ANSARALLAH MILITARY SPOKESMAN: Ansarallah’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said the group launched a hypersonic missile at Beersheba and struck “vital Israeli targets” in Eilat, Ashkelon, and Hadera using three drones. He added that the group is considering further escalatory options to stop Israel’s war and starvation campaign in Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, told Al Jazeera that sanctions should be imposed on Israel, saying, “Condemnation is no longer sufficient.” He added that Israel is deliberately blocking aid, visible to the entire world, and called on Arab countries to intensify efforts to deliver humanitarian relief.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli military sources said the army destroyed thousands of aid shipments destined for Gaza, including food and medical supplies. The report stated that the aid—equivalent to the contents of 1,000 trucks—was spoiled due to flaws in the distribution mechanism and long delays under the sun.

JOINT CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT: A bipartisan group of US Congress members described Gaza’s humanitarian crisis as “unacceptable,” citing the deaths of 700 people due to aid delivery failures.

GAZA HIGH COUNCIL OF TRIBES: The High Council of Tribes in Gaza rejected aerial aid drops, calling them unsafe and ineffective. It warned that such methods have previously caused civilian casualties and injuries, stating, “We have enough falling from the sky—bombs and explosives—not more media stunts in the form of food packages.”

AL JAZEERA: Newly released detainee Nabih Al-Ghazzali told Al-Jazeera that life after prison is a nightmare. After finding his home destroyed and his children displaced and starving, he said, “The hunger of my children is worse than the torture I faced in jail.”

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Ibrahim al-Khawaja was startled when an illegal Israeli Jewish settler hit him on the head with a heavy iron pipe while attacking his home and assaulting his family, as part of an organized policy to seize new Palestinian land.

This scene has become a daily occurrence in the occupied West Bank, even repeated several times a day. Armed settler groups roam most of the villages and towns, assaulting whoever they want, stealing whatever they want, and doing whatever they want under the protection of the Israeli army.

Read the latest article by Fayha Shalash.

‘They Hit First, Then Burn’: Settlers Wage Daily War on Palestinian Villages

AL-JAZEERA: A joint statement by the British, French, and German governments declared that “the time has come to end the war in Gaza.” The three countries called the humanitarian catastrophe “intolerable” and strongly opposed Israeli moves to impose sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territories. They urged Israel to uphold international humanitarian law and allow UN and NGO operations in Gaza without delay.

CNN: According to a well-informed source cited by CNN, negotiations between Hamas and Israel are ongoing through mediators who remain in active contact with both sides regarding a potential ceasefire.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held high-level security consultations on the state of ceasefire talks and the future of military operations in Gaza. Meanwhile, Yisrael Hayom quoted a source denying that negotiations had collapsed. Former war cabinet member Gadi Eisenkot told Channel 12 that Netanyahu had repeatedly blocked prisoner swap deals for political reasons.

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME: The World Food Programme reported that one-third of Gaza’s population has gone several days without a single meal, as the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.

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PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades said they shelled a gathering of Israeli troops and vehicles east of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza using mortars.

AL JAZEERA: Israeli ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich called for a complete occupation of Gaza, the cessation of aid, and population transfer. Smotrich told Netanyahu the time for “humiliating negotiations” was over.

AL JAZEERA: Several injuries were reported after Israeli shelling targeted Al-Mashahra Street in the Tuffah neighborhood, eastern Gaza City.

AL JAZEERA: President Donald Trump claimed Hamas is not serious about negotiations and must be eradicated. He added that Israel and the US withdrew from Gaza talks and criticized Macron’s recognition of Palestine as meaningless.

BENJAMIN NETANYAH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is now considering alternative strategies to retrieve hostages in Gaza in coordination with the United States.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Gaza’s Health Ministry reported nine new starvation-related deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the toll to 122, including 83 children.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades announced it targeted an Israeli troop carrier in northwest Khan Younis using a Yassin 105 shell.

AL JAZEERA: Security forces of the Palestinian Authority cracked down on a protest in Nablus opposing the ongoing starvation campaign in Gaza.

ISLAMIC WAQF: Israeli police arrested Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.

US EMBASSY – LIBYA: The US embassy in Libya denied rumors that Washington plans to relocate Gaza’s population to Libya, calling the claims false and incitful.

