al jazeera

By Umut Uras, Usaid Siddiqui, Edna Mohamed and Maziar Motamedi

    Hamas has slammed Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City, calling talk of shelter provision and humanitarian aid “blatant deception”.

    Israeli forces bomb al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, killing at least seven people.
   The Palestinian Health Ministry says 11 more people have died of Israel-induced starvation in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 251. The victims include 108 children.
   Tens of thousands of Israelis rally in Tel Aviv, calling for an end to the war on Gaza and the return of the captives held by Hamas, as global protests continue over Israel’s killing of Al Jazeera’s journalists.
   Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 61,827 people and wounded 155,275. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.

Half a million in Gaza face famine: WFP

    The World Food Programme (WFP) says despite its teams “doing everything” to deliver food assistance in Gaza, current supplies only meet 47 percent of the intended target.

    According to the UN agency, around 500,000 people are now on the “brink of famine”, and that only a ceasefire would allow food assistance to be scaled up to the required levels.

    “Organised distributions, and WFP-supported hot meals & bakeries can’t restart without far more aid,” it said in a post on X.

Israel’s defence minister threatens Yemen’s Houthis with more attacks

    Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says “the Houthis will pay with compound interest for every attempt to fire at Israel” after the military shot down another missile from Yemen.

    “We are imposing an air and sea blockade on them that hurts them greatly, and this morning we struck infrastructure and energy targets,” he wrote in a post on X.

    Katz said that “this is just the beginning”, adding that future attacks will be stronger and more painful.

Israeli attacks kill 21 aid seekers in southern Gaza

    At least 21 people have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to receive aid in southern Gaza since this morning, the Nasser Medical Complex tells our colleagues on the ground.

    Since the establishment of the GHF aid sites at the end of May, at least 1,924 have been killed and more than 14,288 injured, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Israeli forces make more arrests in occupied West Bank: Report

    Israeli forces have arrested four Palestinians from Qabatiya town, south of Jenin, Wafa news agency is reporting.

    Citing local sources, Wafa said the men were picked up at their workplace in the al-Hafira area.

Israel’s army says missile launched from Yemen intercepted

    Shortly after sounding air raid sirens and announcing its air defences detected a launch from Yemen, Israel’s military has now reported that one missile launched by the Houthis was intercepted.

    The Houthis have not commented yet, but this comes after the Israeli military confirmed launching air strikes on a power plant near Yemen’s capital, Sanaa.

    Israel said the attack was in response to missile and drone launches by the Houthis, who have vowed to continue their strikes in opposition to the war on Gaza.

Protesters will continue to fight until captives return home: Israel’s Lapid

    Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has attended an antiwar rally in Tel Aviv in support of the demonstrators.

    “The only thing that strengthens the country is the wonderful spirit of the people who are leaving home today for Israeli solidarity,” he wrote on X.

    “We will continue to fight until the kidnapped return home.”

Red Crescent warns severe fuel shortages hindering operations in Gaza

    A spokesman for the Palestine Red Crescent Society in Gaza has spoken to Al Jazeera Arabic about its ongoing operations in the war-torn enclave:

    Ambulance and emergency services are suffering from fuel shortages.

    Occupation forces are deliberately targeting roads leading to hospitals.