This Monday morning, Israeli occupation forces continued their attacks on citizens and their arrests in the West Bank.

In Salfit, occupation forces stormed the village of Marda at dawn, raided and searched several homes, and arrested citizens Imad Fawaz Khafash and freed prisoner Mahmoud Shafiq Khafash.

In Ramallah, occupation forces arrested two young men after storming the villages of Rammun and Ein Arik.

Security sources reported that the occupation forces arrested the young man, Adham Akram Deeb (21 years old), from the village of Rammun, and the student at Birzeit University, Hussam Walid Wahdan (22 years old), from the village of Ein Arik, after raiding their homes and ransacking their contents.

In Jenin Governorate, occupation forces stormed the town of Ya'bad, stopped young man Moataz Mahmoud Abu Bakr while he was passing by, searched him, assaulted him, and stole 5,000 shekels from him.

They also raided several homes in the town and stole 3,500 shekels from the home of Mahmoud Fadl Zaid Al-Kilani, 1,000 shekels from his sister's home, Bassem Al-Kilani, and gold jewelry worth 2,000 dinars.

In Nablus, occupation forces stormed the eastern part of the city and arrested freed prisoner Mohammed Nafez Dweikat after raiding his home.

While they stormed the area of Joseph's shrine, and took measurements in the area.

In Hebron, occupation forces stormed the town of Halhul and arrested three citizens: Muhammad Khaled Da'dara, Qusay Akram Abu Rayyan, and Moatasem Walid Marab. From the town of Sa'ir, northeast of Hebron, they arrested the young man, Yousef Al-Tarwa, after raiding their homes, searching them, and vandalizing their contents.

The occupation forces also severely beat and abused a number of detainees during raids on their homes and arrests.

The occupation forces also set up several military checkpoints at the entrances to Hebron, its towns, villages, and camps, and closed a number of main and secondary roads with iron gates, cement blocks, and earth mounds.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he hopes ongoing talks between Israel and Hamas will result in a ceasefire agreement this week.

Trump made the remarks to reporters during a stop at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where he explained, "We are having talks and we hope to be able to resolve this in the coming days."

The United States supports a 60-day ceasefire proposal that includes the phased release of hostages in Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from specific areas of the Strip, and the resumption of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict once and for all.

On another note, Trump announced that he would send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine to bolster Kiev's defensive capabilities amid the ongoing war with Russia. However, he declined to specify the number of missiles he would send, saying only that he would send "some."

The US president's statements regarding the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza come at a critical time, amid intense international efforts to halt the months-long fighting between Israel and Hamas.

These negotiations are currently taking place in the Qatari capital, Doha, under the joint sponsorship of the United States, Qatar, and Egypt, with the indirect participation of both warring parties.

Several regional and international parties, most notably the United States, Qatar, and Egypt, are working to reach a consensus formula for a ceasefire, prisoner exchange, and alleviating the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

Qatar hosts the main negotiating rounds, where mediator representatives hold talks with delegations representing Hamas, while coordinating with the Israeli side through diplomatic and security channels. Qatar's role is pivotal given its close ties with Hamas and continued US support for the negotiations.

The Trump administration supports a 60-day ceasefire plan that includes:

Release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in stages.

A gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from specific areas in Gaza.

Entry of expanded humanitarian aid.

Resuming negotiations to reach a final settlement to the conflict.

A Palestinian citizen was injured by Israeli occupation forces' gunfire at dawn on Monday near the racist separation wall in the town of Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem.

Security sources reported that Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Mohammed Wael Zaki Taha, from the town of Bidya, while he was near the apartheid wall in the town of al-Ram. He was shot in the foot and transported to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah.

Israeli occupation forces began demolishing a residential building on Monday and issued demolition notices for the last inhabited home in Bethlehem.

The head of the Marah Ma'ala village council, Khaled Abu Shaqra, told local sources that an Israeli army force stormed the village of Marah Ma'ala and sealed it off, preventing the movement of citizens. The force then proceeded to demolish a three-story building, each 200 square meters in size, owned by Alaa al-Sharif, on the pretext of not having a permit.

In the village of Al-Ma'sara, Hassan Breijieh, director of the International Law Department at the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, reported that occupation forces served Mahmoud Suleiman Zawahra with a demolition notice for his 300-square-meter, one-story home, on the grounds that it lacked a permit.

In the first half of 2025, the occupation authorities issued 556 demolition notices against Palestinian structures on the grounds of lacking permits. These included 322 inhabited homes, 18 uninhabited structures, 151 structures classified as agricultural, and 97 structures classified as sources of livelihood and other uses, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

Written by Abdul Salam Al-Rimawi

The life of Youssef Al-Zaq, a boy with white skin and blue eyes, was divided between two cells, closed with closed doors and surrounded by walls and barbed wire.

Yousef Mohammed Suleiman Al-Zaq (17 years old), Palestinian in heart and passport, Gazan in love and place of residence, opened his eyes to the world in one of the cells of the "Telmond-HaSharon" prison, which lacks the most basic requirements of human life, and closed them yesterday forever under the rubble of his home on Al-Thawra Street in the center of Gaza City.

His mother, the freed prisoner Fatima Al-Zaq, was in her late forties when she attempted to cross the Beit Hanoun crossing, known as the "Erez crossing," in 2007, for medical treatment. The occupiers arrested her and charged her with "attempting to carry out an attack." She had no idea at the time that she was carrying a baby whose face shone with light.

A few months after her arrest, specifically in 2008, prisoner Fatima al-Zaq gave birth to her son, Yousef, in Telmond Hasharon prison, under extremely harsh conditions. He was the ninth of her children who had not seen her since her arrest, and the youngest prisoner in the occupation's prisons without the slightest guilt or charge.

Infant Yousef al-Zaq spent 20 months with his mother in Israeli prisons, without his young age being a justification for his release, as stipulated in international and humanitarian conventions and child rights. However, they finally found freedom in a partial prisoner exchange deal in October 2009, along with 20 other female prisoners, in exchange for a videotape of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Yousef Al-Zaq left his small prison for another, larger one, but one also locked with gates and surrounded by high walls and barbed wire. He lived, like two million other Palestinians, under the longest, most brutal, and most brutal siege, and a series of wars that each time left more victims and more destruction. I don't think he knew any place in this vast world other than Gaza and its sea.

