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<article data-history-node-id="425929" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-commandeer-palestinian-villages-land-after-killing" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-commandeer-palestinian-villages-land-after-killing" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers commandeer Palestinian village's land after killing American Sayfollah Musallet</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers have illegally commandeered land belonging to Palestinians from the village of Sinjil by putting mobile homes on it, Wafa news agency reported on Thursday.</p> <p>The village is where American citizen Sayfollah Musallet was beaten to death by Israeli settlers less than a week ago.</p> <p>Despite international condemnation after they killed Musallet, the settlers have continued to stake their claim in a strip of land north of the village without pushback from police or the government, to expand the illegal settlement Givat Haroeh.</p> <p>The website of One Israel Fund describes the expansion plans of the&nbsp;Givat Haroeh, which anticipates 100 families living in the settlement this year. The illegal settlement was founded in 2003 and the website says, "settlers of this community are steadfast in their commitment to the land of Israel".</p> <p>Musallet, a 20-year-old from Tampa was killed by settlers - who along with&nbsp;the Israeli military- prevented an ambulance coming to help his nephew for three hours. His friend was also killed by the same group.</p> <p>CNN's Jeremy Diamond said that his vehicle was attacked by the same settlers when reporting on the story.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Rights advocates call on the Trump administration to ensure accountability for the killing of Sayfollah Musallet.

<article data-history-node-id="425446" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-countries-slam-us-sanctions-icc-vow-continued-support" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-countries-slam-us-sanctions-icc-vow-continued-support" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Dozens of countries slam US sanctions on ICC, vow continued support</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="374" data-start="85">A coalition of 48 nations has voiced “deep concern” over Washington’s decision to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling out all forms of pressure, threats, or attacks against the court’s judges and staff.</p> <p data-end="598" data-start="376">In a joint statement, the group pledged continued backing for the tribunal: “We stand with the court and are determined to continue our full support for it so that it can continue to operate independently and effectively.”</p> <p data-end="820" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="600">The rebuke follows a move by the Trump administration targeting ICC personnel, singling out four judges it accuses of taking “illegitimate and baseless actions” against the United States and its allies, including Israel.</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="es">Durante la Sesión Especial de la AEP de <a href="https://twitter.com/IntlCrimCourt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IntlCrimCourt</a> sobre el crimen de agresión, 🇲🇽 pronunció una intervención en nombre de 48 Estados, condenando las sanciones a su personal: 🇦🇩🇦🇹🇧🇪🇧🇿🇧🇴🇧🇦🇧🇼🇧🇷🇧🇬🇨🇱🇨🇴🇭🇷🇨🇾🇨🇩🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇬🇭🇬🇹🇭🇳🇮🇸🇮🇪🇱🇮🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇼🇲🇹🇲🇩🇲🇳🇳🇴🇵🇪🇵🇹🇨🇿🇰🇳🇸🇳🇸🇱🇸🇰🇸🇮🇿🇦🇪🇸🇵🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇹🇱🇹🇳🇺🇾🇻🇺 <a href="https://t.co/iEGlbh872x">pic.twitter.com/iEGlbh872x</a></p> — Misión de México ONU (@MexOnu) <a href="https://twitter.com/MexOnu/status/1942316981274960077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="425393" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/french-jurists-appeal-judge-stop-military-cargo-destined-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/french-jurists-appeal-judge-stop-military-cargo-destined-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">French jurists appeal to judge to block military cargo bound for Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A group of French lawyers and jurists&nbsp;filed an urgent request with the Administrative Court of Montreuil, France, to suspend the military cargo in transit through France’s Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport to Elbit Systems in Israel from Swedish company Swebor Stal Svenska AB.</p> <p>“Elbit Systems, the main arms supplier to the Israeli army, plays a central role in the current war effort, including in the Gaza Strip,” the Jurists for the Respect of International Law (Jurdi)&nbsp;said in a statement shared on X.</p> <p>“Authorising the uncontrolled transit of armoured vehicles destined for Elbit Systems would be equivalent to facilitating, from French territory, the commission of international crimes already denounced by the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court,” the group said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="425227" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-14-palestinians-killed-combat-drone-strikes-nuseirat-refugee-camp" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-14-palestinians-killed-combat-drone-strikes-nuseirat-refugee-camp" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">At least 14 Palestinians killed in combat drone strikes on Nuseirat refugee camp</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed 14 Palestinian civilians and injured numerous others, Wafa news agency reported, citing local sources.</p> <p>An Israeli combat drone targeted a falafel kiosk near Al-Awda Hospital in the refugee camp, claiming the lives of five civilians and injuring others.</p> <p>Meanwhile, another combat drone targeted a group of people gathered in front of a school in al-Mukhayyam al-Jadid - an extension of the refugee camp - claiming the lives of nine peoople, including three children, and injuring others.</p> <p>Israel has killing 57,012 Palestinians, mostly women and children in the last 20 months, a figure considered to be an undercount as thousands of people remain unaccounted for, and are presumed to be dead under rubble.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="425070" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-580-killed-israeli-while-waiting-aid-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-580-killed-israeli-while-waiting-aid-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Over 580 killed by Israeli while waiting for aid in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital has told Al Jazeera Arabic that more than 580 Palestinians have died and over 4,000 have been wounded while waiting for aid in Gaza.</p> <p data-end="445" data-start="288">“Diseases are widespread in the Gaza Strip, especially among children,” the spokesman said, warning of soaring malnutrition levels across all governorates.</p> <p data-end="611" data-start="447">More than 400 cases of meningitis have been reported since the start of the year, with medical officials describing the situation as a full-blown health disaster.</p> <p data-end="829" data-start="613">“We live in very difficult conditions and are in shelters and displacement centres without any aid. The health system is on the verge of collapse due to the rising number of casualties from Israeli fire,” he added.</p> <p data-end="991" data-start="831">Officials say the newly introduced aid mechanism has deepened the crisis, with mounting pressure on hospitals unable to cope with the daily influx of wounded.</p> </div> </div> </article>