Two people shot and killed while trying to reach aid centre in RafahIsraeli forces have fired on a group of people trying to reach an aid centre near Rafah, killing at least two, reports the Wafa news agency.
Dozens more were wounded, report our colleagues on the ground.
The scene mirrors events from yesterday, when Israeli troops also fired on Palestinians trying to access newly established aid centres, wounding at least 20.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/31/live-israel-kills-2-gaza-aid-seekers-as-un-warns-of-catastrophicDoctor who lost 9 of 10 children in Israeli attack dies in hospitalHamdi al-Najjar, who was wounded in the Israeli air attack that killed his children, has died of his wounds.
Al-Najjar spent days in intensive care.
His 11-year-old son is the sole survivor of the attack.
His wife, Alaa al-Najjar, who is also a doctor, left hours before Israel struck their home to go to work.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/1/live-israel-pounds-gaza-hamas-seeks-changes-to-us-ceasefire-proposalHouthis claim responsibility for missile attack near Tel AvivYemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a ballistic missile attack that targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv.
Earlier, the Israeli army said the missile was intercepted by its air defence system.
Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the Houthis, said in a statement that the attack “successfully achieved its goal” and managed to halt air traffic and force Israelis into shelters.
The Houthis have previously launched missiles towards the airport. They have also attacked numerous vessels in the Red Sea linked to Israel and its allies in what they say are acts of solidarity with the besieged people of Gaza.
Israel destroys North Gaza’s only dialysis centreHere’s what we know:
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says Israeli forces have bombed the Noura al-Kaabi Kidney Dialysis Centre in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.The centre, which is part of the Indonesian Hospital, was serving more than 160 patients with kidney failure, and is the only dialysis facility in northern Gaza.The latest attack comes weeks after the centre reopened after a previous assault just weeks ago, according to Muneer al-Bursh, a director general at the Health Ministry.Footage published by al-Bursh shows Israeli bulldozers at the site.The ministry said 41 percent of patients who have kidney failure in Gaza have died over the course of the war after “being denied access to dialysis centres and the destruction of the centres and departments designated for them”.https://twitter.com/Dr_Muneer1/status/1929242460221214930Three killed in Israeli attack at US-backed aid siteWe are getting reports that there has been a new Israeli attack on Palestinians who gathered at the GHF aid distribution point in Rafah just moments ago.
At least three people were killed and 35 others were wounded, according to medical sources.
As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces killed at least 31 people at the same site on Sunday.
Instead of bread, ‘they gave him a bullet in his head’We’ve been covering Israel’s continued attacks on Palestinians who gather at the aid distribution sites run by the US-backed GHF.
Among those wounded on Sunday was Shuaib Abu Tayr, a father of four.
He was shot in the head and is now “between life and death” at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, according to his sister-in-law Asmaa Abu Salah.
“He went for food and drinks for his children. His children need food, [they say] ‘we want food, dad’. This is the most difficult word,” she said.
“He went to get aid [distributed by] the US. He went to get a loaf of bread. Instead of giving him a loaf of bread, they [Israelis] gave him a bullet in his head … We responded to the US forces to come for aid, in order for [Palestinians] to get flour and food for the children and the young people, all of us are dying of hunger.”
Iran warns Israel over attack on its nuclear facilitiesIran has warned that Israel will “regret” any strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities as tensions rise between the two regional foes.
“Any threat against peaceful nuclear installations is a gross violation of international law,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a press conference in Cairo. “If Israel commits such a mistake, it will be the one to regret it.”
The Iranian minister accused Western powers of applying double standards regarding nuclear issues in the Middle East.
“Unfortunately, we have seen both official and unofficial Israeli figures threatening to use nuclear weapons in Gaza, yet the West has ignored these threats,” Araghchi said. “At the same time, they continue to pressure Iran over its peaceful nuclear programme.”
The top diplomat reiterated Iran is ready to provide assurances to any party concerned over its civilian nuclear efforts.
Israeli forces target southern Gaza hospitalOur colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces have demolished the wall of the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis, while also carrying out bulldozing activities in the vicinity of the hospital.
In May, an Israeli attack close to the European Hospital killed at least 28 people.
PIJ’s armed wing claims to have shelled Israeli soldiers in Gaza’s Khan YounisThe armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the al-Quds Brigades, says its fighters have ambushed a group of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in southern Gaza.
The troops had penetrated the vicinity of the customs police area southeast of Khan Younis when they were attacked with mortar shells, the group said in a statement on Telegram, without elaborating on the results.
The attack was carried out in cooperation with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades – a Palestinian armed group associated with the Fatah movement, the announcement said.
Armed wing of Hamas claims attack on Israeli forces in southern GazaQassam Brigades fighters have targeted a group of Israeli soldiers east of the southern town of al-Qarara with 13 mortar shells of 120mm and 60mm calibres, the group says, without elaborating on the results.
The attack took place on May 31, the group said in a statement on Telegram.
Separately, on the same day, the Israeli military’s Ein al-Thalatha site east of the city was targeted with three short-range Rajum missiles, it added without reporting on the results.
‘World is watching’: UN experts demand safe passage for Freedom FlotillaUN legal experts have called for the protection of a ship operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition as it sails to besieged Gaza carrying food, water and medical supplies.
“Aid is desperately needed for the people of Gaza to forestall annihilation, and this initiative is a symbolic and powerful effort to deliver it,” the UN experts said in a joint statement.
“Israel should remember that the world is watching closely and refrain from any act of hostility against the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and its passengers.”
The experts emphasised the legal right of Palestinians to receive aid through their own territorial waters, and of the vessel to navigate freely in international waters.
They voiced concern for the safety of those on board, referencing a previous Freedom Flotilla ship reportedly bombed by a drone off Malta’s coast in early May.
Israel has enforced a complete blockade on Gaza for 17 years, intensifying it since March 2, with aid almost entirely cut off.
Top US senator derides Greta Thunberg’s attempt to break Israel’s Gaza siegeWe have a reaction from Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator, to the Swedish activist who joined an effort led by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) to break Israel’s naval siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinians there.
“Hope Greta and her friends can swim,” the prominent legislator wrote on X.
The post was taken as a threat by some users on X, as the FFC’s previous attempt to break the Israeli siege was dealt a blow by drone attacks that breached their ship’s hull.
Activists at the time said they believed Israel was behind the attack.
Responses to Graham’s tweet on X included users who asked, “Why would a US senator be threatening a young climate activist?” and, “Why is a 69-year-old U.S. senator joking about the drowning of a 22-year-old Swedish activist? Is this where American politics is now?”
Thunberg as well as Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham are among those joining the mission, which set sail from Italy on Sunday.
‘Blood on his hands’: Ex-Biden official denounced for ‘war crimes’ admissionRaed Jarrar – advocacy director at DAWN, a Washington-based think-tank and advocacy group – says it’s “outrageous” that former US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller waited until he was out of office to admit Israel committed war crimes in Gaza.
As we reported earlier, Miller said during an interview with Sky News that it is “without a doubt true” that Israeli forces committed war crimes in the Palestinian territory.
“US officials who know atrocities are being committed and continue defending them from behind the podium are not neutral, they are complicit. Miller’s silence while in government helped Israel with its genocide. He has Palestinian blood on his hands,” Jarrar told Al Jazeera in an email.
“Anyone guilty of aiding and abetting genocide should be held accountable by the International Criminal Court or other international mechanisms.”
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