Yesterday morning, the apartment of Mohammed al-Zaq's family was targeted by a missile fired from an Israeli drone, just like those that lie in wait for people in the ruins of their homes, in tents, in shelters, and outside aid distribution points. The missile killed his son, Youssef.

The martyr's mother, freed prisoner Fatima Al-Zaq, hugged her little boy, who had grown up faster than she could have imagined, for the last time, bidding him farewell with tears and sorrow, as if he were her only son. What memories flashed before her eyes as she saw her heart laid out before her?

She must have returned to that miserable cell where she had her little moon. Perhaps she could recall his first laughter and the joy of his fellow captives as if he were one of their sons. Perhaps she remembered the moment when she and her little one saw the light of freedom that did not take long, and the joy of his brothers and father when they hugged him for the first time. Perhaps she could recall all those days he lived at home, in kindergarten, and at school, and even those harsh times in this damned war and the fear, pain, hunger, and overwhelming desire to survive they endured...

Youssef Al-Zaq was born a prisoner, lived under siege, and died a martyr.

Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, expressed optimism on Sunday about ongoing negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza.

Speaking to reporters in Teterboro, New Jersey, Witkoff said he plans to meet with senior Qatari officials on the sidelines of the Club World Cup final later on Sunday.

"I am optimistic about the progress of the discussions," Witkoff said, without elaborating on the details of the mediation efforts. The envoy's participation comes as part of intensified US efforts to end the conflict amid mounting international pressure.

Earlier on Sunday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad stressed that any ceasefire agreement must lead to a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the reopening of border crossings, and the launch of reconstruction efforts in the war-torn enclave. In a joint statement, Hamas announced that delegations headed by Mohammed Darwish, head of the movement's leadership council, met with Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhala. The two sides discussed the latest Israeli responses to ceasefire proposals put forward by international mediators, and the best ways to respond to them.

The two movements emphasized that any agreement must go beyond a temporary truce and address the broader political and humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that ceasefire negotiations in Gaza are facing a "stalemate" due to Israel's insistence on presenting a withdrawal map that would leave approximately 40 percent of the Strip under its military control.

For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced criticism of the ceasefire negotiations and the release of prisoners in the Gaza Strip. In response to reports that his government rejected the deal, Netanyahu criticized the news channels that published it, saying: “They always repeat Hamas propaganda, but they are always wrong. We accepted the deal; the deal of (US envoy) Steve Witkoff, and then the version proposed by the mediators. We accepted it, and Hamas rejected it.”

According to Netanyahu, "Hamas wants to stay in Gaza. They want us to leave so they can rearm and attack us again and again. I will not accept this; I will do everything in my power to bring our hostages home. I will meet the families... I know their pain and suffering. I am determined to bring the hostages home and eliminate Hamas."

According to experts, Netanyahu does not want to reach a deal with Hamas to end the war. His gestures toward a deal being imminent, and that it is now within striking distance, are merely statements intended to show his gratitude to US President Donald Trump during his four-day visit to Washington, since he has no intention of ending the war or delivering aid to the devastated and besieged Gaza Strip.

It's worth noting that in an article published by the New York Times on Friday, the newspaper said that Netanyahu prolonged the war on Gaza to serve his political goals of improving his domestic image and remaining in power.

Among the actions cited in the New York Times report were Netanyahu's cancellation of a Gaza truce that would have secured the release of at least 30 hostages, due to threats from far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to bring down the government, and his obstruction of White House efforts to secure Israeli-Saudi normalization conditioned on an end to the Gaza war, over the opposition of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

In a statement issued Saturday, Netanyahu's office claimed that The Times' coverage "defames Israel, its people, its brave soldiers, and its prime minister," praising Netanyahu's decisions after October 7, which he said led to "the greatest military victories in history."

In its response on Sunday, The Times said its investigation was based on "dozens of government records, military documents, and interviews with more than 110 officials in Israel, the United States, and the Arab world."

The newspaper said in its statement: "Our role as independent journalists is to report and expose vital information in the public interest, and to hold leaders accountable regardless of their party affiliation. The Prime Minister's Office statement does not refute the facts of this report." The newspaper emphasized that "what The Times investigation shows in detail is how prolonging the Gaza war helped Netanyahu remain in power."

Eight citizens were killed and others injured on Monday after the occupation forces targeted various areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

Medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City announced the arrival of five dead and a number of wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the Saftawi area north of the city.

The Baptist Hospital in Gaza City also announced the arrival of two dead and wounded as a result of an Israeli drone attack on a group of citizens in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, a citizen was killed and others were injured when an Israeli drone bombed a tent housing displaced people west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 58,026 dead and 138,520 wounded. There are also victims trapped under the rubble and on the streets, with ambulance and rescue crews unable to reach them.

In vain, the Likud wolf, out of control, tries to appease his two biblical apostles, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, to keep them in his fold and prevent his government from being toppled. Meanwhile, he is advancing one foot and delaying the other on the path to a truce, written by his unjust maps in the sands of Gaza, which reflect his ill intentions and are waiting for the right moment to continue the massacre and impose control over the slaughtered Strip.
To this end, the "king" has been busy holding a series of meetings with his opponents. While it appears he has succeeded in winning over the former, the latter is "reluctant," threatening to break the locks of the barn and leave it and on it, if Netanyahu responds to American pressure to go for the sixty-day truce. Trump, however, has no objection to loosening the reins for him, allowing him to resume the war in the manner in which the American envoy formulated the agreement on the Lebanese front.
The wolf waves to his partners the safety net provided by his opponents, in case his disciples defect, but he buys time, ignoring the criticism directed at him due to the attacks his soldiers are subjected to amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza, and the international criticism he faces for the crimes of genocide that claim the lives of hundreds of children and women daily.
At the end of this month, the Knesset will go on summer recess, during which Netanyahu will breathe a sigh of relief and ease the pressures before he enters into a truce laden with pretexts and excuses, guaranteeing him a way back to continue the slaughter.
In the face of all this ambush against the people and the cause, which has never stood on the brink of existential dangers since the Nakba as it does today, what is required of all the nation, the authority and factions, loyalists and opponents in the homeland and in the diaspora, is to overcome differences, bridge the gaps, and stop the exchange of accusations, to provide a way out that minimizes the damage and curbs the fury of the evil ones who are ganging up on our people, killing, starving, displacing, and settling extermination, in implementation of plans that it is time to bring out of their files, to undermine the national project, in implementation of the plan of decisiveness through burning, killing, and erasure.

