The Israeli military said it intended to hit an Islamic Jihad militant in the area, but that a malfunction had caused the missile to fall "dozens of metres from the target."

Ten people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Sunday, including six children who were waiting to fill water containers near a refugee camp, emergency service workers said.

Smalls, who was born and raised in Hackensack, garnered national attention after founding the Amazon Labor Union and organizing labor strikes to call attention to working conditions at Amazon. He departed Siracusa, Italy, on July 13, on the Handala boat bound for Gaza, organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

Netanyahu's close adviser, Jonatan Urich, has denied any wrongdoing in the case which legal authorities began investigating in late 2024. The prime minister has described probes against Urich and other aides as a witch-hunt.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets President Donald Trump in Washington to discuss a potential ceasefire in Gaza

“There are no words to describe the heartbreak I feel witnessing the devastation that is being inflicted upon innocent people in Palestine,” Rodrigo wrote Saturday on her Instagram story. “Mothers, fathers, and children in Gaza are starving, dehydrated, and being denied access to basic medical care and humanitarian aid.

A fuel crisis in Gaza, caused by an Israeli blockade, has forced several municipalities to suspend key services, such as waste collection and sewage treatment, threatening to exacerbate disease and suffering in the war-torn territory.

Amos Guiora, a law professor at the University of Utah where he directs the Bystander Initiative, centered his pointed remarks on “enablers,” those in the Israeli government he sees as allowing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “abandon” those Hamas still holds captive.