Israeli Strikes on Gaza Threaten Cease-Fire, Hostage Release Talks

Welcome again to world brief, where we look at it Israeli Strikes on Gazaand United States Conada Commercial conversations, and a dangerous heat wave in Southern Europe.

Entitropial talks with Gaza

Senior Israeli officials, including the Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dimer, flew to Washington on Monday to stir a ceasefire in Gaza and the hostages talks. But with Israel launched some of its most expensive attacks on the region for weeks, experts are concerned that negotiations to end the war of more than 20 months will remain stagnant to a large extent.

US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that a truce agreement could be reached next week. This confirmation has doubled during the weekend, when it was first published on Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is currently in the negotiation process on a deal with Hamas, which will include the hostage recovery” and then called on both sides on Sunday to “conclude the deal in Gaza. Restore the hostages !!!”

Netanyahu has expressed similar optimism. “As you know, I have opened many opportunities now after this victory,” said on Sunday, referring to the end of the 12 -day Israeli conflict, in reference to the end of the 12 -day Israeli conflict, which lasted, which Israel, Iran and the United States claimed success. “First, to save the hostages,” Netanyahu added. “Of course, we will also need to resolve the Gaza issue, the defeat of Hamas, but I think we will complete both tasks.”

Netanyahu’s comments indicate a possible shift in how Israel’s goals in the war, as it had given priority to the defeat of Hamas due to the saving of the hostages, who believe that 50 of them are still in Gaza (Israel believed 27 by Israel).

Israel has argued that it would not end the war until Hamas removed and resolved, which the armed group rejects. Hamas confirms that it will not agree to the armistice deal unless the conditions include a permanent end of the war and the withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Gaza, which was Israel’s hesitant.

However, heavy Israeli strikes across Gaza can undermine negotiation efforts. The Israeli forces killed at least 60 Palestinians on Monday, and according to what was reported, tanks were paid to the eastern regions of Gaza City and the bombs that hit many schools in northern Gaza after the displaced families were devoted at home. Israel claims to have struck strict targets, including leadership and control centers, only after taking steps to reduce risks to civilians.

More than 80 percent of the Gaza Strip is now subject to displacement orders or is part of the military zone of Israel, according to the United Nations, with new evacuation orders on Monday displaced large parts of northern Gaza. Israeli forces have killed more than 56,000 Palestinians since the war began in October 2023, and almost all of the 2.3 million Gaza population have been displaced.

On Monday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) also acknowledged that Palestinian civilians had been harmed at the sites of first aid distribution in Gaza, adding that the Israeli forces had received new instructions after the “lessons learned”. Hundreds of people were killed or injured while trying to reach food from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a group of assistance from the United States and Israel-a system accused by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, as “inherently unsafe” and “killing people”.

Israel confirms that it does not target civilians. However, the Israeli soldiers and leaders in Gaza told the Israeli newspaper Haritz Last week, the army was deliberately ordered to fire on the crowds near the aid centers to disperse them, even when it is clear that it does not pose any threat. Israel denies these allegations, as Netanyahu and Defense Secretary described it as “LIBELS”. Haritz I also mentioned that the Israeli General Military Lawyer had instructed the fact -finding of the Israel Defense Forces to investigate the potential war crimes committed by the Israeli forces in the aid distribution sites.

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The world this week

Tuesday 1 July: The quadruple security dialogue holds a meeting of foreign ministers in Washington.

French President Emmanuel Macron will host Swiss President Karen Keeler Street in Paris, while German Chancellor Friedrich Mirz will host Luxembourgger Luke Friedin in Berlin.

The political dialogue of the European-Turkish Union at a high-level level is held in Ankara.

Wednesday, July 2: Argentina hosts the summit of Mercosur leaders for two days.

Brussels hosts the strategic dialogue of the European Union China.

Thursday, July 3: The three-day AIX-E-PROVINCE Economic Forum begins in France.

Friday, July 4: Moldova hosts the European Union summit.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a two -day visit to Argentina.