The Israeli occupation launched a war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, leaving a large number of dead and massive destruction to the Strip and its infrastructure.

Deaths

According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, at least 58,000 Palestinian civilians, half of them women and children, have been killed and 138,520 others injured since October 2023.

The United Nations reported that 798 Palestinians have been killed while trying to obtain food since late May, when the US-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began distributing food.

615 Palestinian civilians were killed near the organization's sites, while 183 were killed on the routes of UN aid convoys.

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said that Gaza's population decreased to 2,129,724 people, down from 2,226,544 people in 2023.

displacement

Since March 18, the Israeli occupation army has issued 54 displacement orders, covering approximately 81% of the Gaza Strip.

The World Food Programme said this means that more than 700,000 people have been displaced during this period. Since July 8, Israel has occupied 86% of the Gaza Strip.

starvation

The World Food Programme said it has sent more than 1,200 trucks carrying 18,247 tons of food aid since May 21, when border crossings reopened to limited quantities of its aid.

According to the UN, approximately 470,000 Palestinians are expected to face "catastrophic hunger" between May and September of this year. Some 90,000 children and women are in urgent need of treatment.

Damages

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that an estimated 436,000 housing units (92% of the total) were damaged or destroyed, with 70% of all buildings and 81% of all roads in the Strip damaged or destroyed.

A UN report issued last April stated that 83% of arable land, 83% of agricultural water wells, and 71% of greenhouses were destroyed.

health care

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 18 of Gaza's 36 hospitals are still only partially functioning.

Ten of Gaza's 16 field hospitals are operating, and just over a third of Gaza's primary health care centers are partially functioning.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that more than one million children need some form of psychosocial support.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs revealed that 1,580 healthcare workers were killed in the occupation's bombing of health facilities and the Gaza Strip.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced his opposition to Israel's plan to establish a so-called "humanitarian city" in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

This came in statements to the German channel ARD on Sunday, in response to a question about the "humanitarian city" project that Tel Aviv is planning to implement.

Meretz stressed that he has been dissatisfied for weeks with the Israeli government's practices in the Gaza Strip.

He explained that he had repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction and that he had also discussed these issues with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Meretz expressed his hope for reaching a two-state solution to the Palestinian issue in cooperation with the Americans.

He said: "The Palestinian people have the right to have a place to live, but what is happening now in the Gaza Strip is unacceptable."

Germany has been widely criticized as one of Israel's most prominent political and military supporters in its genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

With full American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 196,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands displaced.

Medical sources in Gaza announced Sunday evening that two journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their home in Gaza City. This brings the number of journalists killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, to more than 230 martyrs from the journalistic family.

A WAFA correspondent reported that journalist Hussam Al-Adlouni was killed along with his wife and three children in an airstrike that targeted a tent housing displaced people in the Mawasi area of Al-Qarara town, northwest of Khan Yunis. Journalist Fadi Khalifa was killed in a direct airstrike while he was inspecting his home in the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

This comes after the martyrdom of Palestine Today correspondent Ahmed Abu Aisha three days ago, when he was targeted by an Israeli drone while in front of his home west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

For its part, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate mourned the martyred colleagues, considering their targeting a new crime added to the occupation's dark record against the Palestinian press, in an ongoing attempt to silence the free voice and obscure the truth.

The Syndicate confirmed in a previous statement that "the Israeli occupation is pursuing a systematic policy of targeting journalists and media institutions, in flagrant violation of all international conventions that guarantee the protection of journalists during armed conflicts."

In the same context, international media centers expressed deep concern over the increasing targeting of journalists in the Gaza Strip, considering that the ongoing Israeli war has witnessed "the highest levels of violence against journalists in 30 years." They called for an end to these violations and the opening of serious investigations into the killings of media professionals.

It's worth noting that the death toll in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023, has risen to 58,026, with 138,520 injured, according to the Ministry of Health. Many victims remain buried under the rubble of destroyed homes and in the streets, with rescue crews unable to reach them due to the intensity of the bombing and the dangerous conditions.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that the fuel shortage in Gaza is placing "an unbearable new burden on Palestinians teetering on the brink of famine," and threatens a complete halt to UN relief operations amid the ongoing Israeli blockade of the Strip.

UNRWA highlighted, in a post on its X platform on Sunday, the contents of a joint UN statement confirming that fuel shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, and without sufficient fuel, the Strip will face a collapse in humanitarian efforts.

The statement was issued Saturday evening by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Office for Project Services, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and UNRWA.

UNRWA republished details of the statement, which emphasized that fuel is the "lifeblood" of the Gaza Strip, powering hospitals, water and sewage networks, ambulances, and all aspects of humanitarian operations.

He pointed out that "fuel supplies are essential to move the fleet transporting essential goods through the Strip, and to operate a network of bakeries that produce fresh bread for affected Palestinians, including the 2.1 million people who need these vital resources."

After nearly two years of war, Palestinians in Gaza face significant hardship, including widespread food insecurity, according to the same statement.

The statement continued: "When fuel runs out, it places a new and unbearable burden on Palestinians teetering on the brink of starvation."

The UN statement concluded by saying, "Without sufficient fuel, UN agencies responding to this crisis will likely be forced to halt their operations entirely. This means no health services, no clean water, and no ability to deliver aid."

Earlier today, municipalities in central and southern Gaza announced the suspension of essential services due to a complete cut in fuel supplies needed to operate water wells, sewage treatment plants, and waste collection vehicles, amid the ongoing Israeli blockade and Tel Aviv's war of extermination against the Strip.

This came in a joint statement issued by the municipalities of the Middle Governorate and the Solid Waste Management Council of the local authorities in the governorates of Rafah, Khan Yunis, and the Middle Governorate.

Gaza's health system is also suffering from a complete collapse due to the deliberate Israeli targeting of the remaining hospitals and health centers operating in the Strip, on the one hand, and the shutdown of the remaining hospitals and medical centers due to the worsening fuel crisis resulting from the Israeli closure of the crossings since last March.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a war of genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

The genocide, backed by the United States, left more than 196,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that claimed the lives of many, including dozens of children.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah, and the village of Ein Qiniya, to the west, on Sunday evening.

