Late night wrap

Dear MEE readers, 

One of Gaza's last functioning medical facilities was put completely out of service on Sunday by Israel's ongoing raid, following a week-long siege and fuel shortages.

The latest blow to Gaza's destroyed healthcare sector came as Israel prepared for an assault on the southernmost city Rafah, home now to more than a million mostly displaced Palestinians living in desperate conditions.

Israel's air and ground offensive has devastated much of Gaza and forced nearly all its inhabitants from their homes. Health authorities say 28,985 people, mostly civilians, have been killed.

Meanwhile in the occupied West Bank, two Palestinian men were killed in an Israeli raid, while a third, a member of the Palestinian Authority Security forces, was shot at a checkpoint.

Other updates include:

• Israeli Minister Benny Gantz has said that if Israeli captives held in Gaza are not returned by Ramadan, the military will expand its operations into Rafah

• Norway has agreed to help transfer frozen tax funds earmarked for the Palestinian Authority (PA) that were collected by Israel

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to limit the number of Palestinians who will be allowed to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

• The US Central Command, in a post on X, said it "successfully conducted five self-defence strikes against targets in "Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen"

• The Water Transport Workers Federation of India has announced that it will refuse to load or unload weapons to Israel

• Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva compared Israel's killing of Palestinians in Gaza to the Nazi genocide against Jews during World War Two, sparking Israeli backlash

• The UAE, which normalised ties with Israel in 2020, has called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, warning that "an impending Israeli offensive will displace millions"