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Casualty counts:Over the past 24 hours, seven Palestinians were injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 stands at 72,073 killed, with 171,756 injured. Since October 11, the first full day of the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 615 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 1,658, while 726 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Israeli strikes continue across Gaza, killing one:One Palestinian was killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike on Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, in northern Gaza. Two Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. Israeli forces launched airstrikes on areas east of Khan Younis, while Israeli artillery targeted western Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and east of the Bureij refugee camp in the central part of the Strip.
Flooding hits displacement camps in Gaza:Overnight, heavy rainsfloodedhundreds of displacement tents across the Gaza Strip, with submerged roads in areas like Al-Mawasi prompting urgent rescue calls, according to Civil Defense officials. Israel’s siege is blocking heavy machinery and rescue equipment needed to respond, municipal officials report. UNRWA has warned that shortages of shelter materials have left more than a million displaced people exposed to the rain and cold.
Board of Peace explores dollar-pegged stablecoin:Officials working with President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”are consideringlaunching a U.S. dollar–pegged stablecoin in Gaza, the Financial Times reports. Cash circulation and banking systems in Gaza have been severely curtailed since October 2023. Critics warn that a Gaza-only digital currency might further separate the enclave economically from the West Bank and consolidate external financial control. Chronic electricity shortages in Gaza and Israeli restrictions on mobile networks have also raised doubts about the feasibility of the currency alternative.
Israeli prison chief hosts synagogue group at Ramle detention site:Israel’s prison chief Kobi Yaakobibroughtaround 20 congregants and a rabbi from his synagogue in the illegal Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem to tour the Nitzan detention center in Ramle on Monday, according to Channel 12. Witnesses said Palestinian detainees were shown handcuffed, shackled, and lying face-down during the visit, which included a religious sermon and lunch. The Israel Prison Service said the rabbi had entered to “bless” the prison’s guards.
Settlers deface West Bank mosque:Israeli settlers torched and vandalized the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in Tell, near Nablus, early Monday during Ramadan, spray-painting insults against the Prophet Muhammad and the words “revenge” and “price tag,” according to the Palestinian Authority. Security footage showed two suspects carrying gasoline and paint. Forty-five West Bank mosques were vandalized or attacked last year, according to the PA’s Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Israel approved tens of thousands of settlement homes while Palestinian construction was largely blocked:Between 2009 and 2020, Israeli authoritiesissuedjust 66 building permits to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank’s Area C, while approving roughly 22,000 housing units for Jewish settlers, according to a new report from Haaretz. With construction permits effectively barred, thousands of Palestinian structures have been demolished—including 2,461 over the past two years alone—displacing about 2,500 people, data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs show. Israel’s security cabinet recently approved wide-ranging steps aimed at deepening Israeli control in the occupied West Bank and enabling further growth of settlements.
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