According to local sources, an Israeli occupation force stormed the town of Sinjil and took up positions in the "Tall" area on the outskirts of the town, without any arrests being reported.

An occupation army force also stormed the village of Ein Qiniya, without any arrests or raids being reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed criticism of the negotiations to release hostages in the Gaza Strip. Responding to reports that the government rejected the deal, Netanyahu criticized the news outlets that broadcast it, saying, "They always repeat Hamas propaganda, but they are always wrong. We accepted the deal; the deal of (US envoy) Steve Witkoff, and then the version proposed by the mediators. We accepted it, and Hamas rejected it."

According to Netanyahu, "Hamas wants to stay in Gaza. They want us to leave so they can rearm and attack us again and again. I will not accept this; I will do everything in my power to bring our hostages home. I will meet the families... I know their pain and suffering. I am determined to bring the hostages home and eliminate Hamas."

Netanyahu was asked about opinion polls showing that most of the public supports the deal. He replied, “Of course, I also support the deal, but they don’t tell you who the other side is. The polls are manipulated, and they always mislead public opinion. They don’t ask: Do you want a hostage deal that keeps Hamas in place? That allows them to repeat the rape, murder, kidnappings, and invasions? No, that’s not what they mean. All of a sudden, the numbers flip completely. Everything is manipulated.”

Netanyahu concluded his remarks by saying, "We must do the right thing, insist on the release of the hostages, and insist on the other goal of the Gaza war, which is to eliminate Hamas and ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. This is what I am doing, and I will not abandon any of these tasks."

"Critical Hours"

In a related development, Palestinian media outlets quoted a senior Hamas official as saying that ceasefire negotiations in Gaza had reached "critical hours."

According to the Times of Israel, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad-affiliated Palestine Today channel quoted a senior Hamas official as saying that ceasefire negotiations in Gaza have reached a difficult stage, and that the coming hours will be crucial.

The official, who was not named, added that mediators are working to advance the talks, stressing that they are still facing Israeli intransigence.

Two informed Palestinian sources reported on Saturday evening that ceasefire negotiations in Gaza are facing a "stalemate" due to Israel's insistence on presenting a withdrawal map that would leave approximately 40 percent of the Strip under its military control.

One of the sources told Agence France-Presse that "the Doha negotiations are facing stumbling blocks and complex difficulties due to Israel's insistence on a withdrawal map it presented on Friday, which calls for the redeployment and repositioning of the Israeli army, not a withdrawal. It includes keeping military forces on more than 40 percent of the Gaza Strip, which Hamas rejects."

The second source said, "Israel continues its policy of procrastination and obstructing the agreement in order to continue its war of extermination."

Gaza truce negotiations continued in the Qatari capital, Doha, amid accusations from Hamas that Israel is obstructing peace talks, and optimistic US-Israeli talk of a breakthrough in the talks and an agreement "imminent" within "a few days."

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on Sunday that more than 5,800 Palestinian children were diagnosed with malnutrition in the Gaza Strip during June.

A famine is spreading in Gaza, claiming the lives of many, including dozens of children, as a result of an Israeli war of extermination that includes a siege and systematic starvation, according to the Ministry of Health in the Strip.

UNICEF said, via the X platform, "More than 5,800 children were diagnosed with malnutrition in Gaza last June."

She explained that this includes "more than a thousand children suffering from severe acute malnutrition."

UNICEF reported that this figure represents "an increase for the fourth consecutive month."

She stressed the need to "deliver aid quickly and on a large scale" to Palestinians in Gaza.

For 18 years, Israel has been besieging Gaza, leaving approximately 1.5 million Palestinians out of a population of approximately 2.4 million in the Strip homeless after their homes were destroyed in the war of extermination.

Earlier on Sunday, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned, via its Twitter account, of a rise in malnutrition cases in Gaza since last March, due to Israel's blocking of humanitarian aid.

Since March 2, Israel has closed Gaza's crossings to aid trucks piled up at the border, allowing only a few dozen trucks into the Strip, while Palestinians in the Strip need at least 500 trucks per day.

The agency said that cases of malnutrition have increased in its clinics since the Israeli government tightened the blockade.

She informed him that "since March, UNRWA has not been allowed to deliver any humanitarian aid to the area."

She added that there are severe restrictions on essential medical supplies.

The agency continued, saying that medical staff had to prioritize patients with critical illnesses, especially children affected by malnutrition.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a war of genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

The genocide, with American support, left more than 196,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, more than 10,000 missing, and hundreds of thousands displaced.

Six people were killed and around 20 others injured in clashes on Sunday between Bedouin tribes and local fighters in the Druze-majority Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria, according to a local website.

According to Agence France-Presse, the Suwayda 24 news platform reported, citing medical sources, that "six people were killed, including a child, and approximately 20 others were injured as a result of clashes and mutual shelling" in the al-Maqous neighborhood east of the city.

Ten civilians were killed and dozens injured Sunday evening after Israeli airstrikes targeted various areas in Gaza City and Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to medical sources, five civilians were killed and 20 others were injured when an Israeli drone bombed a group of civilians in the Khan Yunis neighborhood, south of the Gaza Strip.

A medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital reported the arrival of three dead and a number of wounded after Israeli aircraft bombed the tents of displaced people in the Al-Fayrouz area, northwest of Gaza City.

Two citizens were killed after Israeli warplanes targeted a group of citizens near the Sanafour intersection in the Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City.

Five civilians were also injured after Israeli tanks opened fire on them south of the slaughterhouse area, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, in conjunction with heavy shelling, bullets, and helicopter gunship fire.

The occupation army's artillery also bombed Al-Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Sources in Gaza hospitals announced the deaths of 76 citizens in Israeli airstrikes on the Strip since dawn today, including 38 in Gaza City.

The Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights documented 309 violations committed by the Israeli occupation army and settlers during the month of June in various areas of the occupied West Bank.

The organization stated, in a report published on Sunday, that these violations were concentrated in the governorates of Ramallah (central), Nablus, Salfit, Hebron, Tubas, and the Palestinian Jordan Valley (northeast).

