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Israeli aerial strikes killed 15 Palestinians successful Gaza aboriginal connected Friday (July 4, 2025), portion a infirmary said different 20 radical died successful shootings portion waiting for aid.
Meanwhile, the U.N. quality rights bureau says it has recorded 613 killings successful Gaza adjacent humanitarian convoys and arsenic Palestinians effort to scope assistance astatine organisation points tally by an Israeli-backed American organisation since it archetypal began operations successful precocious May.
Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said the rights bureau was not capable to property work for the killings. But she said “it is wide that the Israeli subject has shelled and changeable astatine Palestinians trying to scope the organisation points” operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Shooting astatine assistance organisation sites successful Gaza
Ms. Shamdasani said that of the full tallied, 509 killings were “GHF-related,” meaning astatine oregon adjacent its organisation sites.
“Information keeps coming in,” she added. “This is ongoing and it is unacceptable.”
Ms. Shamdasani primitively told the U.N. briefing that the killings were recorded some astatine GHF sites and adjacent humanitarian convoys. She aboriginal clarified that the killings successful the vicinity of GHF organisation points were “at oregon adjacent their organisation sites."
The number from the rights office, which utilized a strict methodology to verify specified figures, was based successful portion connected accusation from hospitals that person dormant bodies, she said.
More deaths reported adjacent assistance organisation sites occurred overnight connected Friday (July 4, 2025), according to officials successful Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis.
At slightest 3 Palestinians were killed adjacent assistance sites successful Rafah, which is adjacent to 2 operated by GHF. Another 17 were killed waiting for trucks to walk by successful eastbound Khan Younis successful the Tahliya area.
Of the 15 Palestinians killed successful Friday's strikes, 8 were women and 1 was a child, the infirmary said. The strikes deed the Mawasi area, wherever galore displaced Palestinians are sheltering successful tents.
Israel’s subject said it was looking into the reported strikes.
Israel’s subject besides said a worker was killed successful combat successful the northbound of Gaza and it was investigating. Over 860 Israeli soldiers person been killed since the warfare began, including much than 400 during the warring successful Gaza.
The caller killings took spot arsenic efforts to halt the 21-month warfare appeared to beryllium moving forward.
Gaza ceasefire
Hamas said connected Friday (July 4, 2025) that it was holding discussions with leaders of different Palestinian factions to sermon a ceasefire connection presented to it by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
Mr. Trump said connected Tuesday that Israel had agreed connected presumption for a 60-day ceasefire successful Gaza and urged Hamas to judge the woody earlier conditions worsen.
Hamas volition springiness its last effect to mediators aft the discussions person concluded, the connection said.
The Health Ministry successful Gaza said the fig of Palestinians killed successful the territory has passed 57,000. The Ministry does not differentiate betwixt civilians and combatants successful its count, but says much than fractional of the dormant are women and children.
The warfare began erstwhile Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israel, sidesplitting 1,200 radical and taking astir 250 hostages.
According to Palestinian witnesses and Gaza’s Health Ministry, respective 100 radical person been killed oregon wounded by Israeli troops erstwhile trying to scope the assistance sites since they opened successful May.
The subject has repeatedly said it’s fired lone informing shots, denies deliberately firing towards civilians, and says it’s looking into reports of civilian harm.
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