In the West Bank, Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian farmland near Turmus ‘Ayya. Israeli settlers also vandalize a school in Ibziq. Elsewhere, Israeli settlers bring their cattle to graze on Palestinian farmland in Juwaya in the Masafer Yatta area, causing damage. Israeli forces shoot and kill a Palestinian man and injure 2 others during a raid in Beit Ur al-Tahta. Israeli forces also shoot and injure 9 Palestinians, including a child, during a raid in Balata refugee camp. Elsewhere, Israeli forces shoot and injure 3 Palestinians during a raid in Beita. Israeli forces also arrest 15 Palestinians during raids in and around Qalqilya, Hebron, Ramallah, Jericho, and Jerusalem. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces raid Fatah official Yasser Darwish’s home in Isawiya, arresting him, shooting 1 of his children with a baton round, and assaulting his other son and his wife. Israeli authorities force a Palestinian family to demolish their own home in Jabel Mukaber, displacing 7 people. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Gaza City, Rafah, Maghazi, Jabalia refugee camp, al-Bureij refugee camp, and Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 29 people, including 16 people in an UN school used as a shelter in Nuseirat refugee camp, 6 police officers in Rafah, 5 journalists in Gaza City and Nuseirat refugee camp, and an UNRWA worker in Maghazi. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Baalbek, assassinating Hezbollah member Mustafa al-Attar. Israeli forces also bomb Hula, Kfar Kila, Yarine, and Marwahin. Hezbollah forces fire rockets at Kfarchouba and Beit Hillel. (AJ, AJ, AJ, AP, HA, HA, HA, REU, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 7/6; WAFA 7/7)
More than 38,098 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 15,694 children and 10,000 women, and around 87,705 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 10,000 people are missing in rubble, including 1,700 children. 563 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 132 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, 323 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,069 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. 5 trucks carrying aid enter Gaza. (AJ, HA, WAFA 7/6; UNRWA 7/8)
AP reports that Hamas has given up on its demand in the ceasefire negotiations that Israel commits to end its war on Gaza. (HA 7/5; AJ, AP, HA, NYT, REU 7/6)
UK foreign secretary David Lammy says the new UK government will take a balanced approach to the Israeli war on Gaza and will use diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire. (AJ, REU 7/6)
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian wins the Iranian presidential elections in a runoff. (AP, HA, HA, NYT, NYT, REU, REU 7/6; NYT 7/7)