She noted that "the army and settlers committed 55 violations in Ramallah, 53 in Nablus, 60 in Hebron, 20 in Jericho, 31 in Tubas and the Jordan Valley, 29 in Salfit, 15 in Jerusalem, 13 in Qalqilya, 24 in Bethlehem, 7 in Tulkarm, and 2 violations in Jenin."

Al-Baydar asserted that "these violations are part of a systematic campaign aimed at undermining the Palestinian presence and forcibly displacing residents of communities through multiple strategies including demolition, confiscation, arrest, and physical assault, in addition to isolating Bedouin communities and imposing restrictions on their movement."

The organization stated that "the violations included the demolition of homes and tents made of primitive materials, as well as agricultural and pastoral facilities, which represent a primary source of livelihood for the population."

It also documented "widespread confiscation campaigns of agricultural equipment, grazing vehicles, and vital water sources such as wells and ponds, which constitutes a direct targeting of basic infrastructure and threatens the resilience of the population on their lands," according to Al-Baydar.

The organization considered that "these violations are not isolated incidents or the result of random events, but rather part of a systematic Israeli policy managed through multiple arms: the army, the civilian occupation authorities, and settler groups, all of which are working to empty the land of its original owners."

The Palestinian Commission Against the Wall and Settlements (governmental) documented 11,280 attacks carried out by the Israeli army and settlers in the occupied West Bank during the first half of 2025.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with full American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, leaving more than 196,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands displaced.

In parallel with the genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army and settlers escalated their attacks in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, resulting in the deaths of at least 998 Palestinians and the injury of approximately 7,000 others, according to Palestinian data.

The International Committee of the Red Cross announced that the field hospital in Rafah yesterday received 132 people with gunshot wounds near aid distribution sites, 31 of whom were killed.

This is the largest influx of casualties to the hospital since it began operating in May of last year. More than 3,400 injured people have been treated, while more than 250 deaths have been recorded.

The committee said, "The vast majority of injuries were caused by gunfire," noting that "all of the injured were trying to reach food distribution sites."

The committee described the situation as "unacceptable," noting that the severity of these incidents "reflects the horrific conditions facing civilians in Gaza," and called for "providing the necessary medical care to the injured as quickly as possible, and allowing the rapid and unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid."

The committee emphasized that its teams are working under significant challenges to provide healthcare amid the ongoing military escalation, which is exacerbating the suffering of Gaza's residents.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a war of genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

The US-backed genocide left approximately 195,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing. Hundreds of thousands were displaced, and a famine claimed the lives of many, including dozens of children.

For its part, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Sunday that its teams are continuing their work to assist the most vulnerable groups in Gaza.

UNRWA said in a post on its Facebook page that its clinic in Gaza has seen an increase in the number of malnutrition cases since last March, when the Israeli government imposed the blockade.

"UNRWA has not been allowed to provide any humanitarian assistance since then," she added, noting that "despite the severe shortage of supplies necessary for treatment, our teams continue their work in Gaza to assist the most vulnerable, including nutritional assessments for children."

In a statement issued Sunday, The New York Times rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's denial of a lengthy report published on Friday, July 11, that he is prolonging the war on Gaza in order to remain in power, stressing that this response "does not refute the facts."

According to the newspaper's extensive report, Netanyahu prolonged the war on Gaza to serve his political goals of improving his domestic image and remaining in power.

Among the actions cited in the New York Times report were Netanyahu's cancellation of a Gaza truce that would have secured the release of at least 30 hostages, due to threats by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to bring down the government, and his obstruction of White House efforts to secure Israeli-Saudi normalization conditioned on an end to the Gaza war, over the opposition of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

In a statement issued Saturday, Netanyahu's office claimed that The Times' coverage "defames Israel, its people, its brave soldiers, and its prime minister," praising Netanyahu's decisions after October 7, which he said led to "the greatest military victories in history."

In its response on Sunday, The Times stated that its investigation was based on "dozens of government records, military documents, and interviews with more than 110 officials in Israel, the United States, and the Arab world."

The newspaper said in its statement: "Our role as independent journalists is to report and expose vital information in the public interest, and to hold leaders accountable regardless of their party affiliation. The Prime Minister's Office statement does not refute the facts of this report." The newspaper emphasized that "what The Times investigation shows in detail is how prolonging the Gaza war helped Mr. Netanyahu remain in power."

In its report, The Times noted that Netanyahu's office "refused multiple interview requests and did not respond to a detailed list of findings" in the article.

According to the report, the Gaza truce proposal that Netanyahu canceled in April 2024 would have provided an opportunity to permanently end the war and release the remaining hostages, similar to the agreement currently under discussion in Doha.

The report added that moving forward with the agreement would have increased the chances of reaching a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia, whose leadership had been secretly indicating its willingness to accelerate peace talks with Israel if the Gaza war ended.

The Times also touched on Netanyahu's "troubled relations with senior security officials," noting that he repeatedly rejected their assessments that growing internal rifts stemming from his government's controversial judicial reform were viewed by Israel's opponents as an invitation to attack in the run-up to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.

During the war, Netanyahu's suspicions of security officials grew so strong that he ordered generals to be screened before meeting him to ensure they were not recording the conversations, according to the report.

A new Freedom Flotilla ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists and humanitarian aid set sail from the Sicilian port of Syracuse on Sunday, Agence France-Presse reported, more than a month after Israel intercepted a previous vessel.

The ship "Handala," belonging to this international nonviolent movement in support of the Palestinians, set sail from the port of Syracuse at 12:00 PM (10:00 GMT), carrying approximately 15 activists. The ship will attempt to reach the besieged Gaza Strip, which is facing a catastrophic humanitarian situation after a war that has lasted more than twenty months.

Dozens of people gathered at the port, some carrying Palestinian flags or keffiyehs, chanting "Free Palestine," according to Agence France-Presse.

The ship, which contains medical supplies, food, baby supplies, and medicine, is scheduled to sail for an average of one week to cross the 1,800-kilometer distance to the coast of Gaza.

The voyage, funded by donation campaigns, aims to "show humanitarian and international solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza," Claude Leustek, the Freedom Flotilla's coordinator in France, told AFP on Saturday.

The ship will stop in Gallipoli, southeastern Italy, where two MPs from the France Insoumise (LFI) party, Gabriele Catala and Emma Foro, will join the activists on July 18.

