By Alastair McCready

    The Ministry of Health in Gaza reports that at least 79 people were killed and almost 400 injured in Israeli attacks across the enclave in the past 24 hours and reports of more deaths continue.

    At least three Palestinians were killed and several injured in an attack by Israeli settlers on Kafr Malek, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

    President Donald Trump says US and Iranian officials will talk next week as the Israel-Iran ceasefire continues to hold.

    Iran’s Health Ministry says at least 627 people were killed and more than 4,870 injured during Israel’s 12 days of attacks on the country. At least 28 people were killed in Iranian strikes on Israel.

    Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 56,156 people and wounded 132,239, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7 attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.

    Iran’s Quds force chief ‘reappears’ in Tehran after reported Israeli assassination

    The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, has “reappeared” during celebrations in Tehran despite claims of being assassinated by Israel.

    A video clip captured by Iran’s Fars news agency and shared by our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues showed a man, said to be Qaani, interacting with several people during a rally in the downtown area of the Iranian capital.

    A similar video posted by Iran’s English-language state broadcaster Press TV also showed Qaani, the successor of the late commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US strike in Iraq in 2020.

    Israel claimed that it killed Qaani during a series of assassinations targeting Iran’s most senior military leaders when it launched its attack on the country on June 13.

    The Iranian government neither confirmed nor denied the Israeli report.

    Previously, it was also reported that Qaani was killed alongside Hezbollah officials during an Israeli attack in Lebanon in 2024.

    Israel’s military hold exercises in Jordan Valley

    The Israeli military said that exercises in the Jordan Valley region will take place from later this morning until the afternoon.

    It added that there will be heavy movement of military vehicles in the area during the exercise.

    The exercises come just days after Israel began a fragile ceasefire with Iran brokered by US President Donald Trump.

    Netanyahu, Katz instruct Israeli army to show plan to prevent Hamas ‘seizing’ aid

    Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have issued a joint statement saying they have instructed the Israeli military to present a plan to stop Hamas from “seizing” aid in Gaza, according to reports in several Israeli media outlets.

    “Following information received today that Hamas is again taking control of humanitarian aid entering northern Gaza and stealing it from civilians, the Prime Minister and Defense Minister have instructed the [Israeli military] to present within 48 hours an action plan to prevent Hamas from seizing the aid,” said the statement, reportedly issued just before midnight on Wednesday.

    Citing an unnamed Israeli official, Israel’s Channel 12 news reported that the government has already halted aid deliveries to Gaza, with the pause to remain in place until the Israeli military presents its plan.

    The unconfirmed report comes after far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reportedly threatened to quit the government if immediate action was not taken to prevent aid from reaching Hamas, according to The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post.

    In March, Israel imposed an almost three-month blockade on all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, bringing millions of Palestinians in the besieged enclave to the brink of famine.

    Since lifting its blockade in late May, it has also carried out numerous deadly massacres of Palestinian aid seekers gathering at delivery points.

    We will bring you more information on this development when we have it.

    Israeli forces killed 13-year-old boy who posed ‘no threat’: Rights group

    Child rights group Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCI-P) has released details of the killing of a 13-year-old boy by Israeli forces on Monday afternoon in the occupied West Bank.

    The young victim, Ammar Motaz Mostafa Hamayel, was shot in the back by Israeli forces while walking with a friend near the bypass road adjacent to the Palestinian village of Kafr Malek – which came under Israeli settler attack on Wednesday night, which left three local people dead.

    Israeli forces, concealed among pine trees, opened fire on the 13-year-old and his friend from a distance of some 500 to 1,000 metres (1,640 to 3,281 feet), the organisation said. A single bullet entered Ammar’s back and exited his neck, according to DCI-P.

    The Israelis detained Ammar at the scene of the shooting for about two hours before handing him over to an ambulance crew who brought him to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

    “While Israeli forces detained Ammar after shooting him, they physically assaulted multiple family members and neighbours who attempted to reach him and provide aid,” DCI-P said.

    The boy was the 29th Palestinian child to be killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank so far this year, the group added.