The Government Media Office in Gaza says at least 56 journalists have fallen victim to Israeli military strikes in 2025 while performing their professional duties across the war-battered region.

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) says the population of the Gaza Strip has dropped by 10.6 percent in the last two years, marking a “severe demographic haemorrhage” because of Israel’s genocide.

Satellite analysis showed roughly 650 buildings destroyed in parts of Gaza City in the six weeks before the ceasefire.

The IRGC described the martyrdom as “a true image of the steadfastness and flourishing of the Resistance” in the face of a “terrorist and child‑killing Zionist regime.”

The Hebrew-language financial daily Calcalist says Israel’s new laser-based air defense system, Iron Beam, is actually far more expensive than previously acknowledged.

US President Donald Trump is reportedly at pains to avoid a public spat with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a series of issues, preferring instead to keep them under wraps with effusive praise of the Israeli leader.

Israel has suspended 37 international humanitarian organizations from operating in Gaza, drawing sharp criticism from journalists and human-rights advocates.