Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours
The Palestinian health ministry reported on Sunday that at least 139 bodies had been brought to Gaza's hospitals in the past 24 hours, with a number of unaccounted people presumed dead under the rubble.
Medical officials told reporters that at least 24 Palestinians had been killed whilst on their way to a food distribution site near Rafah run by the controversial Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, nearly 800 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access aid in Gaza between late May, when the GHF launched its operations, and 7 July. Scores more have been killed since then.
Meanwhile, health officials said seven children were killed after an Israeli air strike targeted a water distribution site in central Gaza.
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A Palestinian family mourns their relative, after a child, was killed in Israeli strikes on tents sheltering displaced people, on 14 July 2025, in the southern Gaza Strip (Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
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