Gaza Marks 1,000 Days Since Start of Israel-Hamas War

Gaza authorities marked 1,000 days since the October 2023 start of the Israel-Hamas war. Gaza's Government Media Office stated that more than 90 percent of the territory had been destroyed. By July 6, Gaza's Ministry of Health recorded 1,072 deaths since the October ceasefire and a cumulative total of 73,098 deaths since October 2023.

Israeli forces conducted multiple strikes during the week, including a drone attack near al-Hilu station on July 1 that killed three people and subsequent strikes that killed seven more, among them a child and 10-year-old Tareq Sabah near Khan Younis.

Patients and families protested outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, demanding the lifting of restrictions on medical evacuations through the Rafah crossing. Gaza health authorities said more than 20,000 people were awaiting exit permits. Elyas Abu Safiya reported that his father, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was experiencing severe breathing and speaking difficulties after more than 555 days in Israeli detention.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention called for Dr Abu Safiya's immediate release, stating that his detention violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Board of Peace, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, met in Cyprus to advance plans for temporary reconstruction in areas designated free of Hamas control. On Monday, Gaza's Hamas-run government announced its resignation and the planned transfer of authority to a technocratic committee under President Donald Trump's plan.

Ali Shath, head of the technocratic National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, said the committee was ready to assume responsibilities once a single governing authority under one law and force was established. The Board of Peace stated that UNRWA has no place in the new Gaza, a position rejected by Palestinian leadership.

and Movement Restrictions Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid the foundation stone for a heritage centre at the former Qalandia Airport site as part of the Atarot settlement project. Israel's Security Cabinet approved 13 new settlements in the Binyamin bloc on July 3, with the first phase expected within months.

Four-month-old Ahmad Marouf Zeid died of cardiac arrest after Israeli soldiers blocked his family's access to an ambulance at the entrance to Deir Ammar refugee camp for more than an hour. Laila Ghannam, governor of Ramallah and el-Bireh, described the death as a stain on the conscience of humanity.

Israeli forces sealed Sinjil behind six main gates and 16 secondary roads after declaring 465 dunams of the town's land as state land. Masked settlers stormed Jalud overnight into Sunday under military escort, and settlers stole four sheep at Umm Safa before Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets that wounded three residents.