Twelve days in Gaza

Jul 1 2025 The Guardian

Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?

Afghanistan was pushed out of our news by the Ukraine war, Ukraine was pushed out for a while by Gaza, and Gaza was pushed out by the Israeli and US bombing Iran.

In our 24/7 news cycle, there will always be a new crisis to focus on, we should remember that problems do not disappear just because they are not in the news anymore.

This piece is about what happened in Gaza when we were focused on the Iran bombings. Below a short version:

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14 June, the second day of the Israel-Iran conflict, at least 20 Palestinians were killed.

16 June, at least 37 people killed

17 June, at least 59 Palestinians killed and hundreds more injured

18 June, central Gaza death toll 11, and at least 24 killed in airstrikes

19 June, 15 killed in central Gaza, elsewhere, about 60 killed in airstrikes

20 June, at least 24 killed

24 June, 25 Palestinians killed