Sunday, July 6: Eight OPEC countries+ hold a virtual meeting.

Brazil hosts the BRICS summit for two days in Rio de Janeiro.

What we are following

Return to the negotiating table. American economic advisor Kevin Haysit confirmed on Monday that the American commercial talks had resumed with Canada after Ottawa agreed to cancel the digital services tax by 3 percent on American companies. Although the tax has been present since last year, Monday was the first day when the payments were due.

“Thank you Canada for removing the digital services tax that was aimed at strangling the American innovation and could have served as deals on any trade deal with America,” US Trade Minister Howard Lootnick wrote on X. Under the outstanding policy now, American companies had to hand over $ 2.7 billion to the Canadian government.

Trump first condemned the Canadian tax in a social publication of the truth last Friday, describing it as a “direct attack and beating” on the United States and pledged to end all trade negotiations on this policy. Within 48 hours, Canada changed the path, saying that Ottawa decided to “cancel the digital services tax … in anticipation of a comprehensive commercial arrangement useful for both parties with the United States.” The Canadian parliament still needs to agree to cancel.

Severe heat risks. A dangerous heat wave continued to control a large part of southern Europe on Monday, with temperatures cut off to triple numbers and warning the predictors that relief is still a few days away. Meteorologists say climate change causes more frequent and extreme heat waves.

“The severe heat is no longer a rare event – it has become the new natural thing,” said Guterres on Monday while residing in Seville, Spain, with temperatures of 108 degrees Fahrenheit. “The planet becomes hotter and more dangerous – no country is fortified.”

France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are among the nations facing the worst conditions. On Saturday, the Spanish town of El Granado recorded temperatures of about 115 degrees Fahrenheit – wandering at the highest level in the country of 113 degrees registered in Seville 60 years ago. The city of Mora in the center of Portugal reached 116 degrees on Sunday. In Greece, the Hashim fires erupted south of Athens last Thursday, forcing the authorities to issue evacuation orders for many societies.

On Monday, the Spanish Ministry of Health issued red and “high -risk” alerts for its northeastern regions, west and southwest. It joins many other governments in raising threat warnings, including Rome – which has placed 21 out of 27 monitoring cities under its highest level of heat – and Paris, as parts of the capital area are now under a 4 -level alert, its highest level.

Surprise electoral success. The Chilean Communist Party candidate, Jenit Jara, won a sudden victory in the initial presidential elections on Sunday for the current coalition, defeating its most moderate competitor with more than 60 percent of the vote. The strong offer puts the former Minister of Labor on the right track to confront right -wing opponents in the November elections.

“Today it starts a new path that will go together, with the conviction of the construction of Chile more just and more democratic. A popular neighbor has gained a reducing the work week to 40 hours and raising the minimum wage in the country while working as a minister from March 2022 to April 2025.

However, Jara faces an arduous battle, starting with the voters ’turnout; Only 1.4 million people out of about 15.4 million qualified voters who voted in the preliminary elections on Sunday. Recent opinion polls have shown that support for the current left -wing government during the era of President Gabriel Borik is declining with the slowdown of economic growth and the high numbers of organized crime. These issues were mobilized for support for the high conservative lawyer Jose Antonio Cast and former Minister of Labor, friend Evlin Mattathi, who also nominate the presidency.

Difficulties end

A farm in southwestern England became the place for music lovers this weekend, with the UK held the Glastonbury Music Festival for five days. With hundreds of thousands of attendees and about 4000 artists and 1.2 million bonuses of beer (it is sufficient to fill in standard swimming pools), this year’s festival soon became one in records of recordings.

But this event also became a controversy after the BBC said on Monday that he regretted the duo Bob Villan Pop Whelene, as the band led the crowd through “death” to the Israeli army for its actions in Gaza. The British Broadcasting Corporation described the anti -Semitic comments, and British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer said that there is no excuse for this “horrific hate speech”, and the US State Department said it had canceled artists is visas on their actions.