Israeli military operations in Gaza intensify, claiming at least 41 Palestinian lives in single day across Rafah, Khan Younis, Gaza City, and Jabalya.
Heaviest casualties occur in Rafah, where Israeli forces open fire on crowds gathered at aid distribution centers killing several and injuring over 100. Since May 27, Gaza’s state media reports 125 deaths and 736 injuries near these U.S.-backed aid centers. Labeled “human slaughterhouses” by Palestinian authorities, who accuse Israel of humanitarian crimes.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claim to have recovered the body of Mohammed Sinwar. Senior Hamas leader and brother of Yahya Sinwar from a tunnel beneath European Hospital in Khan Younis.
IDF states Sinwar was killed in a May airstrike, with identity confirmed via DNA testing. The military alleges the tunnel served as a Hamas command center claim Hamas denies, accusing Israel of targeting civilian infrastructure.
Israeli naval forces intercept Madleen, a humanitarian aid ship operated by Freedom Flotilla Coalition, in international waters. Vessel carrying activists including Greta Thunberg and French MEP Rima Hassan aimed to deliver food and medical supplies to Gaza’s starving population.
The coalition reports all communication with the ship cut off with 12 unarmed crew members detained. Human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, condemn the interception as a war crime, citing violations of international humanitarian law.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz defends blockade claiming it prevents arms from reaching Hamas while critics argue it exacerbates Gaza’s famine crisis with UN warning of imminent starvation for 2 million Palestinians.
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Protests erupt globally, with Turkey and Iran denouncing the interception as “piracy.” Ongoing blockade tightened since March has slashed aid to trickle with only 2% of pre-conflict food shipments entering Gaza from October 8 to 25, per Oxfam.
Families in Gaza mourn daily losses with scenes of grief dominating Rafah’s Nasser Hospital as bodies pile up from strikes and aid site shootings.
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