- Spain seeks immediate suspension of EU agreement with Israel over HR violations in Gaza
GAZA/CAIRO: The health ministry in Gaza said the bodies of at least 39 killed people had been brought to hospitals and at least 317 people were wounded in Israeli attacks over the past 24-hour, international media reported.
The figures bring the number of people killed in the territory since the start of Israel’s 20-month onslaught to 55,998, with at least 131,559 wounded.
Israeli attacks have killed at least 5,685 Palestinians and injured 19,518 since Israel broke a ceasefire with Hamas in March.
Three citizens were killed and others injured on Monday morning by Israeli warplanes’ gunfire and shelling in the northern and southern Gaza Strip, Wafa reports.
Wafa correspondents reported, citing medical sources, that a citizen was killed as a result of direct Israeli airstrikes while waiting for aid southwest of Khan Younis and a number of people were injured.
The same sources added that rescue crews recovered the bodies of two martyrs who were killed by Israeli warplanes in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip.
They noted that there is a severe shortage of medicines and medical equipment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, and the number of wounded exceeds the doctors’ capacity to treat them.
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip confirmed that the number of people who have arrived at hospitals waiting for food aid has reached 450, and more than 3,466 injured since the aid distribution centres began operating late last month.
At least 4 civilians killed, others injured in Israeli attacks in central, southern Gaza
At least four citizens were killed and others injured in Israeli shelling of the central and southern Gaza Strip, Wafa reports.
Medical sources at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, central Gaza, reported that they received two slain civilians and 35 injuries as a result of Israeli forces targeting gatherings of citizens waiting for aid on Salah al-Din Street, south of Wadi Gaza.
They added that 16 seriously injured people were shot and transferred to hospitals in the central Gaza Strip.
A citizen was killed when an Israeli helicopter bombed a house in Deir al-Balah refugee camp.
Wafa’s local sources reported that Israeli drones targeted tents for displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding a number of citizens.
Spain seeks immediate suspension of EU association agreement with Israel over HR violations in Gaza
Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters he will ask the EU Council to approve an immediate suspension of the pact that governs the relationship between EU and Israel to protest against what he called human rights violations in Gaza, Reuters reports.
He also said he would ask the council to approve a embargo on weapons sold to Israel and approve sanctions on individuals who are undermining the two-state solution.
Italy against suspending EU-Israel accord, foreign minister says
Italy is against a suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement over alleged human rights violations in Gaza, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said, Reuters reports.
“Our position is different from that of Spain,” Tajani said on the sidelines of a meeting with EU colleagues in Brussels, referring to Spain’s support for a suspension of the deal.
Tajani said it was important to keep relations open with Israel, saying that this had facilitated the evacuation of some civilians out of Gaza.
500 Palestinian detainees barred from legal access in Israeli jails
The Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has warned of a dangerous escalation in Israel’s ongoing policy of denying legal access to Palestinian prisoners, Wafa reports.
The commission held the occupation authorities fully responsible for the lack of transparency surrounding human rights violations inside Israeli custody.
It further revealed that over the past 10 days, approximately 500 detainees, including women, have been denied visits by their legal representatives, describing it as a grave act of isolation and repression.
The commission called on the international community to intervene immediately and pressure Israel to comply with international law.
Tunisia expresses ‘unwavering support’ for Palestinians
Tunisian President Kais Saied, in a letter to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has reiterated Tunisia’s firm stance in support of the Palestinian people, Wafa reports.
In the letter, which was delivered today by the Tunisian ambassador, Saied expressed his appreciation for the Palestinian leadership’s gesture in awarding the “Knight of Palestine Medal” to the late Tunisian student, Fares Khaled, who passed away while raising the Palestinian flag at his university campus.
He stressed that this honor reflects the unity of purpose and destiny between Tunisia and Palestine.
He further affirmed Tunisia’s “unwavering support for the Palestinian people in their heroic struggle to defend their inalienable rights, sacred sites, and land”, the report adds.
UK bans Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws
Britain has said it will ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws, making it a criminal offence to belong to the pro-Palestinian campaign group, which last week damaged two UK military planes in protest at London’s support for Israel, AFP reports.
The so-called proscription of Palestine Action puts the group on a par with Hamas, al-Qaeda or the Islamic State under British law, banning anyone from promoting the group, arranging meetings or carrying its logo in public. Those breaching the rules could face up to 14 years in jail.
Interior minister Yvette Cooper said that the draft proscription order will be laid before Parliament on June 30 and would become law after it goes through the parliamentary process.
