As Dust Settles In Iran, Gaza Is Still Dying

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff:

At least 90 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks Tuesday, 56 of whom were aid-seekers.

For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Tuesday, go here.

According to health authorities, at least 870 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during Israel’s conflict with Iran.

GAZA NEWS SNAPSHOT:

UNRWA FUNDING DEFICIT: The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) faces a $200 million funding shortfall through the end of the year and can only guarantee operations until September, the agency’s chief warned on Tuesday. UNRWA has been facing severe financial difficulties since Israel launched a defamation campaign, claiming that some staff members were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks. While Israel never provided any proof, the accusations prompted several key donor nations, including the US, to suspend or pause funding.

Harvard-linked study finds nearly 400,000 Palestinians unaccounted for in Gaza, half of them children: Report

A new report published this month via the Harvard Dataverse reveals that at least 377,000 people in Gaza have been “disappeared” by the Israeli military since October 2023, with half of that number believed to be children.

The report, authored by Israeli professor Yaakov Garb, uses data-driven analysis and spatial mapping to examine how Israeli attacks on civilians and the obstruction of aid have led to a dramatic drop in the enclave’s population.

According to Garb’s findings, the actual number of people killed may be far higher than the official death toll, which currently stands at around 61,000.

Maps in the report, based on Israeli military estimates, indicate that the remaining population in Gaza City is around one million, with 500,000 in Mawasi and 350,000 in central Gaza, totaling approximately 1.85 million.

Before the war, Gaza’s population was estimated at 2.227 million. The discrepancy points to at least 377,000 people now unaccounted for.

While some may be displaced or missing, the scale of the gap has led analysts to conclude that a significant number are likely dead, suggesting the real death toll could be many times higher (continue reading here).

NOTABLE QUOTE:

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on Palestine:

The time has come to implement a complete halt of diplomatic, economic, and financial relations with Israel—not just as an act of solidarity, but also as a preventative measure.

Israel is writing one of the darkest chapters in its history in Gaza. Once we understand what it has done, we will be ashamed—but it will be too late.

[The Gaza Humanitarian Aid Fund is] one of the most brutal experiments I have ever witnessed. This is not aid. Palestinians call it ‘The Hunger Games.’ [The Israeli military] are killing people who are on the verge of starvation, and there is a clear solution to this: states must break the blockade. We must send humanitarian aid by ship. Stopping the genocide is our responsibility.

GAZA HEADLINES:

Israel, please let aid organizations do our jobs in Gaza

Israel’s ban on entry of medical supplies to Gaza, threatens lives of hundreds of newborns

‘A waste of time, money and trust’: Palestinians express frustration and disbelief as Canada’s visa programme fails families in Gaza

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HBUw5AOGi0Q

IRAN-ISRAEL-US NEWS SNAPSHOTS:

CASUALTY FIGURES: Iran says at least 610 people, including 13 children, have been killed and at least 3,056 others wounded since Israel launched its attack on June 13. In Israel, at least 28 people have been killed in Iranian strikes.

NOT EXACTLY TOTAL DESTRUCTION: An initial US intelligence assessment concluded that the US strikes did not destroy two of the sites and probably only set back the nuclear program by a few months, two people familiar with the report told the Guardian. Reportedly, key components of the nuclear program including centrifuges were capable of being restarted within months, and much of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which could be put to use for a possible nuclear weapon was moved before the strikes and may have been moved before the attack. The White House dismissed the report as “flat-out wrong”.

IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE: Iran has vowed that its nuclear program will remain uninterrupted, after its Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) confirmed on June 24, after key nuclear sites were hit by US and Israeli airstrikes. It condemned the attacks as violations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and accused the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of indifference and collaboration. “This action, contrary to international law, was unfortunately carried out in the shadow of indifference and even with the cooperation of the International Atomic Energy Agency,” the statement read.

ISRAEL WON’T ALLOW RECOVERY OF NUCLEAR PROGRAM: Netanyahu said Israel “will act with the same determination” if Iran tries to recover its nuclear program after the damage its facilities suffered from US and Israeli strikes.

IRAN OPEN TO DIALOGUE: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will respect the truce with Israel as long as Israel does. Pezeshkian also said Iran is open to dialogue and will protect the interests of Iranians at the negotiating table, reports Iran’s Nournews media.

THE COST TO ISRAEL: The Israeli economy is paying the price of the 12-day conflict with Iran: Israel spent around $5 billion in the first week of the attacks on Iran, according to the Financial Express website, while the daily expenses of the war reached $725 million, $593 million of which were used for attacks and $132 million allocated for defensive measures and military mobilization.

TRUMP’S REGIME CHANGE FLIP-FLOP: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he does not favor regime change in Iran, warning that such a shift would cause “chaos.” The statement represents a shift from Trump’s former position, when over the weekend he suggested he was open to the idea: “It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!” he wrote Sunday on social media.

Analyst Ramzy Baroud looks behind the curtain

I’m not buying this staged drama about Trump “ordering” Israel to halt its attack on Iran. This was a choreographed public spat between Netanyahu and Trump, designed purely for saving face.

Let’s be clear: the entire spectacle – the fake talks, the 60-day deadline, the war, the US bombing of Iran – was a coordinated political and military campaign by the US-Israel axis.

Trump’s “Bring Your Pilots Home” tweet wasn’t about peace. It was a calculated move to:

Buy political capital and credibility after Trump’s total surrender to Netanyahu’s war agenda
Deceive Iran into returning to negotiations, masquerading the US as a neutral party
Divert blame from Netanyahu’s government after Iran’s devastating blow to Israel, just before the ceasefire
Give Netanyahu an excuse: “I wanted to punish Iran, but our greatest ally, Trump, held me back.” It’s the political equivalent of a fake “hold me back” street fight

Do NOT fall for this political charade. This was, from start to finish, a US-Israeli war – or more accurately, an Israeli war that dragged the US along, with Washington having fully surrendered to the Israeli agenda

IRAN-ISRAEL-US HEADLINES:

‘Of course it was worth it’: Israelis celebrate ceasefire with Iran

How Israel failed in Iran

After a shaky ceasefire, US and Israel can hardly claim to have deterred Iran

From Gaza to Iran – Israel is fighting to maintain Western empire

Congress moves to put the brakes on Trump’s unilateral bombing

WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM HEADLINES:

(For background on the West Bank, read this and this)

Israel Demolished 623 Structures In Jerusalem Since October 7, 2023

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

PROTEST HEADLINES:

Power & Pushback: Mahmoud Khalil’s release marks major setback for Trump crackdown on Palestine activism

OTHER NEWS:

Five members of biggest British Jewish body suspended over Israel criticisms

Ireland becomes 1st European nation to draft legislation banning trade with Israeli settlements

Global shipping firm Maersk divests from companies aiding Israel’s settlement enterprise

STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – JUNE 24, 2025:

At least 57,149 Palestinians killed, 141,024 injured – including:
at least 56,156 killed in Gaza (~16,500 children)
at least 993 killed in the West Bank (~199 children)
at least 132,239 injured in Gaza
at least 8,785 injured in the West Bank

According to Palestinian authorities, during the ceasefire Jan. 19 – March 18 2025, Israeli attacks killed at least 170 Gazans, and Israel committed at least 962 ceasefire violations.

Since the Israeli army resumed its assaults on Gaza on March 18, it has killed at least 5,833 people. 31 Israeli soldiers (most recent June 24) have been killed during the same time period.

Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 14,000 more are still buried under rubble.

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – June 24, 2025: ~1,620 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 435 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.

By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 221 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 185 and 283 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used).

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers. Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org