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08-06-2025
GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces have killed at least six Palestinians this morning who were waiting near an aid point in al-Akhawah, near Rafah in south Gaza.
The latest killing of aid seekers comes despite the inconsistent opening of US- and Israel-backed aid points, which the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said yesterday would shut down again.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 54,677 Palestinians and wounded 125,530, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
Israeli authorities announced the rescue of Thai captive Natpong Pinta’s body from the Gaza Strip.
Now, the Israeli army has released a statement with additional details;
The body of Pinta was retrieved yesterday from the area of Rafah in southern Gaza.
Pinta was taken captive alive by the Mujahideen Brigades armed group from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023. He was later killed by his captors, the army claimed.
The group holds the body of another foreign citizen.
The Israeli army claimed the Mujahideen Brigades also killed Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, whose bodies were returned in a prisoner exchange in February. (However, it was Hamas that released the remains of the Bibases who were killed, according to the Palestinian group, by an Israeli air strike in November 2023.)
The Israeli military also the same group that was holding the bodies of US-Israeli dual nationals Judi Lynn Weinstein and Gad Haggai whose remains were returned by Israeli soldiers this week.
Israeli authorities informed Thailand of Pinta’s rescue operation after the body was identified by the Center for Forensic Medicine.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has emphasized that “starving people in Gaza shouldn’t be expected to risk their lives in search of food”.
“(The) UN is ready to deliver life-saving aid wherever people already are, in line with humanitarian principles,” it said in a post on social media.
More than 100 Palestinian people seeking aid have been reported killed by Israeli forces in the vicinity of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution centres since the organization started operating in the enclave on May 27.
Israeli drone returns to the skies of Beirut
Residents of the Lebanese capital can hear the loud buzz of an Israeli drone this morning over their homes and businesses.
Though the exact model of the drone is unclear at this time, Israel typically sends the Hermes 9000, an armed, unmanned aerial vehicle capable of staying in the sky for long durations. It is produced by Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.
The presence of the drone comes two days after Israel carried out a series of strikes on Beirut for the fourth time since the ceasefire between it and Hezbollah went into effect last November. Lebanese authorities have termed the strikes as a violation of that ceasefire.
Israel has issued threats following those strikes, saying the capital will have no calm unless Hezbollah is disarmed.
Israeli forces have arrested eight Palestinians in the Hebron district, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
Five of them were detained near a water spring in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, Wafa added. (Int’l News Desk)
