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The local truckers association has said it may suspend operations, after several eyewitnesses decried the murder of Ahmad EsleemA Palestinian driver bringing food aid from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) into Gaza has been killed by an Israeli soldier, according to eyewitnesses and the local truckers association, which said it may suspend operations in protest.Ahmad Esleem was shot in the head on Wednesday when an aid convoy stopped because of a breakdown to one truck soon after entering Gaza, according to three accounts. Israeli soldiers ordered the drivers to dismount and one of them shot Esleem in the head when his hands were raised. Continue reading...

Image of man in underwear, blindfold and bound to iron rod has been widely shared on social mediaMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesAn Israeli soldier’s photo of a Palestinian man from Gaza stripped to his underwear, blindfolded and bound face-down to an iron rod corroborates extensive reporting on Israeli torture of Palestinians in detention and itself may constitute a war crime, rights groups have said.The image was shared on a now-deleted personal social media account, with the Hebrew-language caption “good morning”. It was brought to wider public attention by a Palestinian writer and activist who goes by Tamer. Continue reading...

• The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is reviewing its database of journalists killed in Gaza following a December study by the Meir Amit Center. • The study claims that 60% of the individuals identified as journalists who were killed in the region were members of or affiliated with terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. • This review is critical as it challenges the accuracy of casualty figures used to track press fatalities during the ongoing conflict.

• The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is conducting a comprehensive review of its database of killed journalists following reports that some listed individuals were members of Palestinian terror groups. • The review aims to ensure that no one actively engaged in combat is classified as a journalist within the organization's data. • This move follows identifications by Palestinian militant groups claiming some of the deceased were their members, challenging the neutrality and accuracy of the CPJ's casualty lists.

Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi, a 71-year-old physician well known for providing care to low-income Palestinians, was arrested in the occupied West BankIsraeli forces on Sunday arrested a prominent 71-year-old Palestinian physician known as the “doctor of the poor” in a pre-dawn raid on his home in the occupied West Bank, prompting widespread condemnation.Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi, a physician widely known for providing care to low-income Palestinians, was arrested before dawn at his home in the al-Tira neighbourhood of Ramallah. Continue reading...

Soldiers arrested university student Sama Safi, 20, along with members of Palestinian women’s national soccer teamA 20-year-old Palestinian American woman has been held in Israeli military detention for nearly two weeks after Israeli soldiers stormed her family home in a pre-dawn raid on 2 June.Sama Safi, a psychology student at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, has not been charged with any crimes. A spokesperson for the Israeli military said she and three other women detained around the same time were arrested “after promoting hostile terrorist activity and additional terrorist-related activities”. Continue reading...

Paris meeting draws up proposals and calls for ‘urgent diplomacy’ towards two-state solution at summit next weekPalestinian and Israeli civil society groups meeting in Paris on Friday have urged G7 leaders to act at their summit in the French spa town of Évian-les-Bains next week to save the narrowing chances of a two-state solution.The groups called for specific action on enforcing a ceasefire, disarming Hamas and starting reconstruction in Gaza, and said the various peace processes including the Board of Peace initiative should be integrated into one programme. Continue reading...