„On the day he was killed, he was restless in the afternoon and wanted to go outside. I told his sisters how much I wished I could take him out, but there are no places left for children to play.“
„He spent his whole life indoors. Even his cousins had been killed in Israeli air strikes, so he had no one to play with.“
Israeli forces have killed at least 11 more Palestinians in Gaza, including two children, bringing the death toll to 21 in the three days since US President Donald Trump announced a plan he described as a “monumental step” towards peace and security in the shattered enclave.
A cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah has barely held in recent weeks, just as Israel and Lebanon have worked to implement a separate, U.S.-brokered agreement to end months of fighting. That deal calls for Israel to gradually withdraw from territory in southern Lebanon.
Hamadi says the Basma family, who lived just across a lane from them in a neighborhood called the Nuns‘ Quarter, was killed in an airstrike in March — the parents along with all four of their children. The impact collapsed the house on top of them and two of the children — ages around 8 and 11 — are still under the rubble, she says.
„Now when I look at the neighborhood they are the only ones I can think about,“ she says.
She says in a quiet area full of older people, the family‘s four children brought life to the neighborhood. „They were the ones who made all the noise and activity,“ she says.
Hammadi says she used to drink coffee with the mother, who was in her late 30s. She would talk about waiting for her children to grow up.
„They were wonderful people,“ she says. „Now there‘s no one left from the family.“
GAZA, August 1, 2026 (WAFA) – Despite the ceasefire that went into effect in Gaza on October 11, Israeli breaches of the agreement have continued, with the death toll in the Gaza Strip rising to 73,349, mostly women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 174,162 others have also been injured.
This toll remains incomplete, as many victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews.
At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza despite an ongoing “ceasefire” in the latest violation of the agreement that was meant to help end the genocide.
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, two female IDF troops—a combat soldier and an intelligence officer—died by suicide this week. Israeli Military Police said they are investigating both deaths, which bring the number of active duty IDF troops who have killed themselves this year to at least 16. Haaretz said that at least nine former IDF soldiers have also committed suicide after completing their military service in 2026.
The latest deaths underscore what military officials, mental health professionals, and veterans have increasingly described as one of the most severe psychological crises the Israeli military has faced in decades.
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At least six Palestinians have been killed and 25 others wounded in Israeli air attacks across the Gaza Strip overnight, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
The latest casualties add to the mounting toll from Israel’s continuing bombardment of the besieged Palestinian territory.
GAZA, July 29, 2026 (WAFA) – Despite the ceasefire that went into effect in Gaza on October 11, Israeli breaches of the agreement have continued, with the death toll in the Gaza Strip rising to 73,335, mostly women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 174,052 others have also been injured.
This toll remains incomplete, as many victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews.
21,797 attacked seeking aid
185,390 injured
22,250 children killed
463 starved to death
13,640 women killed
1,701 medical personnel killed
262 journalists killed
140 first responders killed
4,361 settler attacks
74,428 killed
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Israeli settlers carried out attacks on a number of Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank early Sunday, setting fire to two mosques and other properties.
Sunday’s attacks were spurred by clashes that erupted in the village of Tell, in the northern West Bank, where a crowd of Israeli settlers, some armed, approached the Palestinian village Friday.
Villagers came out to confront them, and a standoff followed, with video appearing to show one of the Palestinians grabbing a settler’s weapon. Palestinian authorities said the settlers provoked the violence, while the Israeli military said both sides fired shots. Four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed.
NNA – Lebanese Army Command said that Israeli forces continue to carry out attacks and violate existing ceasefire understandings and international law through the systematic destruction of homes, shelling, machine-gun fire, land bulldozing, and the burning of olive groves and agricultural land across several areas in southern Lebanon.
In an issued statement by the Army‘s Orientation Directorate on Sunday, it indicated that the Israeli forces have demolished a water facility belonging to the Litani River Authority in Markaba and opened fire near army positions in Kfartebnit, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, and Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, disrupting its operations.
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Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least six Palestinians and wounded another 27 in the last 48 hours, the enclave‘s health ministry is reporting.
It added that two people have died after succumbing to prior wounds, and that emergency teams are unable to reach additional victims trapped under rubble.
