Gaza, July 14, 2025: At least 28 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Monday, including two reportedly seeking humanitarian aid, according to hospital sources. The Israeli military confirmed it had conducted over 100 airstrikes in the enclave within the past 24 hours.
Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that at least 360 medical personnel have been arrested by Israeli forces since the launch of the invasion in October 2023. The ministry warned that detained healthcare workers are being held in “tragic and harsh conditions,” further crippling the besieged territory’s already overwhelmed health infrastructure.
“These arrests include doctors and essential medical staff, leaving thousands of wounded Palestinians without adequate care,” the ministry stated. It called on the international community to criminalize the targeting of medical professionals and to apply pressure for their immediate release.
According to the ministry, over 1,400 healthcare workers have been killed since the start of Israel’s offensive.
Meanwhile, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese accused the United States of attempting to silence her for calling the Gaza crisis a “genocide”. Speaking to TRT Balkan, Albanese said the sanctions imposed on her violate the 1946 Vienna Convention on Privileges and Immunities, which protects UN officials.
“These attacks were not unexpected, but they are unnecessary,” she said. “The sanctions reflect a broader pattern of suppressing critical voices and deflecting attention from the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.”
New satellite imagery reviewed by Sanad and data from the UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) reveal a dramatic increase in destruction in Rafah, where the number of destroyed buildings surged from 15,800 on April 4 to 28,600 by July 4 — a rise of 12,800 demolitions in just three months.
The spike aligns with Israel’s expanded military campaign in Rafah, launched in late March, and a defence ministry plan to transfer an estimated 600,000 residents to areas critics have described as “concentration camps”. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert publicly condemned the plan, echoing the same term.
In a separate development, Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara announced that Jonatan Urich, a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, faces indictment on national security charges, pending a hearing.
Urich, accused of leaking top-secret military information to Germany’s Bild newspaper, allegedly did so to shape public opinion during a politically sensitive period involving the deaths of six Israeli hostages in Gaza in August 2024. Urich has denied wrongdoing, calling the charges baseless, while Netanyahu dismissed the case as politically motivated.
In response, Baharav-Miara emphasized that the leak involved unauthorized access to classified military intelligence. The attorney general has been at odds with Netanyahu’s government for months, particularly over the legality of its wartime and judicial policies.
Amid the ongoing war, US President Donald Trump expressed hope that ceasefire discussions over Gaza could progress in the coming week, despite stalled negotiations in Doha.
“Gaza — we are talking, and hopefully we’re going to get that straightened out over the next week,” Trump told reporters, repeating sentiments he shared on July 4.
Meanwhile, The New York Times stood by its investigative report accusing Prime Minister Netanyahu of delaying a ceasefire and sabotaging a Saudi-Israel normalization deal to appease far-right allies and maintain his political coalition.
In a statement, Netanyahu’s office dismissed the report as a “rehash of long-discredited claims.” The Times rebutted, asserting that “the report is grounded in over 110 interviews and internal documents, and clearly outlines how prolonging the Gaza war served Mr. Netanyahu’s political interests.”
