At least 28 people were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Monday, including two reportedly seeking aid, according to hospital sources.
The Israeli military said its air force carried out more than 100 strikes on the enclave in the past 24 hours.
Moreover, at least 360 medical personnel have been arrested by Israeli forces in Gaza since the start of the October 2023 invasion, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, warning that detainees are being held in “tragic and harsh conditions,” Al Jazeera reports.
The ministry said the arrests include doctors, further straining the territory’s overwhelmed health system and leaving thousands of wounded Palestinians without adequate medical care.
It called for urgent international action “to criminalise the occupation’s practices against imprisoned medical staff and to pressure for their release.”
The ministry also said that at least 1,400 healthcare workers have been killed by Israeli forces since the offensive began.
Meanwhile, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said sanctions imposed on her by the United States are intended to silence her for calling the situation in Gaza “genocide.”
Speaking to TRT Balkan, Albanese said the attacks against her were “not unexpected but unnecessary,” and argued that the sanctions violate the 1946 Vienna Convention on Privileges and Immunities, which she said is enforceable in US courts.
Demolition spike aligns with Israeli plan to transfer 600,000 residents to ‘concentration camps’
Satellite imagery reviewed by Sanad and data from the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) show the number of destroyed buildings in Rafah rose from 15,800 on April 4 to 28,600 by July 4 — a surge of 12,800 demolitions in three months.
The demolition spike aligns with Israel’s expanded military push into Rafah, launched in late March, and a defence ministry plan to transfer 600,000 residents into areas critics have likened to “concentration camps,” with possible expansion to the entire population of Gaza.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert condemned the idea, calling it a “concentration camp.”
A view shows beams of light in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on July 13, 2025. — Reuters
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Netanyahu aide faces indictment
An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces indictment on security charges pending a hearing, Israel’s attorney general has said, for allegedly leaking top secret military information during Israel’s onslaught in Gaza, Reuters reports.
Netanyahu’s close adviser, Jonatan Urich, has denied any wrongdoing in the case, which legal authorities began investigating in late 2024. Netanyahu has described probes against Urich and other aides as politically motivated and said that Urich had not harmed state security. Urich’s attorneys said the charges were baseless and that their client’s innocence would be proven beyond doubt.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said in a statement late on Sunday that Urich and another aide had extracted secret information from the Israeli military and leaked it to German newspaper Bild. Their intent, she said, was to shape public opinion of Netanyahu and influence the discourse about the slaying of six Israeli hostages by their Palestinian captors in Gaza in late August 2024.
In his statement, Netanyahu said Baharav-Miara’s announcement was “appalling” and that its timing raised serious questions.
Netanyahu’s government has for months been seeking the dismissal of Baharav-Miara. The attorney general, appointed by the previous government, has sparred with Netanyahu’s cabinet over the legality of some of its policies.
Ceasefire talks
US President Donald Trump said that discussions are ongoing over the conflict in Gaza and expressed hope for progress in the coming week, despite stalled ceasefire talks in Doha.
“Gaza — we are talking and hopefully we’re going to get that straightened out over the next week,” Trump told reporters, reiterating comments he made on July 4.
Gaza — we are talking and hopefully we’re going to get that straightened out over the next week
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Meanwhile, The New York Times on Sunday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dismissal of its report claiming he extended the Gaza war to retain political power, stating his office “does not refute the facts”.
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Smoke rises following an explosion in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on July 13, 2025. — Reuters
The investigation, published Friday, drew on over 110 interviews and internal documents, alleging Netanyahu delayed a ceasefire and blocked a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal to appease far-right allies and maintain his coalition.
In a statement, Netanyahu’s office called the report a “rehash of long discredited claims”. In response, a Times spokesperson defended the reporting, saying it “shows in detail how prolonging the Gaza war helped Mr Netanyahu to stay in power”.
