Vandaag, straks om 12.00 hrs, vindt de 86ste ambtenaren sit-in plaats, georganiseerd door de schijnbaar onvermoeibare en moedige Ambtenaren en de Grondwet. Ondanks het politieke klimaat dat ambtenaren...

<article data-history-node-id="428029" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-113-gaza-over-past-24-hours" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-113-gaza-over-past-24-hours" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks kill 113 in Gaza over past 24 hours</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="305" data-start="143">Gaza’s Health Ministry says hospitals have received the bodies of 113 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and 304 wounded in the past 24 hours.</p> <p data-end="446" data-start="307">The ministry says this brings the total death toll from Israel’s genocide on Gaza since 7 October 2023 to 63,746, with 161,245 others wounded.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="427223" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/agonising-heat-wave-hits-gaza-amid-widescale-dehydration-and-famine" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/agonising-heat-wave-hits-gaza-amid-widescale-dehydration-and-famine" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Agonising heat wave hits Gaza amid widescale dehydration and famine</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>As temperatures in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza&nbsp;</a>Strip surpass&nbsp;<a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165653" target="_blank">40 degrees celsius</a>, health authorities and rights organisations have sounded the alarm over increasing dehydration cases and the spread of diseases.</p> <p>The United Nation's agency for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian&nbsp;</a>refugees (Unrwa) warned in a post on X that the&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/UNRWA/status/1955872110498246764" target="_blank">scorching heat</a>&nbsp;is "making an already desperate situation far worse".</p> <p>The agency noted the limited water supply across the besieged enclave, as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel&nbsp;</a>continues its months-long blockade on the territory.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Bombardments and forced displacement continue. With limited electricity and fuel, there is no relief from the extreme heat," it said. "There must be a ceasefire."</p> <p>Gaza is facing severe water shortages due to months of Israeli attacks targeting water and sanitation infrastructure, including desalination plants and sewage systems.&nbsp;</p> <p>The blockaded enclave - which was already&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/8/4/unprecedented-water-crisis-in-gaza-amid-israeli-induced-starvation" target="_blank">suffering&nbsp;</a>from a water crisis before the nearly 700-day&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-gaza-why-experts-say-genocide-international-law" target="_blank">genocide&nbsp;</a>- now has less<strong>&nbsp;</strong>than&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/failing-gaza-undrinkable-water-no-access-toilets-and-little-hope-horizon#:~:text=Palestinians%20in%20Gaza%20remember%20a,sea%20is%20polluted%20by%20sewage." target="_blank">four percent&nbsp;</a>of the fresh water in needs, with surrounding sea water polluted by sewage.</p> <p>The Gaza government press office has previously said that such Israeli attacks are aimed at "turning water into a tool of genocide and a weapon of slow killing".</p> <p>Moreover, expulsion orders issued in recent weeks have left displaced Palestinians vulnerable to dehydration.</p> <p>The spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/expulsion-orders-gaza-cut-palestinians-clean-water-united-nations" target="_blank">warned&nbsp;</a>in late July that these displacement orders target sources of clean water, as they&nbsp;have concerned zones hosting vital water infrastructure.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/agonising-heat-wave-hits-gaza-amid-widescale-dehydration-famine">Agonising heat wave hits Gaza amid widescale dehydration and famine</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A Palestinian girl collects water in al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, south Gaza, on 14 August 2025 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2063978e-c7a7-4b64-9f07-f42f1a110e1e" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/israel-genocide-gaza-blockade-water-palestinian-child-collects-august-2025-afp.jpg" width="7189" height="4044" alt="A Palestinian girl collects water in al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, south Gaza, on 14 August 2025 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A Palestinian girl collects water in al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, south Gaza, on 14 August 2025 (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

PVV-leider Geert Wilders trapt zijn verkiezingscampagne af met het verspreiden van een provocerende afbeelding. Wat belooft dit voor het verloop van de campagne?

<article data-history-node-id="426966" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-israel-will-take-over-security-control-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-israel-will-take-over-security-control-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Netanyahu: Israel will take over 'security control' of Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will take over "security control" of Gaza in a press conference, confirming his intention for an Israeli occupation of Gaza.</p> <p>The leader, who faces an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, called for the demilitarisation of Gaza and for Hamas to disarm.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Het demissionaire kabinet ziet op dit moment geen ruimte voor extra maatregelen tegen Israël, naast de nieuwe maatregelen die het tien dagen geleden aankondigde. Minister Veldkamp bestrijdt dat Nederl...

Follow the Money, Omroep Gelderland en NRC spannen een kort geding aan tegen de demissionaire minister van Landbouw, Femke Wiersma. Ze hopen daarmee de publicatie van uitstootgegevens van landbouwbedr...

<article data-history-node-id="426812" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestine-red-crescent-says-israel-attacked-its-offices" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestine-red-crescent-says-israel-attacked-its-offices" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestine Red Crescent says Israel attacked its offices</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Palestine Red Crescent said the Israeli army attacked its offices in Khan Younis:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨Breaking – Palestine Red Crescent: The Israeli occupation forces have targeted the 8th floor of the PRCS headquarters in Khan Younis with an artillery shell. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotATarget?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NotATarget</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IHL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a></p> — PRCS (@PalestineRCS) <a href="https://twitter.com/PalestineRCS/status/1953067375768617291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> </div> </article>