Live: At least 75 killed in Israeli strikes on second day of Eid al-Adha

Hamas has praised Yemen’s Houthi movement for its latest missile strike targeting Tel Aviv, calling it a sign of “ongoing support and solidarity” with Palestinians under Israeli assault.

In a statement posted on Telegram, the Palestinian group said it “highly values and commends” the Houthis’ launch aimed at Ben Gurion International Airport, describing the action as further proof of “the noble stance of the brotherly Yemeni people” amid Gaza’s suffering.

The Israeli army confirmed it had intercepted the missile, which was fired from Yemen. While no injuries or damage were reported, air raid sirens rang out across parts of Israel.

Hamas used the moment to urge the wider Muslim world and the international community to ramp up pressure on Israel to halt what it called a “war of extermination in Gaza,” where tens of thousands have been killed and wounded since Israel launched its latest offensive.

Switzerland is considering whether to open a legal investigation into the activities of the Geneva-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US-backed organisation planning to oversee aid distribution in the enclave, Swiss authorities told Reuters.

The decision comes after a Swiss NGO submitted a request for a probe into GHF's aid plan, which the UN has opposed on the grounds that it lacks impartiality and neutrality, contributes to the further displacement of Palestinians, and exposes thousands of people to harm.

The GHF told Reuters it "strictly adheres" to humanitarian principles and would not support any form of forced relocation of civilians.

Read more: Switzerland may investigate US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

The number of Palestinians killed in Israel’s military assault on Gaza has reached 53,939, with another 122,797 wounded since 7 October 2023, according to health officials in the besieged enclave.

Medical sources reported on Sunday that since 18 March—when Israel resumed its bombardment after a short-lived ceasefire—at least 3,785 people have been killed and over 10,756 wounded.

In the last 24 hours alone, Gaza’s hospitals have received 38 bodies and treated 204 wounded as Israeli forces continue their offensive.

But these figures tell only part of the story—many of the dead remain trapped beneath the rubble or lie in the open, unreachable by ambulances and emergency teams due to continued air raids and destroyed roads.

Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela says his country will officially recognise the State of Palestine next month—ending more than four decades of hesitation—while Gaza’s death toll continues to soar.

Speaking at a political event on Sunday, Abela condemned the deepening catastrophe in Gaza, where, he said, over 50,000 people have been killed. “We cannot close our eyes to this human tragedy that is getting worse every day,” he said, referencing Israel’s relentless assault on the besieged enclave.

Abela said Malta would formalise its position following a June 20 conference, describing the move as a “moral responsibility” amid the worsening violence.

Abela also recounted his recent visit to Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan, where he met children evacuated to Malta for urgent medical care. His remarks painted a grim picture of a people displaced and devastated by a war that Israel insists on waging with impunity.

During the event, the Prime Minister expressed Malta’s willingness to receive paediatrician Dr Alaa Al-Najjar and her family. While treating patients in a hospital in southern Gaza, Al-Najjar lost nine of her ten children to an Israeli strike, and her husband and son was critically wounded.

Two more Palestinian civilians have been killed and others wounded on Sunday evening in Israeli air strikes on central Gaza.

One civilian was killed and several others wounded after Israeli warplanes targeted the al-Karama neighbourhood, northwest of Gaza City. Some of those wounded were critically injured.

Another civilian was killed and others wounded after an Israeli drone struck a mobile phone charging station in the al-Hakar area of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

Six civilians have been killed and others wounded as Israeli forces launched multiple attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon.

An Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Yunis, killing two civilians, Wafa news agency reported. 

Elsewhere in Khan Younis, another civilian was killed by an Israeli air strike on the town of Al-Fukhari.

In northern Gaza, three civilians were killed and several others wounded by an Israeli air strike targeting a group of civilians in a residential area in Beit Lahia.

Swiss authorities have told Reuters that they are exploring whether to open a legal investigation into the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US-backed organisation that plans to oversee aid distribution in the enclave.

It comes after a Swiss NGO submitted a request for a probe into GHF's aid plan, which the UN has opposed, saying it is not impartial or neutral and forces further Palestinian displacement and exposes thousands of people to harm.

The GHF told Reuters it "strictly adheres" to humanitarian principles and would not support any form of forced relocation of civilians.

Trial International, a Switzerland-based NGO, on Friday said it had filed two legal submissions asking Swiss authorities to investigate whether the Swiss-registered GHF complies with Swiss law and international humanitarian law.

Aid organisations named in a letter from GHF have sought to distance themselves from the controversial plan which is expected to launch this week.

The 22 May letter, obtained by Middle East Eye, was sent by the foundation's executive director Jake Wood to Cogat, the Israeli military unit overseeing aid logistics in Gaza.

The latest apparent leak of a GHF document, which follows another earlier this month, comes as the organisation is under further scrutiny following investigations in the Washington Post and the New York Times which raise questions about the ties between the organisation and Israeli officials. 

Aid organisations named in a letter from a newly formed foundation bidding to deliver food aid in Gaza have sought to distance themselves from the controversial plan which is expected to launch this week.

The 22 May letter, obtained by Middle East Eye, was sent by Gaza Humanitarian Foundation executive director Jake Wood to Cogat, the Israeli military unit overseeing aid logistics in Gaza.

