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 Two crew members of the Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated, bulk carrier Eternity C were killed after an attack by sea drones and speedboats off Yemen on Monday evening, Liberia's shipping delegation told a meeting of the UN shipping agency IMO on Tuesday.

The deaths, the first since June 2024, bring the total number of seafarers killed in attacks on vessels in the Red Sea to six.

Shortly before Monday's attack, Yemen's Houthi group claimed responsibility for a strike on the Liberia-flagged Greek-operated MV Magic Seas bulk carrier on Sunday, saying the ship sank.

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British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Tuesday stressed the need for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying that London will go further in its measures against Israel if the situation continues.

"We have to get the ceasefire," he told a parliamentary committee of MPs. Asked if he would take further measures against Israel if the situation in Gaza continued, he said: "Yes. Yes, we will."

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A Dutch imam has been suspended from his mosque after meeting Israeli President Isaac Herzog as part of a delegation of Muslim figures from Europe visiting Israel.

Youssef Msibih, an imam at Bilal Mosque in the northern Dutch city of Alkmaar, was among a group of 15 Muslim preachers who met Herzog in Jerusalem on Monday. 

During the meeting, Msibih sang a song that re-interpreted the Israeli national anthem in Arabic. 

Bilal Mosque announced on Tuesday morning that Masbeh had been suspended “with immediate effect”. 

“Following recent political statements by the imam, the board has decided to suspend him with immediate effect,” the mosque said in a statement posted on its Instagram. “As of this moment, the institution has no relationship with him.”

Read more: Dutch imam suspended after meeting Isaac Herzog in delegation to Israel

The Israeli military issued a statement claiming its fighters have "eliminated" a Hamas commander who it said was involved in the attacks on southern Israel on 7 October 2023.

In a statement on Telegram, the army said it had killed Taha Abu Ayadeh, who it claimed was a commander in the Nukhba forces, a unit of Hamas's armed wing, the Qassam Brigades.

The army said Abu Ayadeh led an attack on a petrol station in the Magen Kibbutz in southern Israel on 7 October, and had led multiple attacks on Israeli forces in Gaza since then.

The armed wing of Hamas has claimed a missile attack on an Israeli D9 military bulldozer with a “Yassin 105,” east of the Shujayea neighbourhood in Gaza City.

An Israeli attack on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis has killed at least 10 people, Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting, citing medical sources.

At least 54 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, according to Al Jazeera.

Dock workers at the port of Piraeus have said that they will refuse to unload the Ever Golden, a container ship carrying military-grade steel to Israel, when it arrives in Greece.

“We will not unload a single inch of this murderous cargo,” Enedep, the union of dock workers at Athens’s port city, said on Tuesday.

“The dock workers of Piraeus will not be complicit. We will not unload military steel from the Ever Golden - no to Greece’s involvement - freedom for Palestine,” the workers said.

According to the ship and container tracking site Vessel Finder, the Ever Golden, which is Japanese-owned and sails under the flag of Panama, was sailing off the coast of West Africa on Tuesday morning.

It is expected to reach Piraeus on 14 July. Once it arrives there, its cargo is intended to be moved to another container ship, the Folk Dammam, and taken on to Israel.

Read more: Greek dock workers will refuse to unload Israel's 'murderous cargo'

At least 54 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing medical sources.

Israeli far-right security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately halt the Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha as negotiations entered their third day.

"I call on the Prime Minister to immediately recall the delegation that went to negotiate with the Hamas murderers in Doha," Ben Gvir wrote in a post on X.

He instead called for a "total siege, military crushing, encouraging emigration" of Palestinians out of Gaza and Israeli resettlement of the territory.

A Palestinian official close to the talks told AFP on Tuesday that the talks were ongoing, with a focus on "the mechanisms for implementation, particularly the clauses related to withdrawal and humanitarian aid".

Meanwhile, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson, Majed Al-Ansari, said the ceasefire negotiations "need time".

"I don't think that I can give any timeline at the moment, but I can say right now that we will need time for this," Ansari said.

Netanyahu travelled to Washington for his third visit since President Donald Trump's re-election. The US president said he is confident a deal can be reached.

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The Israeli military has issued fresh expulsion orders for Palestinians in nine areas of southern Gaza's Khan Younis.

The army's Arabic language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, instructed residents to flee westwards, saying that the military was "intensifying sudden and concentrated firepower".

Israeli forces have killed at least 41 Palestinians in attacks across Gaza since dawn, Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting, citing medical sources at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.

Of that figure, 24 were killed in southern Gaza.

At least five people were killed in an attack on a tent housing displaced people in the Remal neighbourhood of Gaza City, while another six were killed, including three children, in an Israeli shooting near an aid centre north of Rafah city.

Al Jazeera Arabic also reported earlier today that nine people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a tent in the Mawasi area near southern Gaza's Khan Younis.

Wafa news agency reported, citing medical sources, that two people were killed and others injured in Israeli air strikes on the Hakr al-Jami’ area in Deir el-Balah.

Meanwhile another four people were killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced families in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

The bombs may have fallen silent, but Israel's assault on Iran is far from over.

In Tehran, many remain on edge, bracing for a second wave of air strikes, car bombings and acts of sabotage.

This uneasy lull could break at any moment, plunging the region into renewed violence and chaos.

Israel's war on Iran threatens to upend the regional balance of power.

The Gulf states now stand at a critical juncture, with vastly different futures ahead: one of prosperity and regional influence, or one of prolonged instability and economic turmoil.

Read more: Gulf states must act to avoid Israel's war on Iran spiralling into chaos

At least 32 Palestinians have been killed in the latest wave of Israeli attacks on Gaza, according to medical sources who spoke to Al Jazeera.

The sources said that 20 of the fatalities occurred in southern parts of the enclave, where air strikes have intensified in recent days.

The death toll is expected to rise as emergency crews continue to search through the rubble.

An Israeli air raid has killed five Palestinians after targeting a tent sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza City’s Al-Rimal neighbourhood, according to a source at Al-Shifa Hospital.

The tent was located in an area where many families had taken refuge from earlier bombardments in the besieged enclave.

The latest attack adds to the growing toll of those killed while seeking shelter from Israel’s ongoing offensive.

Israeli officials say ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Qatar between Israel and Hamas could still yield a deal, though bridging the remaining gaps may take longer than a few days.

Talks have picked up momentum since Sunday, when indirect discussions began in Doha with the backing of US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators. The renewed push to end the fighting in Gaza coincides with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington.

Netanyahu met US President Donald Trump on Monday. Speaking ahead of the meeting, Trump said a ceasefire and hostage deal could be reached this week. The Israeli leader is also expected to hold talks with Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, who played a key role in shaping the latest proposal, will head to Doha this week to join the discussions.

The current framework under consideration includes a phased release of Israeli hostages, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from parts of Gaza, and negotiations aimed at reaching a permanent end to the war.