Live: Hamas agrees to release 10 Israeli captives

The British home secretary confirmed on Monday the government's intention to ban the Palestine Action group under anti-terrorism legislation.

The move comes days after several activists vandalised aircraft at a Royal Air Force base.

A proposal will be submitted to Parliament next Monday, Yvette Cooper said in a written statement to the House of Commons, denouncing a "long history of unacceptable wilful damage".

At least 55,998 people, most of them women and children, have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza since 7 October 2023, medical sources said on Monday.

The number of wounded has risen to 131,559. The sources added that many victims remain trapped under rubble in areas rescue teams have been unable to reach.

In the past 24 hours, 39 people were confirmed killed, including one body recovered from debris, and 317 others were wounded and taken to hospitals across the territory.

Since 18 March, when Israeli forces resumed operations following the collapse of a ceasefire, 5,685 people have been killed and 19,518 wounded, the sources said.

Israeli forces killed at least 21 Palestinians and wounded dozens more on Monday in a series of air strikes and shootings across the Gaza Strip, including areas where civilians had gathered to receive humanitarian aid, according to Wafa news agency.

According to local sources, four civilians were killed and others wounded when Israeli warplanes targeted a house in Jabalia al-Balad, in the north of the enclave.

In the south, Israeli troops opened fire near an aid distribution centre northwest of Rafah, killing 10 people. Witnesses said large crowds had gathered in the area to collect much-needed food and supplies.

Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters on Monday he will ask the EU Council to approve an immediate suspension of the pact that governs the relationship between EU and Israel to protest against what he called human rights violations in Gaza.

He also said he would ask the council to approve an embargo on weapons sold to Israel and approve sanctions on individuals who are undermining the two-state solution.

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza:

• Israeli fire killed two Palestinians seeking aid and injured 35 others near the so-called Netzarim corridor in central Gaza, according to the Palestinian Information Centre citing Al-Awda Hospital. Sixteen of the injuries were reported as serious and transferred to hospitals in the central governorate.

• One person was killed and several others wounded in an Israeli air strike targeting a house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital reported, according to the Palestinian Information Centre.

• The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled to evict the Al-Rajabi family from their home in the Batn al-Hawa neighbourhood of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and hand the property over to Israeli settlers.

• The Palestinian Prisoners' Defence Centre said Israeli authorities refused to transfer injured Gaza detainees in Megiddo Prison to a hospital after they were wounded by shrapnel from Israeli anti-aircraft fire intercepting Iranian missiles.

• Footage circulating on Palestinian media showed rescue workers responding after displaced people were buried under sand when Israeli air strikes hit tents in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis.

Israeli forces killed at least 51 Palestinians and wounded 104 on Saturday, according to the Palestinian health ministry. 

This brings the death toll in the besieged enclave since 7 October 2023 to 55,959, including 5,647 killed since Israel broke the ceasefire on 18 March. 

More than 131,242 Palestinians have been wounded overall. At least 10,000 people are still missing, likely dead and buried under rubble.

Health officials report that over 60 percent of the victims are women and children.

Medical services in Gaza announced a complete halt of ambulance operations in Gaza City on Sunday, citing a severe shortage of diesel fuel, according to the Arab48 news outlet. 

The shutdown comes as Israel continues to block the entry of fuel supplies into the besieged territory, further crippling the already strained healthcare system.

Israeli forces killed at least 29 Palestinians since dawn on Sunday in strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

Among the dead were six people who had been waiting to receive humanitarian aid near the US-run food distribution points. 

Israeli forces on Sunday morning reinstated the full closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, barring worshippers from entry except for mosque guards and Islamic Waqf staff.

The closure followed an overnight raid by Israeli police, during which they stormed prayer halls, vandalised sacred spaces, and removed worshippers by force. They also arrested four mosque guards while other were interrogated on-site.

The Islamic Waqf condemned the violations, warning that repeated Israeli attempts to assert security control over the mosque aim to alter the religious and political status quo.

The incident comes after nine days of restricted access to the mosque amid the Israeli war on Iran. 

Read more: Amid Iran war, Israel seals off Al-Aqsa Mosque in unprecedented move

The Israeli military said on Saturday it had recovered the bodies of two Israeli civilians and a soldier during an operation in the Gaza Strip.

According to Israeli estimates, 50 captives are still being held by Palestinian groups in Gaza, with at least 20 believed to be alive.

Israeli forces killed at least 14 Palestinians in southern Gaza since dawn on Sunday, a medical source at Nasser Medical Complex told Al Jazeera.

At least 500 patients and wounded Palestinians in Gaza have died as a result of delays in medical referrals amid Israel’s ongoing restrictions on medical travel, according to Dr Ahmed al-Farra, head of the paediatrics and maternity department at Nasser Medical Complex.

Speaking to local media, Dr Farra accused Israeli forces of deliberately targeting Gaza’s healthcare system “in all its components,” describing the attacks as part of an effort to break the resilience of the Palestinian people.

“Under international law, every patient has the right to travel for treatment,” he said. “But the occupation continues to violate these rights without consequence.”

Medical professionals in Gaza have repeatedly warned that restrictions on patient movement and attacks on health infrastructure are creating a humanitarian catastrophe, particularly for those with chronic or life-threatening conditions.

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates on the Israeli war on Gaza, now ongoing for over one year and eight months:

• Israeli strike hit the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday morning, leaving several people dead and injured, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.

• In a separate attack, at least three displaced Palestinians were killed when a tent sheltering them in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, was struck, local health officials said.

• At least 10 Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli attack near a US-run aid distribution centre north of Rafah, according to medical and local sources.

Our live blog is now closed until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

• At least 41 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, according to hospital sources in the enclave speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.

• Israeli strikes have killed 202 people in Gaza within the last 48 hours, the Palestinian health ministry said, adding that 1,037 were wounded.

• According to health officials, 450 Palestinians have been killed so far near aid distribution sites and at least 3,466 were wounded.

• The number of casualties since the end of the ceasefire in March has risen to 5,599 dead and 19,097 wounded.

• Since the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023, the death toll in Gaza has reached 55,908 and 131,138 Palestinians have been wounded.

• The United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA will open an office in Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, urging Muslim countries to give the agency more support after Israel banned it.

A US federal judge has ordered the release of Mahmoud Khalil from immigration custody as his legal fight continues to play out. 

The Trump administration's deportation case against the Palestinian activist and US green card holder is not over yet, but now that he will be out on bail, Khalil will be able to hold his newborn son for the very first time. 

The decision is a landmark victory for rights organisations that said Khalil's constitutionally protected freedom of speech was not just trampled upon, but he was "punished". 

Judge Michael Farbiarz said on Friday that the Trump administration was unable to make its case that Khalil would be a danger to the public or a flight risk if released from an immigration detention facility in Jena, Louisiana, where he was secretly transferred after his arrest. 

Farbiarz, a New Jersey district court judge who is overseeing Khalil's case, last week ruled it was unconstitutional to detain and deport Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, for supporting Palestinian human rights, and that he should be released from detention.

Read more: Judge orders immediate release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil