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LNA Shells Headquarters of GNA's Ministry of Interior

A view of the old A view of the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi/File Photo
A view of the old A view of the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi/File Photo
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LNA Shells Headquarters of GNA's Ministry of Interior

A view of the old A view of the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi/File Photo
A view of the old A view of the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi/File Photo

The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, announced that it hit military targets in Tripoli and Misrata, which belongs to the Government of National Accord (GNA) forces.

In a remarkable development, the Interior Ministry of the GNA announced Thursday that one of its affiliated buildings at airport road was targeted by an aerial offensive. The shelling resulted in enormous damage for the residential towns, while some of the ministry staff and civilians were wounded.

In a statement, the ministry considered that shelling its civil headquarters is an endeavor to halt its efforts in the security field and in establishing stability. It is also an attempt to spread chaos and terrorism.

The ministry reiterated its will to combat terrorism and crime as well as to protect citizens and state institutions.

This coincides with a reliable source from the premiership reporting that the Presidential Council asked its staff to evacuate the headquarters after news circulated that an attack against the council’s headquarters will take place.

Meanwhile, LNA launched Thursday raids against sites of Fayez al-Sarraj loyal-forces. LNA's Military Information Division revealed in a statement that this aerial campaign resulted in targeting sites and destroying them fully.

The division urged the capital residents to stay away from sites, warehouses of ammunition and camps affiliated with the militia of the Popular Mobilization Forces.

Moreover, the division announced that a man from Benghazi was arrested due to a video provoking against the army forces. After investigations, the Tariq bin Ziyad Brigade units headed to arrest him.

LNA's Karama operations media center warned parents of high school students in Tripoli of attempts by the militias to recruit their sons through alluring them with an amount of YDD 500 per day.

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Israeli Strike Kills Two People in Gaza, Medics Say

Palestinians make their way past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive as displaced people shelter in tents, in Gaza City, July 4, 2026. (Reuters)
Palestinians make their way past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive as displaced people shelter in tents, in Gaza City, July 4, 2026. (Reuters)
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Israeli Strike Kills Two People in Gaza, Medics Say

Palestinians make their way past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive as displaced people shelter in tents, in Gaza City, July 4, 2026. (Reuters)
Palestinians make their way past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive as displaced people shelter in tents, in Gaza City, July 4, 2026. (Reuters)

An ‌Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians in Gaza City on Sunday, health officials said.

Medics said the two people were killed when an airstrike hit a group of people at the Omar Al-Mokhtar road in the heart of the city, north of the enclave. Several others ‌were wounded, they ‌added.

The Israeli military did ‌not ⁠immediately comment on ⁠the incident.

Israel has repeatedly carried out strikes on Gaza since a US-mediated ceasefire with Hamas was reached in October last year, saying that it is targeting fighters threatening ⁠its soldiers in Gaza or ‌those who ‌took part in that 2023 attack.

Hamas has ‌accused Israel of violating the ‌ceasefire, while Nikolay Mladenov, the US President Donald Trump-appointed Board of Peace envoy to Gaza, has said both parties ‌have violated the agreement.

Israel and Hamas are deadlocked in indirect talks ⁠over implementing ⁠the second phase of the ceasefire deal, which includes the group's disarmament and Israeli army withdrawals.

Since the ceasefire took effect eight months ago, over 1,060 Palestinians, many of them civilians, and four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza, according to figures from each side. Hamas does not disclose its fatality figures.

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In South Lebanon, Israel Army Chief Vows to Act ‘Decisively’ Against Hezbollah

The Crusader-period Beaufort Castle (rear) in southern Lebanon at sunset, as seen from the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, 29 June 2026, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. (EPA)
The Crusader-period Beaufort Castle (rear) in southern Lebanon at sunset, as seen from the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, 29 June 2026, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. (EPA)
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In South Lebanon, Israel Army Chief Vows to Act ‘Decisively’ Against Hezbollah

The Crusader-period Beaufort Castle (rear) in southern Lebanon at sunset, as seen from the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, 29 June 2026, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. (EPA)
The Crusader-period Beaufort Castle (rear) in southern Lebanon at sunset, as seen from the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, 29 June 2026, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. (EPA)

Israel's military chief visited forces deployed around Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon on Sunday, vowing to push ahead with the campaign against Hezbollah.

