Event: Israel

Israel expelled Dutch representatives from a Gaza coordination centre after the Netherlands announced its decision to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.  Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar said in a post on X that the representatives will be "expelled immediately" from the International Support Center for Gaza in Kiryat Gat, and were asked to leave Israel within a week.  Saar said the decision, approved by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was in response to what he called a "series of anti-Israel moves" by the Dutch government.  "The anti-Israel policy of the Dutch government is accompanied by an unprecedented wave of antisemitism and boycotts in that country," he added.  "Our message is clear: Whoever acts against Israel will have no foothold in the region. Israel will not allow steps against it without a response."

An Israeli military strike targeting a nearby building destroyed a warehouse storing nutritional supplies for malnourished children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) said in a statement on Tuesday. The warehouse belongs to Ard El Insan (AEI), a local humanitarian organisation working with MAP to support about 60 medical points serving up to 100 women and children daily. The overnight explosion collapsed large sections of the building, including the roof and walls, burying the supplies under rubble, damaging the entire stock and rendering it unfit for human consumption. “Losing these quantities in their entirety is a major blow to our work and will undoubtedly affect our ability to reach the children and women who need these services, particularly given the conditions they continue to face in the aftermath of starvation,” said Sahar Salem, AEI’s project coordinator, adding that conditions in Gaza remain challenging despite the alleged "ceasefire" Israel.

Live Blog Update| War on Iran 25 August 2026 21:36 BST The US-led board supervising a Gaza peace plan on Tuesday warned Hamas against flying kites, after Israel threatened retaliatory strikes. "All militant activity in Gaza must stop, including the flying of kites. We have conveyed this message directly through the established mechanism," an official on President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" said on condition of anonymity. Reporting by AFP Displaced Palestinian children fly kites near the border with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on 28 March 2024 (Said Khatib/AFP)