The Israeli army reported on Monday, July 1, a salvo of “20 projectiles” fired from the south of the Gaza Strip towards Israeli territory, an attack claimed by the armed wing of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad. According to the IDF, the shots came from “from the Khan Younes sector”. “A number of projectiles were intercepted and others fell in southern Israel”, added the army, which also specified that there were no injuries. Follow our live stream.
Palestinian killed in West Bank. The Palestinian Authority’s health ministry in the occupied West Bank announced on Sunday the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli raid. The victim was identified by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa as Said Izzat Jaber, 24. The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the reports when contacted by AFP. According to the Palestinian ministry, five people were also injured, two of them seriously.
Operations in Gaza and RafahThe Israeli army on Sunday concentrated its operations against Hamas in the cities of Gaza and Rafah, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referring to a “difficult fight”. In the past 24 hours, 43 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas health ministry said on Sunday.