The letter, in which Wood thanks Cogat for its "constructive engagement", starts by clarifying that Israel and GHF have agreed that non-food humanitarian aid, such as medical supplies, hygiene items and shelter materials, would be permitted to enter the enclave under the existing UN-led system.

Wood then indicates in the letter that food aid will continue to be distributed in parallel to GHF by “qualified humanitarian agencies” until his organisation scales up its capacity to “no fewer than 8 secure distribution sites”.

He notes a recent call he said he convened with the CEOs of Save the Children, International Medical Corps, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, Care and Project Hope.

Read more: Aid NGOs distance themselves from Gaza Humanitarian Foundation after leaked letter

Yahya Saree, military spokesperson for Yemen's Houthis, said the group was responsible for an attack on Sunday intercepted by Israel.

He said the Houthis fired a "hypersonic" missile towards Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. 

Sirens sounded across several areas of Israel on Sunday, as Israel intercepted a missile launched from Yemen towards Israel.

Saree said the attack was successful as it caused the airport to halt operations and Israelis to flee to shelters.

Since October 2023, Yemen's Houthis have fired missiles at Israel in what they describe as an act of solidarity with Palestinians under bombardment in Gaza.

Israeli settlers chased and harassed Palestinian livestock herders in the northern Jordan Valley region, northeast of the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa new agency. 

Mehdi Daraghmeh, head of the al-Maleh village council, said settlers forced the herders out of grazing areas in the al-Burj area in the Jordan Valley on Sunday. 

Daraghmeh said settlers regularly harass and expel herders from the already limited pastures available to them.

He added that tens of thousands of acres of grazing land in the northern Jordan Valley are now effectively under the control of settlers, severely impacting Palestinian communities that depend on livestock for their livelihoods.

Elsewhere in the West Bank, a Palestinian shepherd sustained bruises on Sunday morning after being assaulted by armed Israeli settlers in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. 

Armed settlers chased and attacked Hani Abu Aram with stones, while he was herding his sheep. 

Israeli strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a journalist and a senior rescue service official, local health authorities said.

Israeli attacks were reported in Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north and Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, medics said.

In Jabalia, Palestinian journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several family members were killed by an air strike that targeted his house.

Another air strike in Nuseirat killed Ashraf Abu Nar, a senior official in Gaza's civil emergency service, and his wife in their house, medics said.

Abu Warda's death raises the number of Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023 to 220, according to Palestinian officials. 

A four-year-old child has died in Gaza City due to severe malnutrition caused by Israel's blockade, according to Palestinian media reports.

It brings the death toll from hunger-related causes in the Gaza Strip to 58.

Doctors at al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital confirmed that Mohammad Mustafa Yassin, 4, died from prolonged malnutrition.

Medical sources told Wafa news agency that in addition to 58 confirmed malnutrition-related deaths, a further 242 people - most of them children or elderly - have died in the past 80 days due to lack of access to food and medicine.

Israel has blocked virtually all aid from entering the Gaza Strip since early March. 

On Friday, a joint statement from 80 countries warned that Gaza was facing “the worst humanitarian crisis” since the war began in October 2023, with civilians at imminent risk of famine.

The Israeli army says it has intercepted a missile launched from Yemen towards Israel.

Sirens sounded across several areas of Israel on Sunday, the military said earlier.

Since October 2023, Yemen's Houthis have fired missiles at Israel in what they describe as an act of solidarity with Palestinians under bombardment in Gaza.

Most of these missiles have either been intercepted or failed to land in Israel.

The Houthis did not immediately comment on Sunday's missile launch.

Our live coverage from Gaza will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are some of the day's key developments:

• The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 2023 has risen to 53,901, the Palestinian health ministry said on Saturday. At least 122,593 have been wounded since the war began, it added.

• Since dawn on Saturday, 52 people have been confirmed killed in the enclave.

• A Palestinian paediatrician received the charred bodies of nine of her children while on duty at the hospital after an Israeli strike hit her home in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

• Authorities in Gaza say at least 300 pregnant women have suffered miscarriages as extreme hunger grips the besieged enclave.

• The World Food Programme has warned that more than 70,000 children in Gaza are suffering from severe malnutrition, as Israel continues to block the vast majority of aid convoys.

• Hamas has said that testimonies from Palestinian detainees and Israeli soldiers in a news report by the Associated Press documented “heinous crimes committed by” Israel. 

• Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Harris has sharply condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza, stating that “it’s clear war crimes are taking place.”

• Around 20 journalists' associations in France, including those affiliated with France 24, Le Monde, and Radio France Internationale, have called on Paris to evacuate journalists in Gaza working for French outlets. 

• Israeli settlers have damaged water pipes supplying Palestinian families in the al-Auja waterfall area, north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank.

Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Harris has sharply condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza, stating that “it’s clear war crimes are taking place.”

In a video shared on social media, Harris said: “It’s clear genocidal activity is taking place. Children are being starved. Food is being used as a weapon of war.”

The Irish minister welcomed the European Union’s move to review its Association Agreement with Israel, a major trade deal, but insisted that the bloc must take stronger action. “It needs to be suspended because it cannot be business as usual whilst this is being carried out in Gaza,” Harris said.

Harris also confirmed that Dublin would push ahead with domestic legislation aimed at banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. “On Tuesday, I will seek a government decision in relation to that,” he said.