Later on Tuesday, one Palestinian was killed, and nine others were wounded by Israeli gunfire in an area of Rafah in the south of Gaza, medics and witnesses said.<\/p>\n
\t Meanwhile, in Gaza City\u2019s Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood, an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle, killing three people, including a child, medics said, taking Tuesday\u2019s death toll across the Gaza Strip to at least seven.<\/p>\n Gaza media outlets affiliated with Hamas reported that Mohammed al-Wahidi, the public relations director of the Egyptian Committee for Aid to Gaza, an Egyptian organization that assists Gazans, was killed in the strike.<\/p>\n According to some reports, two other people were killed along with him.<\/p>\n The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the last two incidents.<\/p>\n The IDF and Shin Bet announced separately on Tuesday that they had killed a Hamas Nukhba Force commander and a commander in the terror group\u2019s intelligence division in recent strikes in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n One of those strikes was on Sunday in northern Gaza and killed Ahmad Yahya Ibrahim Batsh, a commander of a Nukhba Force cell, according to the military.<\/p>\n The IDF said Batsh had recently been working to advance attacks on troops in Gaza.<\/p>\n A separate strike on Monday in southern Gaza killed Hamouda Abu Daqa, who served as an intelligence commander, according to the military.<\/p>\n \t The IDF said Abu Daqa was involved in collecting intelligence on troops to advance attacks, and therefore, he posed a threat.<\/p>\n The announcement came after the military said Monday night that it had killed a commander in Hamas\u2019s training division, Fadi Daghmash, who had been advancing attacks.<\/p>\n The IDF in recent months has been ramping up strikes on terror operatives in Gaza, saying they posed a threat to Israeli forces inside the more than half of the Strip held by the IDF.<\/p>\n Amid the strikes, the Hamas government in Gaza on Monday announced<\/a> the resignation of the so-called \u201cEmergency Committee\u201d \u2014 the Hamas-led administration that governs the Strip \u2014 in preparation for the transfer of authority to the technocratic National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.<\/p>\n A Palestinian source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel that the move by Hamas is aimed at turning Hamas\u2019s existing governing structure into a caretaker framework, while increasing pressure on the Board of Peace and Israel to allow the NCAG to enter Gaza.<\/p>\n Last month, diplomats from each of the Middle Eastern mediating countries \u2014 Egypt, Qatar and Turkey \u2014 told The Times of Israel that Hamas has sought to drag out negotiations on the issue of disarmament, which it has so far refused to do.<\/p>\n They also argued that Israel\u2019s refusal to adhere to the terms of the first phase of the October 2025 Gaza ceasefire has posed a major obstacle to advancing plans for the Strip as well.<\/p>\n \t Six reported hurt in settler attack in South Hebron Hills<\/p>\n In the West Bank, Palestinian media reported on Tuesday that six Palestinians were injured by settlers in the village of Umm al-Khair in the South Hebron Hills.<\/p>\n Footage published from the scene shows Palestinians and settlers engaged in a physical confrontation, apparently in the area where Umm al-Khair and the nearby settlement of Carmel border each other.<\/p>\n No further details about the incident were available.<\/p>\n \u0634\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u064a\u062a\u0635\u062f\u0651\u0648\u0646 \u0644\u0647\u062c\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u062e\u0631\u0628\u0629 \u0623\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u064a\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0633\u0627\u0641\u0631 \u064a\u0637\u0627\u060c \u062c\u0646\u0648\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0644\u064a\u0644. pic.twitter.com\/pGcI9FXTbI<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629 \u0642\u062f\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629 (@qudsn) July 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Palestinian media also reported that settlers set fire on Monday night to a structure in the village of Surif, also near Hebron.\n<\/p>\n Footage published online appears to show four people standing next to the structure before setting it ablaze.<\/p>\n No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n \u0645\u0644\u064a\u0634\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0646 \u062a\u0647\u0627\u062c\u0645 \u0642\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0635\u0648\u0631\u064a\u0641 \u0634\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0644\u064a\u0644 \u0648\u062a\u062d\u0631\u0642 \u0645\u0646\u0634\u0623\u0629 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0645\u0646\u062a\u0635\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 pic.twitter.com\/fvBNZk7QSh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629 \u0642\u062f\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629 (@qudsn) July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Netanyahu faults \u2018lenient courts\u2019 for unchecked settler violence<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to fault Israel\u2019s courts for letting violent settlers off the hook.\n<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a tightly knit group that tries to skirt the law, and when we bring them to the courts, our courts are very lenient. I don\u2019t know why. Maybe because they\u2019re young, and I\u2019ve said that we have to challenge that, and I don\u2019t accept it,\u201d Netanyahu said when asked about the rampant, unchecked violence during a CNN interview.<\/p>\n He insisted that those behind attacks on Palestinians, which take place on a near-daily basis, are not from the settlements, but rather are some 100 to 150 \u201cjuvenile delinquents\u201d from outside of the West Bank.<\/p>\n However, activists on the ground said those behind the attacks are Israelis who have established illegal outposts throughout the West Bank in record numbers over the past three years. Netanyahu\u2019s government has provided significant funding and protection to these wildcat communities, which critics say are being used as a tool to dispossess Palestinians of their lands.<\/p>\n CNN’s Dana Bash presses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on why settler violence in the West Bank hasn’t ended. pic.twitter.com\/JbqzHhOqQN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Inside Politics (@InsidePolitics) July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n While Netanyahu placed the number of violent offenders at 100 to 150, Israel\u2019s own security establishment reportedly believes the numbers are much higher. When Netanyahu was asked about the phenomenon last year, he downplayed<\/a> it as one caused by \u201cabout 70 kids.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Israel has come under fire for rarely carrying out arrests in instances of settler violence, with indictments and convictions even more infrequent.<\/p>\n Shin Bet figures<\/a> from earlier this year found that three times more Palestinians were victims of terror attacks in the West Bank than Jews.<\/p>\n Netanyahu, in the CNN interview, insisted that Israel is taking the issue seriously.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have real investigations. Israel is a transparent country. You can\u2019t hide crimes in the military, you cannot hide crimes in the police\u2026 We\u2019ll take care of it because that\u2019s the kind of country we are,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is blown up beyond belief and causes a lot of damage. I think it\u2019s wrong on its own account. I don\u2019t accept vigilantism, and I don\u2019t care if it comes from Arabs or Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n Netanyahu was then pressed on whether he\u2019ll commit to seeking justice for 20-year-old Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet<\/a>, who was allegedly beaten to death by settlers last year.<\/p>\n The premier said he wasn\u2019t aware of the incident, but will look into it.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26188447897074-e1783453082705-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tPalestinian women mourn during the funeral of Omran Abu Jarad, 48, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, as they gather at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26187351696125-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tPalestinians look at a destroyed car following an Israeli military strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 6, 2026. (AP\/Mohammad Jahjouh)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26187389755630-e1783336992502-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tIsmail al-Thawabta, general director of the Hamas-run government media office, center right, speaks during a press conference at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n