The genocidal war led by Israel on the besieged Gaza Strip entered its 297th day, with the Zionist occupation forces continuing to commit acts of genocide in Gaza through dozens of airstrikes, artillery shelling, and bloody massacres against civilians.
The following are the developments:
Thousands more Palestinians have fled a community in central Gaza in the face of new Israeli evacuation orders, worsening the humanitarian plight in an area already inundated with displaced people fleeing an assault in the south.
Israeli forces, which have now captured nearly the entire enclave in around 10 months of war, have spent the last several weeks launching major attacks on areas where they had previously claimed to have "uprooted Hamas fighters."
In its latest assault, Israel ordered residents on Sunday to flee Al-Bureij, just northeast of Deir.
"What is left? Deir? Deir is full of people. Everyone is in Deir. All of Gaza. Where should people go?" Aya Mansour told Reuters in Deir after fleeing from Bureij.
Gaza is ‘classic example of lost humanity,’ regrets Malaysian premier
The situation in Gaza is a “classic example” of “lost humanity,” Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has regretted.
Anwar called it an “unprincipled” attempt in the political, economic, and cultural spheres “where we have lost humanity.”
“(And) Gaza is classic example where in the name of democracy, you can allow and condone total chaos, oppression of the worst kind known to mankind in recent times,” the Malaysian prime minister told the 7th World Conference on Islamic Thought and Civilization in the northwestern Ipoh city.
Anwar said: “There is challenge, to offer a viable, meaningful, effective alternative and not to be in despair.”
Palestinian child dies of malnutrition amid Israeli siege on Gaza
A Palestinian child died of severe malnutrition caused by Israel’s crippling blockade on Gaza, according to a local medical source.
Ali Anas al-Tater, 6, breathed his last at the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City as a result of acute malnutrition exacerbated by the prolonged Israeli siege and the ensuing food crisis, the source told Anadolu.
Earlier this month, Hatem al-Hour, head of the neonatal department at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, warned that the number of Palestinians suffering from malnutrition was beyond the capacity of hospitals amid the ongoing Israeli war.
Palestinian death toll in Israel's war on Gaza climbs to 39,363
At least 39,363 people have been killed in almost 10 months of Israel's war on Gaza, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said.
The toll includes 39 deaths in 24 hours, according to ministry figures, which also list 90,923 people as having been wounded in Gaza since the war began on October 7, 2023.
UK's Starmer urges Israel to take steps towards Gaza ceasefire
Flights at Beirut airport have been cancelled or delayed with Lebanon's Middle East Airlines (MEA) saying disruptions to its schedule were related to insurance risks, as tensions escalate between Israel and Hezbollah.
Lufthansa said it had suspended five routes to and from Beirut by the group's carriers Swiss International Air Lines, Eurowings and Lufthansa up to and including July 30 "in an abundance of caution".
Beirut airport's flight information board and flight tracking website Flightradar24 show Turkish Airlines also cancelled two flights overnight on Sunday.
Türkiye-based budget carrier SunExpress, Turkish Airlines subsidiary AJet, Greek carrier Aegean Airlines, Ethiopian Air and MEA have also cancelled flights scheduled to land in Beirut on Monday, Flightradar24 shows.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told Israel's President Isaac Herzog there needed to be "immediate steps" towards a ceasefire in Israel's Gaza war.
"The Prime Minister said there must be immediate steps towards a ceasefire, so that hostages can be released and more humanitarian aid can get in for those in desperate need," Starmer's office said in a statement.
"The Prime Minister reiterated his ongoing support for Israel's right to self-defence in accordance with international law," the statement said.
Mossad chief returns to Israel following talks in Rome on ceasefire, hostage swap deal
The head of Israel's Mossad spy agency, David Barnea, returned to Tel Aviv after taking part in four-party talks in Rome in the latest push for a ceasefire in Gaza and prisoner swap deal with Hamas.
Israel is holding at least 9,500 Palestinians in its prisons and estimates that there are 115 Israeli hostages in Gaza. Hamas has announced that more than 70 prisoners were killed in Israeli air strikes on the enclave.
"At the (Rome) meeting, the sides discussed the document with the clarifications regarding the draft agreement conveyed from Israel," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on X.
"The negotiations on the main issues will continue in the coming days," it added.
Israel's Netanyahu delays evacuation of 150 sick, wounded children from Gaza to UAE
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed the evacuation of 150 sick and wounded Palestinian children from Gaza to the United Arab Emirates for treatment, an Israeli media outlet reported.
"A group of sick children from Gaza was supposed to leave for the UAE via Israel tomorrow (Monday), but after the Majdal Shams incident, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered a delay in their departure," the state-run broadcasting authority said.
It said Netanyahu decided to postpone the children's departure via Israel's Ramon Airbase. The authority did provide a new departure date for the sick children. There has been no comment from the UAE on the matter.
Algerian judoka dropped from Olympics before facing Israeli, officially for missing weight
Messaoud Dris of Algeria was dropped from the Paris Olympics judo competition Sunday night, officially for missing weight on the day before he was scheduled to take on Tohar Butbul of Israel.
The International Judo Federation issued a brief statement declaring Butbul the winner by walkover.
The bout was scheduled to be the first in the men's 73-kilogramme division Monday, but given its political implications, many suspected it would not happen from the moment Dris and Butbul were matched in the random draw last week.