"This is a mission for the children of Gaza, to break the siege, to bring in humanitarian aid, and to break the summer silence about the genocide," said Gabrielle Catala.

She added, "I hope we reach Gaza. If we don't, it will be a new violation of international law, added to the record of the occupying entity."

This initiative comes six weeks after the Madeleine set sail from Italy on June 1, in an attempt to "break the Israeli blockade" on Gaza.

The sailing vessel was carrying 12 activists, including environmental activist Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament for the France Insoumise party. Hassan was arrested three days after the ship was intercepted about 185 kilometers west of the Gaza coast.

Israel, which began its retaliatory military operations following a Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, imposed a humanitarian blockade on Gaza in early March, resulting in severe shortages of food, medicine, and other essential goods, which has only been partially eased.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, contacted several Likud ministers on Sunday in an attempt to persuade them to oppose the prisoner exchange deal, which also includes a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

According to estimates, there are approximately 10 ministers who are likely to oppose the deal and possibly contribute to its failure, according to what Israel's Channel 12 reported today, citing "informed" sources. There are also speculation that Ben-Gvir will resign from the government if the deal goes through.

Given Ben-Gvir's opposition to the agreement, and the lack of tangible progress in the negotiations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with Ben-Gvir later today. The security and political cabinet is scheduled to convene this evening to discuss the progress of the negotiations.

Netanyahu met overnight with Religious Zionism Party leader Bezalel Smotrich at his office in an attempt to avert a coalition crisis that could lead to the government's collapse, given the extreme right's opposition to any deal that might end the war on Gaza.

Last night, Minister and Cabinet member David Amsalem commented on the possibility that Ben-Gvir and Smotrich's withdrawal from the coalition could lead to the government's downfall, saying, "Anyone who wants to leave the government, let him leave. I have never left anyone who doesn't see the magnitude of the historic opportunity facing the State of Israel. Anyone who doesn't understand the importance of this moment misses everything."

Last week, in closed-door talks, Smotrich discussed the possibility of an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as part of a prisoner exchange deal, describing it as a "slap in the face." Smotrich strongly criticized "withdrawal from areas occupied with the blood of soldiers as part of a prisoner swap," calling it a "grave betrayal."

Ben-Gvir approached Smotrich earlier this month and urged him to join him in opposing the deal, telling him, "Let's act together as a bloc to thwart the prisoner swap." This call sparked a fierce backlash from the prisoners' families, who said at the time, "Smotrich and Ben-Gvir have forgotten what it means to be Jewish."

Currently, the Qatari capital, Doha, is witnessing a new round of indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israeli delegations, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, and with American participation, with the aim of reaching a new ceasefire agreement and prisoner exchange.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirmed that its teams are recording a sharp and unprecedented increase in cases of severe malnutrition among residents of the Gaza Strip, as a result of the tightened blockade imposed by the Israeli occupation. The organization stressed the need to bring food and medical supplies into Gaza immediately and on a sustained basis to avert an imminent humanitarian disaster.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) explained that its clinics in Al Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip, and Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, recorded the highest number of malnutrition cases, treating more than 700 pregnant and breastfeeding women, in addition to nearly 500 children suffering from severe and moderate malnutrition.

She also noted that the number of patients at the Gaza City clinic quadrupled in less than two months, rising from 293 cases in May to 983 cases at the beginning of July, including 326 children between the ages of six and 23 months.

"This is the first time we have seen malnutrition on such a serious scale in Gaza," said Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, MSF's deputy medical coordinator in Gaza. He emphasized that starving the population is a deliberate choice by the occupation, and can be ended as soon as widespread food entry is allowed.

The organization added that malnutrition is a direct result of occupation policies that limit food access to a minimum, while destroying local production capacity. This has led to unprecedented food prices and made basic food unaffordable for the majority of the population.

She noted that the average price of a kilogram of sugar reached $76, while the prices of potatoes and flour reached approximately $30 per kilogram, according to World Food Programme reports.

The organization also warned of the catastrophic impact of the continued collapse of the health system in the Gaza Strip, with sewage contamination increasing due to the destruction of infrastructure, and fuel restrictions halting the production of clean water, particularly threatening the lives of pregnant women and children.

Doctor Joan Perry of Doctors Without Borders confirmed that the neonatal intensive care unit at Al-Helu Hospital is severely overcrowded, with four to five babies sharing one incubator. She noted the case of pregnant women weighing less than 40 kilograms.

The organization explained that prior to October 2023, the sector relied on the entry of 500 aid trucks per day, but since March 2025, the number of trucks entering has generally not exceeded this number, amid the ongoing closure of crossings and the difficulty of producing food locally.

Under these conditions, many families live on one meal a day, often limited to rice, lentils, or pasta, with no bread, vegetables, or protein. Parents are also forced to abstain from food to feed their children.

In the same context, UNRWA warned of the deteriorating humanitarian and health conditions in Gaza, confirming the rise in malnutrition cases among children and vulnerable groups, while severe shortages of food and medicine continue.

The agency said that the continued blocking of supplies is exacerbating the crisis and threatening the lives of thousands of Palestinians, calling on the international community to intervene immediately to ensure the flow of vital aid.

She warned of an impending humanitarian catastrophe, with the collapse of the health system, rising poverty rates, and water and food shortages, particularly among women and children, who are most affected by the blockade.

The Government Media Office noted that the occupation has been completely preventing the entry of food, medicine, and fuel for more than three months, exacerbating the threat of famine and increasing the death toll from hunger and medicine shortages.

The government office described the occupation's policy as "systematic starvation," with the Strip deprived of flour, baby formula, and medical supplies, while 1.25 million people suffer from "catastrophic" levels of hunger, with 96% of them suffering from food insecurity.

Today, Sunday, settlers established a new colonial outpost on citizens' lands in the Minya area, southeast of Bethlehem.

Minya Village Council Chairman Zayed Kawazba said that a group of settlers had set up several tents in the southern part of the village.

He added that the establishment of this outpost came less than 24 hours after a barbaric attack launched by settlers in the nearby Wadi Sa'ir area, which resulted in the burning of a vehicle belonging to citizen Ihab Shalalda and the destruction of solar panels used by residents for lighting and watering their livestock.

