Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 264th day, has killed at least 37,718 Palestinians — mostly women, children and infants –– and wounded 86,377, with 10,000+ believed to be buried under the debris of bombed homes and 9,500 abducted by Tel Aviv.The German and Dutch governments have issued advisories asking their citizens to leave Lebanon due to the risk of further escalation of conflict in the region.
"Germans in Lebanon are urgently asked to leave the country. The situation at the border between Israel and Lebanon is very tense," the ministry said on its X account. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the ruling party suspended Labor Senator Fatima Payman for supporting a motion in parliament to recognise a Palestine state, according to media reports.
Attention was drawn to the risk of the conflict spreading to a regional level, the sources said, referring to the escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. "We consider the disrespectful post by the Israeli Foreign Minister targeting our esteemed President as a tone that can only be adopted by an official of a state accused of genocide," said a ministry statement.
Former Israeli officials and academics urged the US to withdraw an invitation for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress next month, according to theA group of influential former Israeli leaders in an op-ed piece in the newspaper asked American lawmakers to withdraw the invitation for the address on July 24.
"An indictment was filed by the Israeli authorities against Sheikh Ekrima Sabri in the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court," Khaled Zabarqa toldHe said Israeli authorities considered Sabri's speech while offering his condolences to the families of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Jerusalem and Jenin as"incitement to terrorism.
Municipal teams backed by police cited the lack of a building permit for the demolition, witnesses said. The attacks targeted a building and two apartments in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, witnesses said. "Netanyahu convened a high-stakes discussion on Tuesday evening about the looming possibility that the ICC might heed the request of its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, and soon issue arrest warrants against him and Gallant,"Israeli forces pounded several areas across Gaza, and residents reported fierce fighting overnight in Rafah in the south of the Palestinian enclave.