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION GROUP: The group reported that civilians are collapsing in the streets due to hunger and exhaustion as humanitarian conditions deteriorate rapidly.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak stated today, Friday, that the Israel we knew and the Zionist vision are collapsing, and we must courageously reflect on reality.

In an opinion piece published in Haaretz, Barak added that Israel is transforming into a pariah state in the world, and the majority of the public has lost confidence in the government.

AFP: Georges Abdallah, a former member of the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions, was released today, Friday, from a prison in France after approximately 41 years of incarceration. He is now en route to Beirut, following a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal last week to grant his release.

Abdallah was transported in a convoy of six vehicles, including two minibusses, from Lannemezan prison in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern France to Tarbes airport. From there, he will take a flight to Roissy Airport in Paris before boarding a morning flight bound for Beirut.

His lawyer, Jean-Louis Chalanset, told Agence France-Presse after the convoy departed, “This is a source of joy, emotional shock, and political victory all at once after all this time.” He emphasized, “He should have been released a very long time ago.”

STATEMENT: Al-Shifa Hospital sources report that four people were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced individuals in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

The strike targeted Al-Qahira School in Al-Rimal.

Another airstrike by an Israeli helicopter targeted an area densely populated by displaced persons east of Gaza City.

ARABIC MEDIA: The spokesperson for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Al-Jazeera that the remaining hospitals in the Gaza Strip are threatened with closure due to critical fuel shortages. This dire situation is exacerbating an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis.

According to the spokesperson:

Children in Gaza are suffering from hunger amid harsh health conditions.

Patients with chronic diseases face the risk of death due to severe shortages of food and medicine.

Medical teams themselves are enduring hunger and malnutrition in what are described as catastrophic circumstances.

There are fears of an increase in reported deaths due to the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza.

All residents of the Gaza Strip are at risk of malnutrition.

The spokesperson issued an urgent appeal to the “free people of the world” to save the Gaza Strip.

STATEMENT: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has stated that what is happening in Gaza amounts to deliberate starvation of the people by Israeli authorities.

In a statement, MSF clarified that the number of individuals registered for malnutrition treatment at their clinic in Gaza has quadrupled since May 18th.

The organization called on Israeli authorities to permit the widespread entry of food supplies and aid into Gaza, adding that patients and healthcare workers in Gaza are now struggling to survive.

UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES: UN agencies warned that Gaza is facing a severe shortage of life-saving nutritional treatments for malnourished children. The World Food Programme said hunger levels have reached unprecedented severity and called for an immediate ceasefire.

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR: UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza “in its most horrific form” and called on Britain and other nations to impose sanctions.

COLOMBIAN PRESIDENCY: President of Colombia announced a ban on coal shipments to Israel, saying his country “will not be complicit” in the genocide in Gaza.

CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand warned of a worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, urging Israel to lift the blockade and allow aid without restrictions.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Ehud Barak warned that Israel is turning into a pariah state. He called for mass civil disobedience to overthrow Netanyahu’s government, citing a failed Gaza policy and collapsing morale.

BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTRY: UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced participation in next week’s two-state solution summit at the UN, calling for a permanent ceasefire and criticizing Israeli aid obstruction.

FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION: Contact was restored with the Handala ship after a two-hour blackout. The crew is safe despite drone surveillance near the boat, which is on a humanitarian mission to Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian journalist Adam Abu Harbid was killed and his wife and children injured when Israeli helicopters bombed their tent in central Gaza. Medical sources confirmed three of his relatives were also killed.

ISRAELI GOVERNMENT: Israeli PM Netanyahu condemned France’s decision, while Ministers Yariv Levin and Yoav Gallant called it a “surrender to terror” and urged Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank.

France to Recognize Palestine at UN Assembly in September, Macron Announces

AFP: French President Emmanuel Macron announced France’s official recognition of the State of Palestine, calling it a “historic commitment to lasting peace.” Spain and Ireland welcomed the move, saying it strengthens the two-state solution and counters Netanyahu’s efforts to undermine it.

FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION: The coalition announced it lost contact with the ship Handala, which was attempting to break the Israeli siege on Gaza. Israeli sea drones reportedly surrounded the ship hours earlier.

AL-JAZEERA: Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya said medical teams in Gaza are working without food or rest, describing a complete collapse of the healthcare system amid relentless Israeli attacks and aid shortages.