Several injured after Israeli football fans attack Palestinians dining at a restaurant with knives, sticks and bottles

<article data-history-node-id="428182" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-open-fire-west-bank-town-beit-fajjar" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-open-fire-west-bank-town-beit-fajjar" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces open fire in West Bank town of Beit Fajjar</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="554" data-start="425">Sources told Al Jazeera&nbsp;Arabic Israeli forces opened fire during a raid on the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.</p> <p data-end="894" data-start="556">The escalation comes as the war on Gaza, ongoing since October 2023, has killed more than 64,000 Palestinians and injured over 161,000, most of them women and children.</p> </div> </div> </article>

US and Israeli sources describe a pattern of obstruction by Israeli leadership, even as Hamas accepted key terms

<article data-history-node-id="427434" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/majority-americans-want-un-states-recognise-palestine-poll" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/majority-americans-want-un-states-recognise-palestine-poll" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Majority of Americans want UN states to recognise Palestine: Poll</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="416" data-start="194">A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that 58 percent of Americans think all UN member states should recognise Palestine as a country.</p> <p data-end="523" data-start="418">According to the survey, 33 percent of respondents opposed recognition, while 9 percent gave no answer.</p> <p data-end="712" data-start="525">The poll, conducted over six days and ending on Monday, came shortly after Canada, Britain and France, all close allies of the US, announced plans to recognise the State of Palestine.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="427293" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/senior-israel-national-cyber-directorate-official-arrested-suspicion" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/senior-israel-national-cyber-directorate-official-arrested-suspicion" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Senior Israel National Cyber Directorate official arrested on suspicion of paedophilia</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli&nbsp;</a>media has reported that&nbsp;a senior official in the Israel National Cyber Directorate was arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of online paedophilia.</p> <p>According to a report on the Israeli news website Ynet, Tom Alexandrovich, 38,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/r11bckadle" target="_blank">was arrested</a>&nbsp;for questioning by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department during a conference he had attended on behalf of the cyber directorate last week.</p> <p>He was arrested along with seven other suspects as part of "a multi-agency operation targeting child sex predators [which] led to the arrest of eight individuals over the past two weeks", Las Vegas police said in a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lvmpd.com/Home/Components/News/News/2182/263" target="_blank">statement</a>.</p> <p>The suspects, according to local police, "face felony charges of Luring a Child with Computer for Sex Act".</p> <p>The Israel National Cyber Directorate, which is supervised by the Prime Minister's Office, said in response:&nbsp;"The employee informed the Directorate that during his trip to the United States he was questioned by the US authorities on matters not related to work matters, and returned to Israel on the scheduled date of return.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-israel-national-cyber-directorate-official-arrested-suspicion-paedophilia">Senior Israel National Cyber Directorate official arrested on suspicion of paedophilia</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A profile photo of Tom Alexandrovich from his LinkedIn page (LinkedIn)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0d07fd71-6645-4155-8c84-42f860aeaff5" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/GygJP7mWUAASUDX.jpeg" width="1400" height="788" alt="A profile photo of Tom Alexandrovich from his LinkedIn page (LinkedIn)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A profile photo of Tom Alexandrovich from his LinkedIn page (LinkedIn)</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: 0px; 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> <section>&nbsp;</section> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="423335" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trap-mass-killings-israel-kills-32-starving-palestinians-us-aid-point" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trap-mass-killings-israel-kills-32-starving-palestinians-us-aid-point" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'Trap for mass killings': Israel kills 32 starving Palestinians at US aid point</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;forces have committed a new massacre targeting&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;aid seekers in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 32 people and wounding scores more, the Palestinian&nbsp;health ministry said on Sunday.</p> <p>According to eyewitnesses and local officials, Israeli troops opened fire directly on civilians gathered at two US-Israeli food distribution points in Rafah and central Gaza.</p> <p>At least 31 people were killed in Rafah and one in central Gaza, while over 200 were wounded, many of them critically.</p> <p>The health ministry accused Israel of using the new aid mechanism as a “trap for mass killings” and a tool for “the forced displacement of Gaza’s population.”</p> <p>It added that those killed in the “massacre” had single gunshot wounds to the head or chest, indicating clear intent to kill.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="'Trap for mass killings': Israel kills 32 starving Palestinians at US aid point" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-kills-32-starving-palestinians-latest-us-aid-point-massacre">'Trap for mass killings': Israel kills 32 starving Palestinians at US aid point</a></h3> <p><img alt="A mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, 1 June 2025 (Reuters/Hatem Khaled)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/2025-06-01T075516Z_24530175_RC2JTEAXBWCI_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=khMJ_FI0"></p> </div> </div> </article>

Letter signed by Liberal and Reform rabbis shows support for Board of Deputies members facing disciplinary action for speaking out

Rights groups say international leaders' silence on Riyadh's rights record behind surge

The U.S. has reportedly all but given up on a ceasefire proposal it put forth just two weeks ago.