Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
At least 111 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes across the Strip today, including 29 aid-seekers, according to hospital officials in Gaza.
For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Wednesday, go here.
GAZA NEWS & HEADLINES:
To understand what’s going on right now between Gaza and Israel, go here. For a bit more critical background, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press.
Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal operations, said they were coming forward because they were disturbed by what they considered dangerous and irresponsible practices. They said the security staff hired were often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed and seemed to have an open license to do whatever they wished.
They said their colleagues regularly lobbed stun grenades and pepper spray in the direction of the Palestinians. One contractor said bullets were fired in all directions — in the air, into the ground and at times toward the Palestinians, recalling at least one instance where he thought someone had been hit (continue reading here).
ISRAEL KILLS RENOWNED GAZA DOCTOR: The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns and denounces the heinous crime committed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in the killing of Dr. Marwan ‘Omar Rab’ie al-Sultan, General Director of the Indonesian Hospital, alongside eight members of his family. This was a deliberate and targeted airstrike on a residential apartment, where Dr. al-Sultan was sheltering. PCHR stresses that this crime is yet another addition to the series of grave violations committed by IOF against medical personnel as part of a systematic policy to decimate Gaza’s healthcare system.
They Went to Get Flour With Their Mother in Gaza. “She Came Back in a White Shroud.”
Switzerland to dissolve Geneva branch of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
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CEASEFIRE NEWS:
To get an idea about past ceasefires between Gaza and Israel and how they ended, check out this and this.
HAMAS WANTS WAR TO END, PERIOD: The Palestinian group says it is reviewing a ceasefire proposal from mediators and that it seeks an agreement that will lead to the end of the war and withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza – demands that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long rejected. Hamas official Taher al-Nunu said the group is “ready and serious” about reaching an agreement and will accept “any initiative that clearly leads to the complete end to the war”.
“TURNING GAZA INTO DUST”: Israeli officials have reportedly warned that the country’s military will escalate its operations in Gaza if negotiations on a ceasefire and captive exchange deal do not advance soon. Israel on Monday ordered civilians in additional areas of Gaza City to evacuate south, signaling preparations for a potential expansion of the army’s ground offensive. “We’ll do to Gaza City and the central camps what we did to Rafah. Everything will turn to dust,” the outlet quoted a senior Israeli official as saying. “It’s not our preferred option, but if there’s no movement toward a hostage deal, we won’t have any other choice.”
NOTE: Israel does have another choice: to submit to international law, end the genocide, and allow Palestinians to return to their homes.
WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM NEWS AND HEADLINES:
(For background on the West Bank, read this and this)
TWO-HOUR WARNING BEFORE HOME DEMOLITION: Palestinians have gathered in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank to attempt to recover their possessions from their homes before they are demolished by Israeli forces. About 400 families would reportedly be made homeless by the Israeli order to demolish more than 100 homes. The official said a two-hour deadline given by Israeli authorities to retrieve belongings was insufficient for families to remove their possessions.
CALLS FOR TRUMP-BACKED ANNEXATION: Israel’s governing party Likud, led by Netanyahu, has pushed for the formal annexation of the West Bank before the Israeli parliament’s summer recess on July 27. Israeli media has reported that the letter has been signed by all of Likud’s government ministers, claiming the annexation is necessary to eliminate what they call an “existential threat from within”. The letter also invokes the “strategic partnership” and support from the US. Annexing the West Bank is widely condemned by international legal experts as illegal under international law.
Almost 400,000 Palestinians displaced by Israeli raids in occupied West Bank
IRAN AND IRAN-ADJACENT NEWS AND HEADLINES:
US ‘Bunker Buster Act’ could arm Israel with B-2 stealth bombers
A pair of US lawmakers are introducing the Bunker Buster Bill, which would authorize President Trump to transfer B‑2 stealth bombers to Israel.
Representative Josh Gottheimer, who will jointly brought forward the bill, said on X, “Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terror and is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans. As Iran rebuilds its nuclear program, we must maintain maximum deterrence. My bipartisan Bunker Buster Act will give Israel the tools she needs to deter Iranian aggression and take out their underground nuclear sites – strengthening US national security.”
Bunker buster bombs can penetrate more than 200 feet of concrete or rock before detonating and were used by the US in recent air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
GOOD FOR THE GOOSE: Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar is calling for sanctions on Iran after Tehran suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Sa’ar called the Iranian decision to halt ties with the IAEA “scandalous.” “It is a complete renunciation of all its international nuclear obligations and commitments,” he said. “The international community must act decisively now and utilize all means at its disposal to stop Iranian nuclear ambitions.”
