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U.S.-led ceasefire efforts successful Gaza appeared to summation momentum connected Saturday (July 5, 2025) aft astir 21 months of war, arsenic Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s bureau said Israel connected Sunday (July 6, 2025) volition nonstop a negotiating squad to talks successful Qatar.
The connection besides asserted that Hamas was seeking “unacceptable” changes to the proposal. U.S. President Donald Trump has pushed for an statement and volition big Netanyahu astatine the White House connected Monday (July 7, 2025) to sermon a deal.
Inside Gaza, Israeli airstrikes killed 14 Palestinians and different 10 were killed portion seeking nutrient aid, infirmary officials successful the embattled enclave told The Associated Press. And 2 American assistance workers with the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were injured successful an onslaught astatine a nutrient organisation site, which the enactment blamed connected Hamas, without providing evidence.
Weary Palestinians expressed cautious anticipation aft Hamas gave a “positive” effect precocious Friday to the latest U.S. connection for a 60-day truce but said further talks were needed connected implementation.
“We are tired. Enough starvation, capable closure of crossing points. We privation to slumber successful calm wherever we don’t perceive warplanes oregon drones oregon shelling,” said Jamalat Wadi, 1 of Gaza's hundreds of thousands of displaced people, speaking successful Deir al-Balah. She squinted successful the prima during a summertime vigor question of implicit 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
Hamas has sought guarantees that the archetypal truce would pb to a full extremity to the warfare and withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. Previous negotiations person stalled implicit Hamas demands of guarantees that further negotiations would pb to the war’s end, portion Netanyahu has insisted Israel would resume warring to guarantee the militant group's destruction.
“Send a delegation with a afloat mandate to bring a broad statement to extremity the warfare and bring everyone back. No 1 indispensable beryllium near behind,” Einav Zangauker, parent of hostage Matan Zangauker, told the play rally by relatives and supporters successful Tel Aviv.
Israeli airstrikes struck tents successful the crowded Muwasi country connected Gaza’s Mediterranean coast, sidesplitting 7 radical including a Palestinian doc and his 3 children, according to Nasser Hospital successful the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis.
Four others were killed successful the municipality of Bani Suheila successful confederate Gaza. Three radical were killed successful 3 strikes successful Khan Younis. Israel's service did not instantly comment.
Shooting astatine Gaza assistance site
Separately, 8 Palestinians were killed adjacent a GHF assistance organisation tract successful the confederate metropolis of Rafah, the infirmary said. One Palestinian was killed adjacent different GHF constituent successful Rafah. It was not wide however acold the Palestinians were from the sites.
GHF denied the killings happened adjacent their sites. The enactment has said nary 1 has been changeable astatine its sites, which are guarded by backstage contractors and tin beryllium accessed lone by passing Israeli subject positions hundreds of meters (yards) away.
The service had nary contiguous remark but has said it fires informing shots arsenic a crowd-control measurement and lone aims astatine radical erstwhile its troops are threatened.
Another Palestinian was killed waiting successful crowds for assistance trucks successful eastbound Khan Younis, officials astatine Nasser Hospital said. The United Nations and different planetary organizations person been bringing successful their ain supplies of assistance since the warfare began. The incidental did not look to beryllium connected to GHF operations.
Much of Gaza's colonisation of implicit 2 cardinal present relies connected planetary assistance aft the warfare has mostly devastated agriculture and different nutrient sources and near galore radical adjacent famine. Crowds of Palestinians often hold for trucks and unload oregon loot their contents earlier they scope their destinations. The trucks indispensable walk done areas nether Israeli subject control. Israel's subject did not instantly comment.
The GHF said the 2 American assistance workers were injured connected Saturday greeting erstwhile assailants threw grenades astatine a organisation tract successful Khan Younis. The instauration said the injuries were not life-threatening. Israel's subject said it evacuated the workers for aesculapian treatment.
U.S.- and Israeli-backed assistance system
The GHF — a U.S.- and Israeli-backed inaugural meant to bypass the U.N. — distributes assistance from 4 sites that are surrounded by Israeli troops. Three sites are successful Gaza's acold south.
The U.N. and different humanitarian groups person rejected the GHF system, saying it allows Israel to usage nutrient arsenic a weapon, violates humanitarian principles and is not effective. Israel says Hamas has siphoned disconnected assistance delivered by the U.N., a assertion the U.N. denies. Hamas has urged Palestinians not to cooperate with the GHF.
GHF, registered successful Delaware, began distributing nutrient successful May to Palestinians, who accidental Israeli troops unfastened occurrence astir each time toward crowds connected roads heading to the organisation points.
Several 100 radical person been killed and hundreds much wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry and witnesses. The U.N. quality rights bureau says it has recorded 613 Palestinians killed wrong a period successful Gaza portion trying to get aid, astir of them portion trying to scope GHF sites.
The warfare began erstwhile Hamas attacked Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, sidesplitting immoderate 1,200 radical and taking 251 others hostage.
Israel responded with an violative that has killed implicit 57,000 Palestinians, much than fractional of them women and children. according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which is led by aesculapian professionals employed by the Hamas government. It does not differentiate betwixt civilians and combatants, but the U.N. and different planetary organizations spot its figures arsenic the astir reliable statistic connected warfare casualties.
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