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Tunisia: No Return to Full Lockdown

Tunisia will not return to a full lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)
Tunisia will not return to a full lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)
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Tunisia: No Return to Full Lockdown

Tunisia will not return to a full lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)
Tunisia will not return to a full lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)

Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said the country will not return to a full lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic.

He stressed, however, that the current situation requires everyone to strictly respect preventive measures imposed by the Health Ministry.

This include wearing masks, using disinfectants and respecting social distancing rules, he said in remarks on the sidelines of the opening of the Annual Conference of Heads of Permanent Diplomatic and Consular Missions.

Member of the Scientific Committee on Coronavirus Control Habib Ghedira had previously warned that Tunisia may face a catastrophic situation over the pandemic, adding that infections can be avoided once health precautions are respected.

A complete lockdown is no longer the solution to confront the outbreak, he stressed. The solution lies in wearing a mask, respecting social distancing rules and washing hands regularly.

Tunisia has confirmed 10,732 infections, 2,386 recoveries and 159 deaths.

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Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 29

A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
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Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 29

A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli airstrikes on Sunday killed at least 29 Palestinians, including six children near a water distribution point.

The attacks came with apparent deadlock in a week of indirect talks in Qatar between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the territory.

Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that Gaza City was hit by several strikes overnight and in the early morning, killing eight, "including women and children" and wounding others.

An Israeli airstrike hit a family home near the Nuseirat refugee camp, south of Gaza City, resulting in "10 martyrs and several injured", Bassal said.

In central Gaza, six children were among eight people killed when a drone "hit a potable water distribution point in an area for displaced people" in the Nuseirat camp, he added.

Several other people were wounded, he said.

In the territory's south, three people were killed when Israeli jets hit a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the coastal Al-Mawasi area, according to the civil defense spokesman.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has recently intensified its operations across Gaza, more than 21 months into the war triggered by Hamas's October 2023 attack.

On Saturday, the military said fighter jets had hit more than 35 "Hamas terror targets" around Beit Hanun in northern Gaza.

The vast majority of Gaza's population of more than two million people have been displaced at least once during the war, which has created dire humanitarian conditions in the territory.

Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify tolls and details provided by the civil defense agency and other parties.