"What is happening is a dangerous escalation in the forced displacement process," Kawazbeh added. "For weeks, our region has been subjected to repeated attacks by settlers, under the protection of the army, with the aim of forcing residents to leave their lands. Today, they are establishing a settlement outpost, confirming their premeditated intentions to seize the land."

Kawazbeh called on human rights and humanitarian organizations and international institutions to urgently intervene to halt this illegal settlement expansion, which constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions and threatens the Palestinian presence in the entire region.

He emphasized that Minya is one of the rural communities heavily targeted by settlements, with several illegal settlement outposts scattered around it, forming part of a plan to separate the southern West Bank from its center through a series of colonial expansions.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission stated that in the first half of 2025, settlers established 23 outposts on citizens' lands, most of them pastoral outposts, in the governorates of Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Qalqilya, Tubas, and Jerusalem. This is a continuation of the settlers' policy of imposing facts on the ground under the full auspices of the occupation army.

The ceasefire and prisoner exchange negotiations between the occupying state and Hamas are at a particularly sensitive moment, amid growing political divisions within Israel and a widening rift between security considerations and ideological alignments. While regional and international parties, led by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, are seeking to push the deal forward, Benjamin Netanyahu's government appears mired in multiple crises that threaten its continuity. Chief among these are fierce opposition from within the far-right coalition and the crisis surrounding the legislation of the Haredi conscription law, which could tear the coalition apart from within.

Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich lead a hardline faction that opposes any agreement with Hamas. They view an understanding with the movement as tantamount to surrender, a missed "historic opportunity" to eradicate it, and the imposition of new realities, including the displacement of the Palestinian population from Gaza and the establishment of settlements in the Strip.

The opposition to Ben-Gvir and Smotrich is motivated by ideological and doctrinal principles, not merely political tactics. This makes it more difficult to convince them of a deal, even if it serves the coalition's goals and plans for the Gaza Strip and the region, including the return of the kidnapped prisoners, or a ceasefire.

On the other hand, Benjamin Netanyahu appears besieged. On the one hand, he is under pressure from the families of the hostages and Israeli public opinion, as well as international partners who want to de-escalate the situation. On the other hand, he fears losing his fragile coalition if he proceeds with the deal without the support of the religious and nationalist right.

Netanyahu is hesitant to make a decision, and it appears that balancing these pressures has become almost impossible, especially in light of the rapid developments on the Gaza front and the additional complications at home.

Despite widespread Israeli support for the release of the hostages held by Hamas, the issue has become a political flashpoint within the government. Opposition leader Yair Lapid offered what he called a "parliamentary safety net" to support the deal, stating that the Knesset could pass it despite opposition from extremists. However, Netanyahu refuses to rely on opposition support for fear of disintegrating his coalition, deepening his political deadlock.

While Israeli security agencies warn that a failure of negotiations could prompt the army to launch a major military operation in Gaza City, including evacuating residential areas and encircling the camps in the central region (Nuseirat, Bureij, Maghazi, and Deir al-Balah), the operation, while potentially weakening Hamas, would exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe.

In contrast, Hamas is aware of the depth of the Israeli division and is betting that time may work in its favor, whether by improving the terms of negotiations or by deepening the internal Israeli impasse.

In parallel with the division over Gaza, Netanyahu's government is facing a severe crisis over the law exempting ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service. According to the newspaper Maariv, Netanyahu has made a strategic decision: either pass the law within the two remaining weeks of the parliamentary term, or head to early elections.

The ultra-Orthodox parties, which are a key partner in the government, consider the passage of the law a "red line" and have threatened to dissolve the coalition if it fails. Meanwhile, within Likud itself, there are voices opposed to concessions to the ultra-Orthodox, deepening the division within the ruling party.

Failure to pass the law could lead to the dissolution of the Knesset in November or December, with the possibility of holding elections in February or March 2026—dates that take into account religious considerations specific to the Haredi community.

These developments demonstrate that Israel is not merely facing a hostage crisis, but rather a structural crisis in governance, coalition, and the political identity of the occupying state. The extreme right has become more of a disruptive force than a partner in governance, the army and security services are leaning toward appeasement, and the political leadership capable of making critical decisions at crucial moments is absent.

The occupying state continues its war of extermination without letup, and the coming weeks will be decisive. Either Netanyahu moves toward a comprehensive settlement that includes a prisoner exchange and a conscription law, or Israel will slide into early elections amid sharp polarization and a persistent security threat. In any case, Gaza remains at the heart of the genocide, while Israel faces a moment of internal self-determination no less dangerous than the confrontation with Hamas.

In light of this, US President Donald Trump's position remains ambiguous, or perhaps aligned with Netanyahu's call for the continuation of the war and pressure on Hamas. There are indications that Trump has given Netanyahu an undeclared green light to continue military operations, taking advantage of the lack of serious international pressure, whether from Western capitals or the Arab world, to impose an urgent negotiated solution or halt the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli intelligence reports and leaks indicate that the occupation government has drawn up clear plans to complete its control over the remaining Gaza Strip by forcibly displacing the remaining population to the city of Rafah, using military force. According to these plans, Israel intends to establish massive tent detention camps, housing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, under the label of a "humanitarian city," a name that does not conceal the nature of the crime, which is represented by mass ethnic cleansing.

This is a pivotal moment in Gaza's history, not only in terms of the military reality, but also in terms of the future of the Palestinian presence in the Strip itself. Much depends on the Palestinians' ability, politically and socially, to confront the scenario of mass displacement and exploit the complexities of the Israeli situation, not to prolong the tragedy, but to achieve a genuine negotiating breakthrough that will stop the war and protect the Palestinians.

The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 58,026 dead and 138,520 wounded. Since the resumption of the war on March 18, 2025, the death toll has reached 7,450 dead and 26,479 wounded as of Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Regarding victims of those awaiting or searching for aid, the ministry reported that hospitals received 28 dead and more than 180 injured in this category over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll of those "dead of a living" to 833 and 5,432 injured since the start of the aggression.

Israel continues its war on the Gaza Strip for the 646th consecutive day, amid intense air and artillery strikes targeting various areas across the Strip, causing widespread destruction to residential neighborhoods. Meanwhile, field operations are escalating and the humanitarian situation is worsening.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed that its teams continue to provide humanitarian services in the Gaza Strip, despite significant challenges and a severe shortage of essential medical supplies.

