Overview
- On Sunday, July 12, Israeli strikes hit workshops and displaced-persons sites in Gaza and killed at least six people, including a nine-year-old girl, according to Gaza health officials.
- Hospitals across Gaza are operating on diesel generators because roughly 90% of the electricity network is destroyed and crews face acute shortages of fuel, spare parts, and ambulances that limit emergency care.
- The Israel Defense Forces said it targeted sites it described as "terrorist infrastructure," including a metal workshop, while Gaza hospitals and witnesses reported civilian deaths from the strikes.
- Mediators meeting in Cairo are negotiating the second phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, which includes disarmament and Israeli withdrawal, but sources say talks have made little visible progress.
- Long-term effects include mass displacement, extreme unemployment and poverty, and damaged health services that raise the risk of more civilian deaths and deepen Gaza’s dependence on international aid.