Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Morning update

7 July 2025 04:54 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza and key developments in the occupied West Bank:

  • The first session of indirect Hamas-Israel ceasefire talks in Qatar ended inconclusively, two Palestinian sources familiar with the matter told Reuters early on Monday, adding that the Israeli delegation didn't have a sufficient mandate to reach an agreement with Hamas.

  • US President Donald Trump on Sunday said there was a good chance a Gaza ceasefire deal could be reached with Hamas this week, and such a deal meant "quite a few hostages" could be released.

  • A Hamas government media office rejected accusations by the US State Department that the group was involved in a Saturday attack that injured two Americans at an aid distribution site in Gaza, it said on Sunday.

  • Israel's military said it would issue 54,000 call-up notices to ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students following a Supreme Court ruling mandating their conscription and amid growing pressure from reservists stretched by extended deployments.

  • Israel said early Monday that it carried out a wave of strikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeida and other areas held by the Houthis.

  • Israeli forces have killed at least 82 people across Gaza, including 39 in Gaza City alone on Sunday, according to Al Jazeera.