- Sources at Gaza hospitals say 17 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids on the Strip since dawn.
- At least 10 Palestinians were killed on Friday while waiting for rations in Gaza, adding to nearly 800 similar deaths in the last six weeks, according to the United Nations, with Israel’s army saying it issued new instructions to troops following repeated reports of fatalities.
- Israeli officials have signalled they want the UN to remain the key avenue for humanitarian deliveries in Gaza, the deputy head of the World Food Programme said, noting the work of a controversial US aid group, GHF, was not discussed.
- The US State Department says it is aware of the reported death of a US citizen in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after reports emerged of Israeli settlers fatally beating a Palestinian American.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,762 people and wounded 137,656, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.
Israeli raids target several areas across occupied West Bank
According to several Palestinian news platforms, Israeli forces stormed the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces also stormed the town of Halhul, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied territory.
Meanwhile, videos published by local Palestinian platforms showed Israeli soldiers storming the village of Tayasir, east of Tubas.
There were no immediate reports on detentions.
At least 17 Palestinians reported killed in Israeli air strikes across Gaza: Sources
Sources from across Gaza hospitals said that 17 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids on the Strip since dawn.
Among those killed were three people from the same family living in a tent in the city of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, according to our colleagues from Al Jazeera Arabic, citing sources from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
Four other people were also reported killed in separate strikes in the Remal and Sheikh Radwan neighbourhoods of Gaza City, according to sources from al-Shifa Hospital.
Meanwhile, four more people were killed and 10 injured in an Israeli bombing of a house on Jaffa Street in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, a source from the al-Ahli Hospital said.
Gaza food aid sites under attack, UN says nearly 800 killed
The UN Human Rights office says nearly 800 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since May as they try to get humanitarian aid.
Most of the deaths are at sites run by the notorious GHF – a group backed by the US and Israel. On Friday alone, 10 people were killed at a GHF site in Rafah, southern Gaza.
The UN Human Rights Office spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, expressed grave concern over potential atrocity crimes, highlighting the impossible choice people face between starvation and being shot.
Muhanad Seloom, assistant professor of critical security studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, joined Al Jazeera to discuss the implications.
