Israeli forces continued strikes across Gaza on 8–9 June 2026 as the death toll from the ongoing offensive rose to 72,980, according to WAFA. Across the West Bank, demolitions, detentions, and settler attacks intensified, while the Israeli Knesset approved a law expanding mechanisms to seize Palestinian clearance revenues. The Israeli occupation seized nearly 393 dunums of Palestinian land through military and expropriation orders in May alone.
Gaza
Israeli strikes on 8 June killed four people in southern Gaza and killed two more Palestinians, injuring several others, according to WAFA. Al Jazeera reported that Israeli attacks across Gaza killed 14 people on 8 June. Survivors have also spoken out about an Israeli raid that killed 274 people in a Gaza refugee camp.
Humanitarian conditions remain catastrophic. Health officials in Gaza say Israeli restrictions on fuel and supplies have pushed hospitals to the verge of collapse, with Israel accused of deliberately calibrating restrictions to keep the healthcare system on the brink. OCHA reported that health risks posed by pests and rodents in Gaza remain high as restrictions persist on access to landfills and the import of essential supplies. With 96 percent of Gaza’s farmland destroyed, farmers returning to fields face rubble, unexploded ordnance, and an Israeli blockade that is making agricultural recovery nearly impossible, Mondoweiss reported.
Gaza cancer patients are also being denied medical evacuation. Al Jazeera documented the case of a Gaza cancer patient waiting for a chance at life amid the siege. Earlier, on 6 June, Israeli attacks across Gaza killed at least 10 Palestinians, including a groom, Muhannad Farwana, killed hours before his wedding. An Israeli attack on a Gaza City tent camp also killed several Palestinians on that date. The OCHA Flash Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory for 2026 shows a funding requirement of $4.1 billion, with only 13.9 percent covered and $3.5 billion unmet.
West Bank
Israeli authorities demolished eight homes in Barta’a, southwest of Jenin, on 8 June 2026, according to WAFA. Israeli forces also began demolition of 20 homes in another location, while demolishing a home and a carpentry workshop in a further incident. OCHA data shows that so far in 2026, 641 structures have been demolished, displacing 926 Palestinians.
Settler violence continued across the West Bank. Israeli colonists burned a vehicle near Nablus, and four Palestinians were detained in a subsequent raid on the city. Colonists attacked Palestinian citizens’ homes southeast of Bethlehem and attacked Palestinians at the entrance to a village. Masked colonists attacked a Bedouin community east of the city, and colonists were reported to have torn up landscape for construction and steamrolled Palestinian lands for colonial expansion. A surveillance camera caught an Israeli soldier and settlers brutally assaulting two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported on 6 June.
Israeli forces assaulted several Palestinian citizens during a raid on a Hebron-area village and detained a young man east of Bethlehem, seizing his vehicle. OCHA West Bank data records 45 Palestinian deaths and 1,089 injuries in 2026 to date (until 5 May 2026) from Israeli forces or settlers, alongside ongoing casualties, property damage, and displacement. Mondoweiss reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed Sam Abu Haikal, a seven-month-old baby, while he was riding in his parents’ car through Hebron; his mother was left in intensive care and his wounded father buried him alone the next morning. The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported an unprecedented rise in detention rates across the West Bank.
Israel’s financial siege of the Palestinian Authority is also devastating the health sector. West Bank healthcare workers went on strike as Israel’s indefinite withholding of Palestinian customs revenues forced public hospitals to cut hours and slash workers’ salaries. The Knesset’s passage of a law expanding mechanisms to seize Palestinian clearance revenues threatens to deepen this crisis further.
Jerusalem
On 8 June, the Israeli occupation municipality raided Jerusalem restaurants. Israeli forces closed the entrance to Anata, east of Jerusalem. Israeli colonists broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque on 8 June, according to WAFA. OCHA has previously noted that Palestinians in East Jerusalem are routinely issued demolition orders for structures built without permits that are rarely granted, reflecting a systematic policy of dispossession.
