meanwhile, the area has limited or no infrastructure “to support the masses of civilians who have been already displaced there and where there is little access to shelter” or basic life-saving aid, it added.
UN human rights office condemns displacement due to Israeli evacuation orders
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has denounced the repeated displacement pursuant to an evacuation order by the Israeli military to civilians in northeast Khan Younis, Al Jazeera reports.
The UN agency said Monday’s evacuation order gave “no time” for civilians to know from which areas they were required to leave or where they should go.
In a statement, the OHCHR said: “Despite the evacuation order, Israeli military operations continued in and around the area unabated. The evacuation order also covered parts of Salah al-Deen Road, which has been one of two main routes vital for the transport and distribution of aid, raising concerns that delivery and provision of desperately needed humanitarian assistance will be further reduced or prevented.”
Iran calls for ban on Israel from Paris Olympics
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has demanded the exclusion of Israeli athletes from the Olympic Games starting in Paris this week over the bombardment in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.
“Announcing the reception and protection of the apartheid terrorist Zionist regime’s delegation means giving legitimacy to the child killers,” the ministry said in a post on X.
“They do not deserve to be present at the Paris Olympics because of the war against the innocent people of Gaza,” it added, calling on organisers to ban Israel.
Israel blocks Palestinians from 80pc of Gaza: UNRWA
The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has said that the Israeli military has placed more than 80 per cent of the Gaza Strip “under evacuation orders or designated as a no-go zone”, Al Jazeera reports.
“We just keep hearing the same question: Where do I go?” UNRWA said on X, quoting its spokeswoman’s remarks to the BBC’s Radio 4.
Rights group says some Damon prison detainees need hospital treatment
A prisoner watchdog says many female detainees held in Israel’s Damon prison need to be transferred to a hospital for medical treatment.
The Prisoners Affairs Authority said at least one of the 78 female prisoners held there suffers from cancer, one deals with difficult health conditions and two others are held in solitary confinement cells.
A lawyer who spoke to one of the women told the Palestinian Information Center that they are kept in overcrowded spaces with no ventilation and little food.
The rights group said a third of the prisoners are held in administrative detention – a controversial practice that allows Israeli authorities to hold people without having committed an offence on the ground that they plan to break the law in the future.
The detainees are held without legal proceedings based on undisclosed evidence.
Heavy demolition vehicles of the Israeli forces are poised to demolish homes in the town of Wadi al-Jawaya, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
At least 17 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since dawn, Al Jazeera quoted medical sources as saying.
The report said that the Israeli army targeted agricultural land near Hamad, west of Khan Younis.
Israeli forces targeted Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon
Israeli forces with the help of fighter jets and artillery, struck several targets in southern Lebanon overnight.
The Israeli military said that it had hit “terrorist infrastructure” and a “weapons warehouse” in the Hula and Aita al-Shaab areas of Lebanon.
It added that artillery fire was directed into Lebanon to “remove a threat.”
Kamala Harris puts ball in Netanyahu's court to end Gaza war
During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is also Democratic Party presidential candidate, will urge him to end Gaza war, stating that it is a ripe time to do so.
The meeting is scheduled to be held in Washington, DC this week, an aide to Harris has told Reuters.
Israel crossed the line by attacking a UN convoy
Israel’s military struck a “clearly marked” UN convoy that was moving to Gaza City in coordination with Israeli authorities. Following the attack, the UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini has demanded accountability for those responsible.
Khan Younis left reeling as evacuation orders trigger fresh attacks
Just a few minutes after the evacuation orders were given, the Israeli military attacked localities in Khan Younis, effecting more than 400,000 Palestinians.
Israeli military used tanks, aircraft and artillery to strike at innocent people.
Gaza health officials claimed that a recent Israeli military attack in eastern Khan Younis resulted in the deaths of 70 people left more than 200 others injured.
Gazans flee after Israel orders safe zone evacuation over rockets
KHAN YUNIS (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Hundreds of panicked Gazans fled after the Israeli military on Monday ordered the evacuation of part of a humanitarian zone, warning it was preparing to launch an operation in the area.
The military had declared Al-Mawasi, along the Gaza coast between the cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah, a humanitarian zone in May, and told Palestinians to go there for their own safety.
