In the West Bank, Israeli settlers set fire to farmland in Fandaqumiya. Israeli forces demolish 2 commercial structures in Husan. Israeli forces also seize agricultural fertilizer during raids in Tulkarm, Sarda, and Salfit. Elsewhere, Israeli forces shoot and injure a Palestinian child in Beit Furik. Israeli forces also shoot and injure a Palestinian man in Tulkarm. Meanwhile, Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians in and around Bethlehem, Nablus, Jericho, Hebron, and Jerusalem. In East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities demolish a Palestinian home in Umm Tuba. Israeli settlers tour the Haram al-Sharif compound. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Gaza City, Rafah, Khan Yunis, and Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 52 people. Israeli forces also issue an evacuation order for all of Gaza City. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Yanta, Hebbariye, Kafr Kila, and Jennata. Hezbollah forces fire rockets at Zaoura. (AJ, AJ, AJ, AP, AP, HA, HA, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 7/10; AJ, NYT 7/11; UNOCHA 7/12)
More than 38,295 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 15,983 children and 10,637 women, and around 88,241 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 10,000 people are missing in rubble. 566 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 133 children. More than 5,420 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 have been injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 325 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,097 injured in Gaza since the ground invasion began on 10/27/2023. Over 1.93 million Palestinians, nearly 85% of the population of Gaza, have been displaced since 10/7/2023. There has been a complete electricity blackout in Gaza since 10/12/2023 due to the Israeli blockade. At least 79,000 housing units have been destroyed and 370,000 have been damaged in Israeli airstrikes since 10/7/2023. 30 trucks carrying aid enter Gaza. The Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya says it will run out of fuel to power the hospital in hours. Doctors Without Borders closes its last health facility in northern Gaza due to the Israeli evacuation order for Gaza City. UNRWA reopens its health clinic, the Japanese Health Center, in Khan Yunis. (AJ, HA, UNOCHA, UNOCHA, WAFA 7/10; NYT 7/11; UNOCHA 7/12; UNRWA 7/16)
A U.S. official say that the U.S. will resume transferring 500-pound bombs to Israel but will continue to withhold 2,000-pound bombs. (AJ, AP, HA, REU 7/10; AJ, NYT 7/11)
PA prime minister Mohammad Mustafa speaks with Cypriot foreign minister Constantinos Kombos in a phone call, discussing efforts to end Israel’s war on Gaza. Mustafa also briefs more than 60 foreign diplomats about the situation in Gaza. (WAFA, WAFA 7/10)
CIA director Bill Burns meets with Qatari, Egyptian, and Israeli officials in Doha, including Mossad director David Barnea, Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, and Egyptian director of the General Intelligence Directorate Abbas Kamel for ceasefire talks. (AX 7/10)
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk, saying he is committed to entering a ceasefire deal if his red lines articulated on 7/7 are respected. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant claims Israel has killed or wounded 60% of Hamas militants in Gaza. (AJ, AX, HA 7/10; NYT 7/11)
Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah says Hamas is negotiating on behalf of the whole axis of resistance and thus Hezbollah would end attacks on Israel if a ceasefire were implemented. (AJ, AP, HA, REU 7/10)
Arab League secretary-general Ahmed Aboul Gheit urges Japan to recognize the State of Palestine in meetings with Japanese officials in Tokyo. (WAFA 7/10)
U.S. president Joe Biden meets with UK prime minister Kier Starmer on the sidelines of the NATO conference in Washington D.C., discussing ceasefire negotiations. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urges Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz to transfer the PA’s tax revenue to the PA regularly to maintain economic stability in the West Bank during a meeting in Washington D.C. (HA 7/10; AJ 7/11)
The Washington Post reports that Israel and Hamas has agreed to an “interim governance” plan for Gaza as part of the second phase of the ceasefire deal which would include the activation of 2,500 PA forces who live in Gaza and who will be trained by the U.S. (WP, HA 7/11)
Ynet reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu tried to change transcripts of Security Cabinet meetings. (HA 7/11)
Moroccan media reports that Morocco has bought a spy satellite from Israeli Aerospace Industries for $1 billion after the state-owned company announced it had entered a contract for the sale with an unnamed party. (REU 7/10)