75 Palestinians have been killed, 370 injured, and three have died due to famine over the past 24 hours. The international community reels in the wake of the “double-tap” strike on Nasser Hospital. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu calls the targeting of five more journalists a “tragic mishap.” Reuters and the Associated Press formally write to Israeli officials demanding answers. A sixth journalist, veteran investigative reporter Hassan Douhan, was killed yesterday in a separate incident in his tent in Khan Younis. Palestinian prisoners recently released from the Sde Teiman torture camp bear witness to the horrors within its walls. U.S. President Donald Trump promises a “conclusive ending” to the Gaza genocide within three weeks. Trump threatens to send U.S. troops to Baltimore, after doing so in D.C. and Chicago. An army veteran is detained after burning a flag outside the White House, as President Trump vows in an executive order “to prosecute those who incite violence or otherwise violate our laws while desecrating this symbol of our country” amid other executive orders signed Tuesday. Additional U.S. warships are sent to the southern Caribbean in an increasingly militarized response to “anti-drug trafficking.” A loud advocate for U.S. spending on Israel’s military, Ritchie Torres secretly bought up stock in weapons manufacturing. The value of the U.S. dollar slips against its peers asTrump aims to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Argentina’s financial markets tumble under a corruption scandal. North-South Korea relations deteriorate in the wake of the visit of Lee Jae Myung to the United States.
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The Genocide in Gaza
Seventy-five Palestinians were killed and 370 injured over the past 24 hours, according to the tally by the Gaza Health Ministry, including 17 killed and 122 injured while seeking aid. Three more have died due to starvation and malnutrition, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 303, including 117 children. The total death toll from Israeli aggression has risen to 62,819 martyrs and 158,629 injuries since October 7, 2023.
Out of an expected 3,000 trucks, only 467 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip over the past five days, according to a new report issued by Gaza’s Government Media Office, adding that the trucks were looted amid Israel’s policy of "engineering starvation and chaos.” The 30-day statistical report stated that only 2,654 trucks, out of the intended 18,000, arrived over the past month, representing less than 15% of the actual needs in the enclave. “We remind you that the Gaza Strip requires more than 600 trucks of various types of aid daily to meet the minimum needs of 2.4 million people,” the report continues, and “we hold the occupation and its allies fully responsible for the humanitarian catastrophe.”
Israel issued a new forced displacement order for northern Gaza’s Jabaliya residents, according to Hind Khoudary reporting from Deir el-Balah. Jabaliya is an area already emptied by Israeli airstrikes and military presence, and Israeli forces continue to press for displaced Palestinians to move further south. Many are moving west toward the coast because they cannot afford to evacuate, Khoudary reports.
Reuters and the Associated Press have formally demanded answers from Israeli officials after airstrikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis killed five journalists, including contractors and freelancers working with the two outlets. In a joint letter, the news agencies condemned the strike on a protected civilian site, questioned the credibility of IDF investigations, and urged Israel to allow independent journalists access to Gaza while ensuring accountability and press protections under international law.
The UN also calls for answers and justice after Israel’s attacks on Nasser Hospital.“The Israeli authorities have in the past announced investigations in such killings…but these investigations need to yield results,” UN rights office spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva. “There needs to be justice. We haven’t seen results or accountability measures yet,” he added.
In an interview with Ryan Grim, Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal described the immense risks his crews face, noting that 138 workers have been killed during the genocide but that their mission is humanitarian before salaries or anything else, he said. He recounted rescuing 50 people under drone fire in Tel al-Hawa, stressing that, despite six months without pay, not a single member has abandoned their work.
Watch: Krystal Ball debunks the Israeli claim that the UN fudged the metrics around declaring famine in Gaza. The notion that the Famine Review Committee manipulated its numbers originated with the Israeli X account, which said publicly that when it came to Somalia and Sudan, the IPC used a standard of 30 percent of malnourishment, whereas with Gaza, they used 15 percent, relying on a measurement known as MUAC, for “Mid-Upper Arm Circumference." To determine famine, as Krystal explains, officials prefer to take a detailed population survey of height and weight. When that’s not possible, measuring the depleting circumference of people’s arms is a substitute. Because the arm withers at a slower rate than the overall body, seeing a collapse of arm circumference is more alarming, which is why the threshold is set at 15 percent rather than 30 for that measurement. Her full breakdown is on Breaking Points.
Moayad Naeem Al-Saksak, a child with cancer, died after being prevented from leaving Gaza for treatment, with his condition worsened by acute malnutrition and famine.
Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill told Al Jazeera English that Israel is “systematically murdering the witnesses to its genocide,” including the five journalists killed at Nasser Hospital, calling it “a mass murder campaign being waged by a serial killer masquerading as a nation state.” He added that he has “never been more ashamed of our profession” as Western media continue to dehumanize Palestinians and justify the killing of their colleagues.
Ceasefire Negotiations and Israeli News
Thirteen Palestinians were released Saturday from Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman torture camp, where detainees report having to endure beatings, “disco torture” that weaponizes loud music and creates sleep deprivation, and deliberate medical neglect. Survivors, including a tearful young boy, urged the world to “save the remaining detainees,” as human rights groups highlight 77 Palestinian deaths since October 2023 from systemic abuse and mistreatment.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the deadly strike on Nasser Hospital a “mishap,” expressing apparent regret, while Israeli soldiers told Channel 14 it was deliberate, approved, and coordinated with senior command. Golani Brigade troops claimed they targeted a “Hamas-operated” surveillance camera at the site, describing it as a “terror target,” contradicting the IDF spokesperson’s preliminary inquiry and public statements of regret.
Ceasefire talks in Gaza have stalled as Trump promised a “conclusive ending” within weeks, claiming the genocide will soon be over. Meanwhile, Israel’s Channel 13 reports Netanyahu has declined to respond to the latest Hamas-accepted ceasefire proposal, instead exploring the possibility of occupying Gaza and focusing on a “comprehensive” plan for all captives, sidelining the current U.S.-mediated framework. Read Jeremy Scahill’s reporting on the current framework here.
Palestinian-Israeli lawmaker Ayman Odeh, frequently expelled from the Knesset for condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza, slammed Netanyahu over the Nasser Hospital airstrike declaring: “You are a liar to the core of your soul.”
West Bank
Israeli forces injured at least 24 people during their ongoing raid in central Ramallah and Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Among those injured is a 71-year-old man hit by rubber bullets and a 12-year-old child shot in the back near the local market.
The Jenin Camp Media Committee reports that after 217 days of continuous assault, Israeli forces have destroyed 70% of the camp, bulldozed over 650 buildings, and displaced nearly 22,000 residents. Infrastructure collapse, halted UNRWA services, and ongoing detentions by both Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces have left residents without medical care and under harsh conditions.
The family of 16-year-old Palestinian American Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, who is being held without trial in an Israeli prison, says his lawyer is still negotiating with the prosecutor and social media pressure, along with demands from U.S. officials, remain their strongest leverage, as the court appears reluctant to act.