The agency said in a statement on its official website on Sunday that its clinics inside the Gaza Strip have witnessed a "significant increase in the number of malnutrition cases," particularly among children and the most vulnerable groups, since the beginning of the tightened Israeli blockade on Gaza last March.

UNRWA noted that restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, are exacerbating the health and living conditions of the population, calling on the international community to "take urgent action to ensure the delivery of vital supplies and end the worsening suffering."

The agency warned that the continuation of this situation portends an imminent humanitarian disaster, given the near-total collapse of the health infrastructure and rising rates of poverty and malnutrition, particularly among children and women.

Baha Rahal

Netanyahu returned from Washington after holding three meetings described as important with President Trump at the White House. Observers believed these meetings would lead to an end to the war and genocide, a halt to the slaughter, an end to the unjust blockade, and the entry of urgent food and medical aid. However, the situation went against all expectations, and the chapters of the war continued with their brutality. The only exceptions from that visit were Trump's usual statements, which take on a propaganda form that has become a well-known feature of all his statements and the prevailing acrobatic style that he presents to the media.
Trump's meeting with Netanyahu at the White House was a charade, especially as they expressed gratitude and affection to each other. Netanyahu then came out with Trump's nomination paper for the Nobel Prize, followed by Trump's amazement, as he expressed his surprise at the situation and said he had no idea. This is also part of Trump's propaganda for himself. Netanyahu, meanwhile, laughed, finding a welcome in the White House that he had never received before in the Knesset, or in any other forum.
Despite the chaotic image of the Trump-Netanyahu meetings, the outcomes of these three meetings remained hidden from the media. They did not result in a ceasefire in Gaza, nor did they offer solutions to numerous other issues on the Arab and regional levels, nor did they reveal the fates and tragedies the two leaders agreed upon for the entire region.
This ambiguity is cause for concern. Not enough information has emerged about what they agreed upon, nor what transpired during the meetings, which took a different form, away from the press and the usual statements from President Trump. This raises many questions about what transpired in those meetings.
The foolish show that pervaded the meetings, especially regarding the charade of Trump's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, expresses the height of absurdity. It also represents Trump's indifference to the issue of the massacres committed against innocent people in Gaza, and the ongoing death and hunger. It also demonstrates his complete approval of everything happening by the Trump administration, which has repeatedly expressed its admiration for a figure who has committed the most heinous wars of genocide in modern history, like Netanyahu.
Amid all this, while negotiations stagnate in the Qatari capital, Doha, the carnage and death continue in Gaza, and people are waiting every second for an agreement in shelters and displacement tents, without food, drink, or nourishment, with no choice but to wait.

The United Nations has warned that fuel shortages in the Gaza Strip have reached "critical levels," threatening to exacerbate the suffering of the war-ravaged enclave's residents.

Seven UN agencies affirmed in a joint statement last night that "fuel is the backbone of survival in Gaza."

The agencies spoke of the need for "fuel to operate hospitals, water and sewage systems, ambulances, and all aspects of humanitarian operations," also noting the need for fuel for bakeries.

The besieged Gaza Strip has been facing a severe fuel shortage since the start of the devastating war on October 7, 2023.

Agencies, including the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization, and the World Food Programme, warned that "fuel shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels."

She noted that "the people of Gaza, after nearly two years of war, are facing extreme hardship, particularly widespread food insecurity. When fuel runs out, this places a new and unbearable burden on a population already on the brink of starvation."

The United Nations said that agencies responding to the massive humanitarian crisis in parts of the Gaza Strip devastated by Israeli bombing and threatened by famine "may be forced to completely halt operations" if sufficient fuel is not available.

"This means there is no health services, no clean water, and no ability to provide aid," she continued.

"Without sufficient fuel, Gaza faces a collapse of humanitarian relief efforts," she added, warning that "without fuel, bakeries and community kitchens cannot operate. Water and sanitation systems will shut down, depriving families of safe drinking water as solid waste and sewage accumulate in the streets."

"These conditions expose families to the spread of deadly diseases and bring Gaza's most vulnerable groups closer to death," the agencies said in their statement.

The warning comes days after the United Nations was able to bring fuel into Gaza for the first time in 130 days.

While UN agencies described this as a "welcome development," they said the 75,000 liters of fuel they were able to bring in was only "a small fraction of what is needed daily to maintain daily life and continue providing vital aid."

"Fuel must be allowed into Gaza in sufficient quantities and on a regular basis to support life-saving operations," she added.

The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced this morning, Sunday, that the death toll from Israeli shelling since dawn on Sunday has risen to 36, including 18 citizens killed in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Civil Defense stated that Israeli airstrikes targeted homes and densely populated residential neighborhoods, resulting in widespread destruction and a large number of injuries. This comes amid ongoing aerial and artillery bombardment and an escalating humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

This morning, Israeli forces opened fire on a gathering of civilians waiting to receive humanitarian aid in the vicinity of the Shakoush area, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Field sources reported civilian casualties, amidst a state of panic among residents. Israeli attacks on populated areas continue, exacerbating the suffering of residents already facing catastrophic humanitarian conditions.

Meanwhile, the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced that nine civilians were killed and others, including children, were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a gathering of civilians filling water tanks in the new camp north of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.

Rescue crews reported that the attack caused widespread destruction at the targeted site and caused panic among residents who were trying to secure water for their families amid the blockade and worsening water crisis in the Gaza Strip.

At dawn on Sunday, 10 Palestinians were killed in a new massacre perpetrated by the Israeli army, after the bombing of a home belonging to the Al-Arbid family in the Al-Sawarah area, west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The attack resulted in widespread destruction to the building and a number of injuries.

An Israeli airstrike targeting a house near Hamid Street in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City also killed five Palestinians, while warplanes continued to launch heavy raids on densely populated residential neighborhoods.

In the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, a child was killed and several others were injured when a home belonging to the al-Dayah family near the al-Mujamma' al-Islami mosque was bombed. The bombing caused panic among residents and destroyed large parts of the building.

Local sources also reported that a number of displaced persons were killed and injured in an airstrike targeting a house near Abu Halima station, west of Gaza City, amid ongoing intensive airstrikes and mounting human and material losses across the Gaza Strip.