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The United Nations Security Council is urged to press Hamas to disarm using every available diplomatic means, reflecting renewed international focus on disarmament amid ongoing Gaza tensions and after recent Israeli strikes; the piece situates the call within long-running Middle East peace efforts led by UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov and highlights the human impact in Gaza.
Israel said it killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the head of Hamas’ Qassam Brigades and a key planner of the Oct. 7 attacks, in an airstrike in Gaza, with funerals and casualties reported in Gaza City following the strike.
In the northern West Bank, a Palestinian family burying 80‑year‑old Hussein Asasa was interrupted by armed men from the nearby Sa‑Nur settlement who demanded the grave be exhumed, claiming the land near the settlement. The Israeli military surrounded the site, confiscated digging tools, and helped relocate the body to a nearby cemetery after the family chose to exhume it themselves rather than use a bulldozer. The incident, linked to Israel’s 2025 reauthorization of Sa‑Nur and ongoing West Bank tensions, highlights the rising influence of settlers and the military’s handling of such intrusions amid broader violence.
Palestinian ex-detainees describe dehumanizing treatment in Israeli prisons, including naked strip searches, dog attacks, and sexual assaults by guards, with accounts from Mohammed al-Bakri and a 17-year-old identified as Ahmed. Rights groups say such abuses are part of a broader, systematic pattern documented by Euro-Med Monitor and others, as about 9,600 Palestinians were detained last month (up from 5,250 prewar), including 350 children and 3,530 administrative detainees.
Eight Palestinians, including three children, were killed in two Israeli strikes on Gaza—five in Beit Lahia and three in Maghazi—with a Civil Defence first responder among the dead; Israel says it targeted a 'terrorist' near the Yellow Line, while Hamas denounces the attack. The ceasefire in Gaza remains fragile amid ongoing casualties and mutual accusations of violations since October.
An Israeli army reservist shot and killed two Palestinians in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, including a 14-year-old, according to AP.
Palestinian schoolchildren in Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta, staged a sit-in to demand access to their school after settlers blocked the road. Israeli forces fired teargas at the demonstrators on the first day back to class since the start of the Iran war; the military said the gathering was dispersed and reported no injuries. The incident highlights ongoing settler violence and movement restrictions affecting education in the West Bank.
A Palestinian was killed in the West Bank as violence in the occupied territories rises amid regional tensions connected to Iran's war, underscoring a widening security crisis.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the Kennedy Center’s decision to award Bill Maher the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, calling his pro-Israel stance and alleged anti-Muslim bigotry a glaring double standard. The Kennedy Center announced Maher would receive the award at a June 28 ceremony, even as the center faces renovation-related closures; a publicist for Maher did not respond to requests for comment.
A UN Special Rapporteur warns that Israel’s detention system has become a state doctrine of torture and a core element of ongoing genocide against Palestinians, detailing abuses in prisons and across Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. With more than 18,500 Palestinians detained since Oct 2023 (including about 1,500 children), thousands held without charge and hundreds killed, the report calls for an immediate halt to torture, access for international investigators, and accountability, including potential ICC action and warrants for senior officials.
Israeli forces shot and killed four members of a Palestinian family in the West Bank town of Tammun after their car allegedly moved toward troops during a late-night drive home from Nablus, including two adults and two of their children; an 11-year-old survivor described the moment gunfire erupted. Palestinian medics said CCTV footage has not yet been released and health workers were delayed at the scene. The killings occur amid a spike in violence in the area, including settler attacks, drawing UN condemnation over rising civilian harm. The IDF says it is investigating the incident.
Four members of the Odeh family were killed when Israeli soldiers fired on their car in the occupied West Bank town of Tammun during an army operation; they had been out shopping for Eid al-Fitr clothes, and Israel says it is investigating the incident.
Palestinian American Nasrallah Abu Siyam, 19, was killed by Israeli settlers during an attack on a village near Ramallah in the West Bank as clashes with residents erupted; Israeli forces reportedly used riot-dispersal methods, and the incident underscores a surge in West Bank violence and international concern over accountability for settlers and ongoing settlement expansion.
Israeli air and artillery strikes in Gaza killed at least 19 Palestinians on Wednesday, including children and a paramedic, as fighting persisted under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began in Oct. 2025; Israel says it is responding to Hamas attacks while mediators condemn the strikes, and Gaza’s health ministry tallies put the overall Palestinian death toll well into the tens of thousands since the war began.
Israel returned 15 Palestinian bodies to Gaza, the last exchange in the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Hamas after recovering the last Israeli hostage; the Red Cross helped facilitate the handover, and about 100 of the remains have been identified. The ceasefire’s next phase will involve deploying an international security force, disarming Hamas, and rebuilding Gaza, while fighting persists and the Rafah crossing is expected to reopen with limited movement.