"The Israeli army will continue to operate decisively to remove threats from Lebanese territory and is prepared to transition rapidly to offensive operations should the ceasefire be violated," Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir told soldiers during the visit, according to a statement issued by the military.

Israeli forces seized the crusader-era castle and the area around it recently, giving the military a strategic toehold it previously occupied for nearly two decades.

Israel says it uncovered a tunnel network beneath the castle, saying it was built to give fighters of Lebanese group Hezbollah a fortified strike hub just kilometers from Israeli territory.

Israel previously overran the fortress during its 1982 invasion of Lebanon, after a prolonged battle with the Palestinian fighters hidden in the castle's maze of historic underground tunnels.

The castle was damaged by violent bombardment in the process.

Israel then used it as one of its main observation posts until its troops withdrew from the country in 2000.

"Our troops' activities at the Beaufort Ridge and throughout southern Lebanon are being carried out in accordance with the framework of the agreement and the mechanisms established under it," Zamir said on Sunday, referring to the recent US-brokered agreement between Israel and Lebanon intended to permanently halt hostilities.

But Zamir said that "any threat directed at our troops or the Israeli civilians will be struck immediately and eliminated".

"The Lebanese Armed Forces are required to fulfil their commitments under the historic agreement that was signed and act to clear the area of Hezbollah terrorists and terrorist infrastructure," he added.

Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East war on March 2 with rocket fire at Israel to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes days earlier.

Israel responded with massive airstrikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, where its troops now occupy swathes of territory near the border.

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Lawyer Warns Detained Palestinian Doctor Hussam Abu Safiya Is in Critical Condition

A woman holds a sign that reads "Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Free Gaza" during a protest in front of the Shin Bet offices, calling for his release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP)
A woman holds a sign that reads "Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Free Gaza" during a protest in front of the Shin Bet offices, calling for his release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP)
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Lawyer Warns Detained Palestinian Doctor Hussam Abu Safiya Is in Critical Condition

A woman holds a sign that reads "Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Free Gaza" during a protest in front of the Shin Bet offices, calling for his release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP)
A woman holds a sign that reads "Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Free Gaza" during a protest in front of the Shin Bet offices, calling for his release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP)

The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 18 months ago said his client has been abused in captivity and is in critical condition, according to the human rights group representing him.

Hussam Abu Safiya who served as director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, became the face of health workers struggling to treat patients throughout the Israel-Hamas war.

He led the facility through an 85-day siege by the Israeli military, releasing videos in which he pleaded for help before he was arrested in December 2024. He has not been charged.

The Israeli military said Abu Safiya, 53, was being investigated on suspicion of cooperating with or working for Hamas. Staff and international aid groups that worked with him deny the claims.

Physicians for Human Rights Israel and Abu Safiya’s lawyer, Nasser Odeh, said Abu Safiya appeared extremely weak and struggled to sit upright during a visit on July 2. Odeh said he had recent head injuries around his eyes, ears and neck and experienced difficulty breathing.

Odeh and Physicians for Human Rights Israel said they have petitioned to have Abu Safiya transferred to another facility.

Abu Safiya faced physical and psychological abuse and was kept in solitary confinement for extended periods, Odeh said following an appearance before Israel’s Supreme Court last month challenging his continued detainment without charge.

Abu Safiya appeared briefly by video during that hearing, looking pale and gaunt and with lash-like marks on both arms.

Israel’s Prison Service called the allegations “false and entirely without factual basis.” The prison service declined to discuss the case directly, citing privacy concerns, but said all prisoners and detainees are held in accordance with the law and receive medical care based on Ministry of Health guidelines.

“The Israel Prison Service rejects allegations of abuse, torture, starvation, or denial of medical treatment,” the prison service said.

Israel has faced severe criticism over its treatment of Palestinian prisoners and detainees since the start of its war with Hamas in October 2023. Human rights organizations and the United Nations have alleged systematic patterns of abuse.

The number of Palestinians in Israeli detention surged after the start of the war and thousands remain in detention. The Associated Press has previously reported on the dire conditions in prisons.

The war between Israel and Hamas began Oct. 7, 2023, after the Gaza-based group led an attack on southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.

Since then, more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive in Gaza, according to the territory’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants.