A Palestinian man carries the physique of his youngster, who was killed in an Israeli navy airstrike on Gaza, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza Metropolis, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — No less than 31 Palestinians have been fatally shot on their strategy to an support distribution website within the Gaza Strip on Saturday, whereas Israeli airstrikes killed at the very least 28 Palestinians together with 4 kids, Palestinian hospital officers and witnesses mentioned.
There have been no indicators of a breakthrough in ceasefire talks following two days of conferences between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump had mentioned he was nearing an settlement between Israel and Hamas that may doubtlessly wind down the warfare.
The 31 Palestinians shot lifeless have been on their strategy to a distribution website run by the Israeli-backed American group Gaza Humanitarian Basis close to Rafah in southern Gaza, hospital officers and witnesses mentioned.
The Purple Cross mentioned its discipline hospital noticed its largest inflow of lifeless in additional than a yr of operation after the shootings, and that the overwhelming majority of the greater than 100 folks harm had gunshot wounds.
Airstrikes in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah killed 13 together with the 4 kids, officers at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital mentioned. Fifteen others have been killed in Khan Younis within the south, in line with Nasser Hospital. Israel’s navy didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Intense airstrikes continued Saturday night within the space of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
Israelis rallied but once more for a ceasefire deal. “Conceitedness is what introduced the catastrophe upon us,” former hostage Eli Sharabi mentioned of Israeli leaders.
Palestinians carry baggage of flour distributed by the World Meals Program in Gaza Metropolis, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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Teen’s first try to choose up meals ends in demise
The 21-month warfare has left a lot of Gaza’s inhabitants of over 2 million reliant on exterior support whereas meals safety specialists warn of famine. Israel blocked after which restricted support entry after ending the most recent ceasefire in March.
“All responsive people reported they have been making an attempt to entry meals distribution websites,” the Purple Cross mentioned after the shootings close to Rafah, noting the “alarming frequency and scale” of such mass casualty incidents.
Israel’s navy mentioned it fired warning pictures towards folks it mentioned have been behaving suspiciously to stop them from approaching. It mentioned it was not conscious of any casualties. The GHF mentioned no incident occurred close to its websites.
Abdullah al-Haddad mentioned he was 200 meters (655 toes) from the help distribution website run by the GHF near the Shakoush space when an Israeli tank began firing at crowds of Palestinians.
“We have been collectively, they usually shot us directly,” he mentioned, writhing in ache from a leg wound at Nasser Hospital.
Mohammed Jamal al-Sahloo, one other witness, mentioned Israel’s navy had ordered them to proceed to the positioning when the capturing began.
Sumaya al-Sha’er’s 17-year-old son, Nasir, was killed, hospital officers mentioned.
“He mentioned to me, ‘Mother, you do not have flour and at this time I am going to go and produce you flour, even when I die, I am going to go and get it,'” she mentioned. “However he by no means got here again house.”
Till then, she mentioned, she had prevented {the teenager} from going to GHF websites as a result of she thought it was too harmful.
Witnesses, well being officers and U.N. officers say a whole bunch have been killed by Israeli hearth whereas heading towards GHF distribution factors by way of navy zones off limits to impartial media. The navy has acknowledged firing warning pictures at Palestinians who it says approached its forces in a suspicious method.
The GHF denies there was violence in or round its websites. However two of its contractors advised The Related Press that their colleagues have fired stay ammunition and stun grenades as Palestinians scramble for meals, allegations the inspiration denied.
In a separate effort, the U.N. and support teams say they wrestle to distribute humanitarian support due to Israeli navy restrictions and a breakdown of regulation and order that has led to widespread looting.
The primary gas — 150,000 liters — entered Gaza this week after 130 days, a joint assertion by U.N. support our bodies mentioned, calling it a small quantity for the “the spine of survival in Gaza.” Gasoline runs hospitals, water techniques, transport and extra, the assertion mentioned.
Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 folks of their Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel that sparked the warfare and kidnapped 251. Hamas nonetheless holds some 50 hostages, with at the very least 20 believed to stay alive.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 57,800 Palestinians, greater than half of them ladies and kids, in line with Gaza’s Well being Ministry. The ministry, beneath Gaza’s Hamas-run authorities, does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its depend. The U.N. and different worldwide organizations see its figures as probably the most dependable statistics on warfare casualties.
Relations and supporters of Israeli hostages held within the Gaza Strip attend a rally demanding their launch from Hamas captivity and calling for an finish to the warfare, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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A Palestinian-American killed within the West Ban
Pals and kinfolk paid their respects a day after Palestinian-American Seifeddin Musalat and native pal Mohammed al-Shalabi have been killed within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, in line with the Palestinian Well being Ministry.
Musalat was overwhelmed to demise by Israeli settlers on his household’s land, his cousin Diana Halum advised reporters. The settlers then blocked paramedics from reaching him, she mentioned.
Musalat, born in Florida, was visiting his household house. His household needs the U.S. State Division to research his demise and maintain the settlers accountable. The State Division mentioned it was conscious of the reviews of his demise however had no remark out of respect for the household.
A witness, talking on situation of anonymity to keep away from Israeli retaliation, mentioned the settlers descended on Palestinian lands and “began capturing at us, beating by sticks and throwing rocks.”
Israel’s navy has mentioned Palestinians hurled rocks at Israelis within the space earlier on Friday, evenly wounding two folks and setting off a bigger confrontation.
Palestinians and rights teams have lengthy accused the navy of ignoring settler violence, which has spiked — together with Palestinian assaults and Israeli navy raids — because the warfare in Gaza started.