Regional
The death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon rose to 3,637 killed, with 11,188 wounded, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry as reported by WAFA and Al Jazeera. Several Palestinians were injured in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on 8 June. Italy’s public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into Israeli Minister Itamar Ben Gvir over the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla interception.
Politics
Egypt’s Foreign Minister affirmed Cairo’s full support to UNRWA and its mandate on 8 June. The EU implemented a Palestine facility with $395 million in support. Palestinian Prime Minister met with a senior European delegation on the sidelines of an EU meeting. Al Jazeera reported that Egypt hosted renewed ceasefire talks as Hamas prepared for meetings in Cairo on full implementation of a Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Sources
- OCHA oPt — Humanitarian Situation Report, 5 June 2026
- OCHA oPt — West Bank Monthly Snapshot: Casualties, Property Damage and Displacement, April 2026
- OCHA oPt — Flash Appeal 2026 for the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- OCHA oPt — Facebook: Health risks from pests and rodents in Gaza, 6 June 2026
- OCHA oPt — Facebook: East Jerusalem demolition orders, 12 May 2026
- WAFA — Gaza death toll rises to 72,980
- WAFA — Israeli Knesset approves law expanding mechanisms to seize Palestinian clearance revenues
- WAFA — Occupation seizes nearly 393 dunums of Palestinian land in May
- WAFA — Israeli authorities demolish 8 homes in Barta’a, southwest of Jenin
- WAFA — Israeli forces begin demolition of 20 homes
- WAFA — Israeli forces demolish home and carpentry workshop
- WAFA — Four killed in Israeli airstrikes on southern Gaza
- WAFA — Two Palestinians killed, several injured
- WAFA — Israeli colonists burn vehicle near Nablus; four Palestinians detained
- WAFA — Colonists attack Palestinian citizens’ homes southeast of Bethlehem
- WAFA — Colonists attack Palestinians at entrance to village
- WAFA — Masked colonists attack Bedouin community
- WAFA — Israeli colonists tear up landscape for construction
- WAFA — Israel steamrolls Palestinian lands for colonial expansion
- WAFA — Israeli forces assault several Palestinian citizens during raid on Hebron-area village
- WAFA — Israeli forces detain young man east of Bethlehem, seize his vehicle
- WAFA — PPS reports unprecedented rise in detention rates
- WAFA — Occupation municipality raids Jerusalem restaurants
- WAFA — Israeli forces close entrance to Anata east of Jerusalem
- WAFA — Israeli colonists broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque
- WAFA — Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 3,637
- WAFA — Several Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrikes
- WAFA — Italian Public Prosecutor’s Office opens investigation into Israeli Minister Ben Gvir over Freedom Flotilla
- WAFA — Egypt’s FM affirms Cairo’s full support to UNRWA and its mandate
- WAFA — EU implements Palestine facility with $395 million
- WAFA — Prime Minister meets Senior European Delegation
- Al Jazeera — Israel kills 14 people in attacks across Gaza
- Al Jazeera — Survivors recall Israeli raid that killed 274 in Gaza refugee camp
- Al Jazeera — Gaza cancer patient waits for a chance at life
- Al Jazeera — Israeli attacks across Gaza kill at least 10 Palestinians
- Al Jazeera — Groom killed hours before his wedding in Gaza
- Al Jazeera — Israeli attack on Gaza City tent camp kills several Palestinians
- Al Jazeera — Video shows Israeli soldier and settlers assaulting two Palestinians
- Al Jazeera — Israel kills 13 in Gaza as Egypt hosts renewed ceasefire talks
- Mondoweiss — Israeli soldiers shot and killed this Palestinian baby in the West Bank
- Mondoweiss — Israeli restrictions on fuel and supplies have hospitals in Gaza on the verge of shutting down
- Mondoweiss — Gaza farmers begin the hard work of rebuilding an agricultural sector decimated by Israel’s genocide
- Mondoweiss — West Bank healthcare workers go on strike as Israel’s financial siege guts the Palestinian health sector
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