NOTE: Israel has nuclear weapons but has historically refused to cooperate with the IAEA.
Report Estimates US Used $1.25 Billion Worth of THAAD Interceptors To Defend Israel From Iranian Missiles
Did God want Trump to bomb Iran?
Iran formally suspends cooperation with IAEA
OTHER NEWS:
Settler urging extreme violence enjoys high-level access in Brussels
By categorizing a small number of settlers as “extremist,” the EU is implying that the remainder are reasonable or moderate. Some are even welcome in the corridors of power.
Elie Pieprz is one such settler. He recently secured a meeting with the office of Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief – “something that is not easy to get,” as he has noted.
Hailing from Maryland, Pieprz became well known in political circles when he was the international spokesperson for the Yesha Council – an umbrella group for Israel’s settlements – between 2013 and 2019. Today, he works for the Israel Defense and Security Forum (IDSF), which claims to be part of a movement bringing together 40,000 “reserve officers and operatives.”
Months before he was received by her office, Pieprz was already emphasizing his admiration for Kallas (continue reading here).
UK SECRETLY AIDS IN GENOCIDE: Britain’s Labour government has secretly allowed at least three Israeli Air Force (IAF) planes involved in the bombing of Gaza to land in the UK since it took office, according to flight data reviewed by Drop Site News. The KC-707 “Re’em” aerial refueling planes have stopped in Britain on trips between Israel and the U.S. on nine separate occasions. The planes were blocked on commercial flight tracking databases but Drop Site was able to identify them through unfiltered flight transponder data (more).
TRUMP STANDS WITH ISRAEL: The Trump administration said Wednesday it stands by Israel and its security decisions after senior Israeli ministers called for the annexation of the occupied West Bank. “Our position regarding Israel, the choices it makes, is that we stand with Israel and its decisions and how it views its own internal security,” said State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
NOTE: Annexation of land – that is, the proclamation of sovereignty over the territory of another State – is aviolation of international law.
US accuses UN expert of ‘economic warfare’ over report on companies aiding Israeli occupation
The Public Doesn’t Need to Know: The Dangerous Bill Designed to Destroy Israel’s Public Broadcaster
Paris: Legal complaint filed against French-Israeli snipers over killings of civilians in Gaza
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – JULY 2, 2025:
- At least 58,130 Palestinians killed, 144,403 injured – including:
- at least 57,130 killed in Gaza (~16,500 children)
- at least 1,000 killed in the West Bank (~202 children)
- at least 135,173 injured in Gaza
- at least 9,230 injured in the West Bank
According to Palestinian authorities, during the ceasefire Jan. 19 – March 18 2025, Israeli attacks killed at least 170 Gazans, and Israel committed at least 962 ceasefire violations.
Since the Israeli army resumed its assaults on Gaza on March 18, it has killed at least 6,454 people. 33 Israeli soldiers (most recent July 2) have been killed during the same time period.
At least 652 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access aid parcels from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which started operating on May 26, 2025.
Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 14,000 more are still buried under rubble.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – July 2, 2025: ~1,622 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 437 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 223 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 185 and 291 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used).
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
- Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
- ‘Time for the Shabbos goy’: Andrew Cuomo announced new pro-Israel Democratic group
- UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they?
- US approves $510 million arms deal for Israel
- No truce on horizon as Gaza’s children starve
- Priest warns: Christian town in Holy Land no longer safe amid settler attacks
- Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations
- Israel kills nearly 600 Palestinians at aid centers: All you need to know
- The occupation has turned its prisons and camps into arenas for torturing detainees.
- Netanyahu Says It’s Antisemitic For Israeli Soldiers To Describe Their Own Atrocities
- ‘It’s a Killing Field’: IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
- Israeli forces fatally shoot 13-year-old Palestinian boy in the back near Ramallah
- The future of 12 Palestinian villages in the West Bank under threat
- Things Netanyahu Might Say if Injected With Truth Serum
- Trump to give $30m to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation despite violent and chaotic rollout of food distribution
- “Starving a Generation” report indicts Israel for weaponizing starvation as a tool of genocide
- Israel’s War in Gaza Has Killed Over 17,000 Children. These Are the Stories of 28 of Them
- 100,000 Dead: What We Know About Gaza’s True Death Toll
- Israel is building a tunnel to cut off Palestinians from the heart of the West Bank
- “No Evidence”: WTKR’s Attempt to Sink the USS Liberty Reunion
