Live Updates: 16 Palestinians killed in Israeli overnight shelling across Gaza

At least 16 Palestinians were killed and dozens others were injured in a series of Israeli overnight strikes and shelling across Gaza.

A local medical source told Anadolu Agency that seven people were killed in an Israeli shelling on their home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza.

Six others from the Mhanna family were killed by an Israeli army's air strike on their home in the Al-Jalaa street and three others were also killed in another air strike on the Lababidi area in Gaza City, according to the Palestinian official news agency Wafa.

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0648 GMT — Yemeni Houthi group announces hitting 'vital target' in Israel's Eilat

The Yemeni Houthi group has said it jointly attacked with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance group a "vital target" in the Israeli southern city of Eilat.

In a statement, the Houthi group's military spokesman Yahya Saree said the attack was carried out with a number of combat drones, and claimed to "accurately" hit the target.

The Houthi spokesman, however, did not reveal further information about the nature of the Israeli target his group had hit.

0601 GMT — Three Palestinians found dead after release from Israeli custody

The handcuffed bodies of three Palestinian men freed from Israeli custody have been found near Gaza's border with Israel, and an uncle of one of them and a witness said they had been attacked by Israeli forces shortly after their release.

Abdel Hadi Ghabayen, an uncle of one of the detainees, Kamel Ghabayen, said he set out at 5 am local (0200 GMT) on Sunday looking for his nephew following his arrest by Israeli forces on Saturday.

"I found him left on the ground along with the other two martyrs. They were without clothes, and their hands had plastic cuffs put on them by the Israeli army," Ghabayen said.

0334 GMT — Top US diplomat for Middle East travels to region for Gaza ceasefire talks

US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf is traveling to the Middle East from July 8-14 to discuss a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the State Department said.

Leaf will visit the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and the West Bank and Italy.

"The Assistant Secretary will meet with government officials on continued diplomatic efforts to achieve a cease-fire agreement, secure the release of all hostages, and ensure humanitarian assistance is distributed throughout Gaza," said the State Department.

2119 GMT — UN details catastrophic effects of Israel's carnage in Gaza City

The United Nations has said that Israel's latest ultimatum forcing exodus of Palestinians from parts of besieged Gaza City affected more than 60 schools sheltering displaced Palestinians, as well as two partially functional hospitals, six medical points and two primary health care centres.

Humanitarian officials report that staff and patients have fled hospitals in and around the Israel-threatened areas, and people who were already displaced are being forced to flee again, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.

The UN humanitarian office also reports that "active hostilities, damaged roads, access limitations and the lack of public order and safety continue to hamper movement along the main humanitarian cargo route from the Kerem Shalom [Karam Abu Salem] crossing to Khan Younis, and then to Deir al-Balah," Dujarric said.

2100 GMT — Israel's top general in West Bank makes rare public criticism of settler violence

Israel's top general in the occupied West Bank has spoken out against settler violence in the occupied territory, a rare public denunciation of Zionist settler attacks on Palestinians from within Israel's military establishment.

At a ceremony appointing his successor, the retiring chief of the Israeli military's central command, Major General Yehuda Fox, said that "nationalist crime" had recently "reared its head."

"Under the auspices of the war and the desire for revenge, it sowed chaos and fear in Palestinian residents who did not pose any threat," Fox added.

1931 GMT — Netanyahu running 'one-man government': Ben-Gvir

Israel's extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has accused hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sidelining his coalition partners.

Netanyahu is running a "one-man government," Ben-Gvir said on X, accusing the premier of surrendering to what he called "terror on every front."

The accusation followed Netanyahu's refusal to allow the extremist to join a body that administers the Gaza war and has influence over war decisions.

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