Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israel killed at least 101 Palestinians in Gaza since midnight today, 51 of whom were aid-seekers.
For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Thursday, 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.
No fuel left in Gaza, ‘2.1 million lives on the brink’
From Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC):
Gaza has run out of fuel. Reserves are gone. The last drops are being rationed to keep bare-minimum services alive. No fuel means no water, no food distribution, no health care, no telecoms — 2.1 million lives on the brink. This is no longer a logistical issue — it is life or death.
NRC water trucking has dropped from 64 to just 33 sites, reaching 85,000 people with only 4.5 litres per person per day — barely enough to drink, far below the 15-litre survival standard. Half of these sites depend on the municipal water utility, which has fuel for just 10 days left — after that, their water stops completely.”
All fuel inside Gaza has already been retrieved through extremely dangerous missions. Humanitarian lifelines cannot survive without immediate fuel entry — at least 8 million litres of diesel and 400,000 litres of benzene per month are urgently needed to keep basic services running. Time is up. Donor states and diplomats must press Israel to allow immediate fuel. Fuel is not a side issue — it is the backbone of humanitarian aid. Denial will collapse the entire system, with catastrophic consequences for civilians. All man-made.
From: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: “Without an urgent influx of fuel, incubators will shut down, ambulances will be unable to reach the injured and sick, and water cannot be purified,” said the UN chief. “The delivery by the United Nations and partners of what little of our lifesaving humanitarian aid is left in Gaza will also grind to a halt.”
GHF denies shooting aid-seekers, points to Israeli troops
IAK reported yesterday that, according to the Associated Press, American contractors – employed by the Gazan Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) to guard aid distribution sites in Gaza – are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food.
GHF has since released a statement of denial. “GHF launched an immediate investigation when the Associated Press first brought these allegations to our attention. Based on time-stamped video footage and sworn witness statements, we have concluded that the claims in the AP’s story are categorically false.”
“At no point were civilians under fire at a GHF distribution site. The gunfire heard in the video was confirmed to have originated from the [Israeli military], who was outside the immediate vicinity of the GHF distribution site. It was not directed at individuals, and no one was shot or injured,” it claimed without providing evidence.
A recent report from Israeli outlet Haaretz detailed Israeli troops, in their words, confirming that Israeli soldiers have deliberately shot at unarmed Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza after being “ordered” to do so by their commanders (continue reading here).
One emergency doctor said, “As medical people, very often we’re in a situation where you wonder what the intent was. But in this specific case, it’s obvious. Patients can sometimes be sitting there, doing nothing, waiting for the site to open, and then they get shot in the head. I’ve seen that numerous times,” he told Al Jazeera.
ISRAEL RUNS 3 PALESTINIAN MILITIAS IN GAZA: Israel Is now operating three militias inside Gaza—with help from the Palestinian Authority. Two newly revealed Fatah-linked armed groups are in Gaza City and Khan Younis—both operating with Israeli assistance and according to Ynet, paid by the Palestinian Authority. Israeli Channel 13 reports that Israel is providing these militias with weapons, vehicles, and logistical support, and tasking them with house raids and combat missions against Hamas. Like Abu Shabab’s “Popular Forces” in the south, the newly revealed militia in northern Gaza has its bases located near Israeli military outposts (more here).
Israeli forces use drugs to recruit collaborators in the Gaza Strip: Hamas
CEASEFIRE NEWS:
To get an idea about past ceasefires between Gaza and Israel and how they ended, check out this and this.
Hamas holds talks with Palestinian factions over ceasefire proposal
Hamas seeks guarantees of permanent ceasefire from US-backed proposal
The Devil in the Details of Trump’s “Final Proposal” for Gaza Ceasefire
WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM NEWS AND HEADLINES:
(For background on the West Bank, read this and this)
39 children among 660 arrested by Israel in West Bank last month alone
IRAN AND IRAN-ADJACENT NEWS AND HEADLINES:
Iran reaffirms NPT commitment after halting IAEA cooperation
IRAN OUT OF IAEA, BUT NOT NPT: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi affirmed on 2 July that Tehran remains committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its Safeguards Agreement, pushing back against claims by the German Foreign Office that Iran’s suspension of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) removes oversight of its nuclear program.
OTHER NEWS AND HEADLINES:
SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL STILL REIGNS IN CONGRESS: As Congress wraps up its contentious tax and spending package, it is clear that one area remains a subject of largely bipartisan consensus among US lawmakers: Continued arms transfers to Israel, despite widespread evidence of Israeli abuses in Gaza. “Remember this as Trump prepares to cut billions from Medicaid and SNAP: He’s used over $12 billion of our taxes for weapons to Israel since taking office,” the IMEU Policy Project, a pro-Palestine advocacy organization based in the US, said in a social media post. “He announced $510 million more for weapons to Israel just this week.”
‘Israel acting with little restraint’ as attacks continue in Lebanon
Spanish activist presses charges against Netanyahu over Gaza flotilla raid
India’s sinister alliance with Israel
NOTABLE QUOTE:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation:
“We strongly condemn the American mercenaries accused of—and in one case, reportedly caught on camera—opening fire on starving Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza. Like their counterparts in the Israeli military, these mercenaries are complicit in genocide, and the Justice Department should prosecute them as such.
“We call on the Trump administration to immediately end our nation’s involvement in so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and we call on the administration to ban American contractors from participating in this fraudulent, genocidal project.”
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – JULY 3, 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 6,572 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 3, 2025: ~1,622 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 438 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)
- 100 BBC Insiders Pen Letter Accusing UK Broadcaster Of Being “PR For Israel”
- US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
- Israel has killed 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7, 2023
- ‘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