21,797 attacked seeking aid
185,186 injured
22,238 children killed
463 starved to death
13,640 women killed
1,701 medical personnel killed
262 journalists killed
140 first responders killed
4,242 settler attacks
74,388 killed
Medical sources said that during the past 24 hours, 12 bodies, including a citizen who succumbed to wounds sustained earlier, and 12 injured individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza.
Since the ceasefire went into effect on October 11, the number of those killed and injured has reached 1,180 and 3,810, respectively. At least 802 bodies have also been recovered from under the rubble.
Israel‘s US-backed assault on Gaza has left more than 250,000 Palestinians dead, maimed, or missing since October 2023 and around 2 million people forcibly displaced, starved, or sickened. Over 21,500 children—1,022 of them babies—are among the more than 73,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces during the war that scholars, jurists, human rights groups, a panel of United Nations experts, and others say is a genocide.
Israel is facing a genocide case filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice and supported by nearly 20 nations, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant—his former defense minister who ordered the „complete siege“ on Gaza that fueled famine and disease—are wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder and forced starvation.
During his stay, Iranian minister is scheduled to hold separate meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.
(July 18, 2026)
Pakistan deployed the HQ-9 battery to Saudi Arabia in May 2026 under the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement, according to the Times of Islamabad and The Daily Star. The system is operated exclusively by Pakistani military personnel — not Saudi or American crews — and functions as a standalone package integrated with Pakistan’s own command-and-control architecture rather than with Saudi Arabia’s existing air defense network, according to Defence Security Asia reporting from May 2026. The Jerusalem Post noted that Pakistan “deploys the defenses as part of a package because of their interoperability with other Pakistani systems,” a formulation that carries an embedded concession: the HQ-9 is not interoperable with anything else at the base.
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The HQ-9 family’s combat record is now the most extensively documented peacetime marketing success that has failed every wartime test it has faced. During Operation Sindoor in May 2025, Indian Air Force Su-30MKI fighters launched two BrahMos-A air-launched cruise missiles at Pakistan’s Nur Khan Airbase near Rawalpindi, and Pakistan fired approximately 18 HQ-9B interceptors in response, according to Indian Defence Research Wing. The result was zero confirmed intercepts — both BrahMos missiles struck their targets, an 0-for-18 record that prompted Brandon J. Weichert, national security writer at The National Interest, to call the system “a Frankenstein’s Monster” reverse-engineered from Russian S-300 technology.
(July 18, 2026)
A report shared by Axios, said Iran allegedly fired a ballistic missile at a U.S. base in the Kingdom. Unverified videos circulating on social media purport to show a direct impact at Prince Sultan Air Base, though neither Washington nor Riyadh has officially confirmed the authenticity of the footage or the reported strike.
(July 18, 2026)
Pakistan reportedly warned Iran that any attack by Iran-backed Houthis on Saudi Arabia would be viewed as an attack on Pakistan, reaffirming its defence commitment to the Kingdom.
The warning follows recent Houthi missile strikes on Saudi Arabia, raising fears of a broader regional escalation and placing Islamabad under growing strategic pressure.
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“The family’s only surviving member is one child, who was not inside the house at the time of the strike,” Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the agency, told the AFP news agency.
NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that the total toll of the aggression from March 2 to July 16 has reached 4324 martyrs and 12224 wounded.
Last update: 2026-07-09
20,179 Children killed
12,500 Women killed
262 Press killed
1,701 Medical killed
173,615 Injured (total)
“The people who were participating in the [funeral] procession were coming out of the mosque [when] a drone strike targeted a group of people within the procession itself.”
GAZA, July 12, 2026 (WAFA) – The death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,223, with 173,654 people injured since October 7, 2023, medical sources in the enclave said Saturday.
At least four Palestinians were killed and others wounded on Sunday in an Israeli drone strike targeting Gaza City, according to Wafa news agency.
Wafa reported that an Israeli drone struck a metal workshop on al-Sinaa Street in southwestern Gaza City.
NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that the total toll of the aggression from March 2 to July 9 has reached 4,321 martyrs and 12,204 wounded.
NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that the total toll of the aggression from March 2 to July 6 has reached to 4319 martyrs and 12203 wounded
The sources added that since the ceasefire started on October 11 last year, the death toll has reached 1,076, while 3,474 people have been injured. They also said that 799 bodies have been recovered during the same period.
Health authorities noted that an unknown number of victims remain trapped beneath the rubble and on roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews are still unable to reach many affected areas.