Bodies are “filling the streets” in Gaza City and at least 30 Palestinians have been killed as Israeli soldiers storm the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of the city, says Gaza Civil Defence spokesperson, Mahmoud Bassal.

    Israel’s evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza City causing “mass suffering”, says UN spokesperson. More than 300,000 Palestinians are estimated to reside in the north of the war-torn territory, according to the UN’s humanitarian aid agency.

    Gaza’s Interior Ministry says Israel’s evacuation orders for the city are a form of “psychological warfare” against civilians as people have nowhere safe to go.

    Ceasefire talks continue in Doha, Qatar, as efforts to end the nine-month war are hampered by Israeli attacks on UN facilities and schools in Gaza, and as mass evacuations intensify and hospitals are forced to close.

    At least 38,295 people have been killed and 88,241 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139, and dozens of people are still held captive in Gaza.

    Israel’s evacuation orders displace hundreds of thousands across Gaza

    Israel’s army has ordered hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to leave areas it had previously declared safe to return to – in both the north and south of Gaza – since the beginning of this month.

    Gaza City, north Gaza Strip, July 10:

•     Israel drops leaflets addressed to “everyone in Gaza City” warning people to leave the “dangerous combat zone”, days after ordering evacuations of the city’s Daraj, Tuffah and the Old City neighbourhoods.
•     Before the war, Gaza City was the largest city in the Gaza Strip.
•     After months of heavy bombardment and a ground invasion that Israel said was finished months ago, the population of the entire north of the Gaza Strip has dwindled to between 300,000 and 350,000 people, according to a recent UN estimate.

    Eastern Khan Younis, south Gaza Strip, July 1:

•     On July 1, Israel announced a new evacuation order east of Khan Younis, an area where the UN estimated some 250,000 Palestinians were sheltering.
•     The population of eastern Khan Younis had recently grown as residents returned following Israel’s months-long ground invasion and Palestinians fleeing Israel’s ground invasion of nearby Rafah sought shelter there.

    Delta airline accused of ‘racist’ social media post over Palestinian flag

    The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called for Delta to apologise after someone at the US airline allegedly commented that they would be “terrified” if they saw cabin crew wearing a Palestinian flag.

    The now-deleted comment, which appears to have been posted from Delta’s official X account, followed a post from the StopAntisemitism group featuring photos of two Delta staff wearing a Palestinian pin on their uniform.

    “Whether this racist post on Delta’s X account was approved or unauthorized, Delta must apologize and take steps to educate its employees about this type of dangerous anti-Palestinian racism,” CAIR said.

    Delta is yet to comment on the matter.

    Ireland condemns Israel’s destruction of Palestinian school in occupied West Bank

    Ireland’s representative office in the occupied Palestinian territory has blasted the demolition of an internationally-funded school in the occupied West Bank’s Hebron Hills.

    In a post on social media, the office said Ireland “along with like-minded missions condemns the demolition of the donor-funded school in Khallet Amera in Hebron” on Monday.

    “As the occupying power, Israel must uphold the right to education for Palestinian children,” Ireland said.

    The European Union’s delegation to the Palestinian territory also condemned the demolishing of the school that “provided education to many children from vulnerable backgrounds”.

    “We call on the government of Israel to uphold the basic human right to education for Palestinian children,” the delegation said.