Israeli forces continued to strike targets across Gaza on 2–3 June 2026, killing and wounding civilians in multiple incidents, according to WAFA. Across the West Bank, occupation authorities issued new land-seizure orders, settlers torched agricultural land in several governorates, and Israeli forces conducted overnight raids — underscoring what OCHA oPt describes as a pattern of escalating violence and mounting humanitarian needs.
Gaza
An Israeli strike on Al-Mawasi killed one civilian and injured others, WAFA reported on 2 June. In a separate incident the same day, one person was killed and four others injured in another Israeli strike, according to WAFA. A drone strike west of Gaza City wounded ten people, one critically, WAFA reported. Gaza’s overall death toll has risen to 72,942 killed and more than 118,000 injured since the start of the assault, according to WAFA.
Al Jazeera’s weekly wrap reported that Israel killed dozens in Gaza over the Eid period with no respite for the holiday. A separate Al Jazeera report documented that at least two Palestinians were killed and around a dozen wounded when an Israeli airstrike hit a crowded café at Gaza’s port on 1 June. Satellite imagery published by Al Jazeera shows the erasure of southern Gaza as Israeli forces expand territorial control, with Netanyahu ordering military occupation of 70 percent of the Strip.
Humanitarian conditions remain dire. +972 Magazine reports that Israel’s siege has left Gaza’s displaced population exposed to rats, raw sewage, and spreading skin diseases, with the shattered health system struggling to contain illness across tent camps. +972 also reports that all MRI machines in Gaza have been destroyed or rendered unusable by the siege, leaving doctors effectively unable to diagnose patients. Gaza patients evacuated to Iraq for treatment are now stuck in administrative limbo, Al Jazeera reported on 2 June. OCHA’s 2026 Flash Appeal remains critically underfunded, with only 13.9% of the $4.1 billion required covered and $3.5 billion unmet, according to OCHA oPt.
West Bank
Occupation authorities issued an order to seize dozens of dunums of land east of Tubas, WAFA reported on 2 June. Israeli forces separately raided a village near Tubas on 3 June, searching multiple homes, according to WAFA, and closed the main entrances into a southern West Bank village, WAFA reported. The Israeli occupation also seized land in Bethlehem under the pretext of expropriation, WAFA reported on 2 June. +972 Magazine reported that, in a first since the Oslo Accords, Israel is seizing land to build an army base inside a West Bank city near Jenin refugee camp, the latest move to expand military presence in the north.
Settler violence was widespread. Colonists attacked homes and burned agricultural land, WAFA reported on 2 June. Settlers burned agricultural land south of Nablus, according to WAFA, set fire to wheat crops in another location, WAFA reported, and burned agricultural land in a further incident, according to WAFA. Colonists also torched two vehicles and sprayed racist graffiti, WAFA reported, and stole Palestinian herders’ sheep, according to WAFA. OCHA’s Facebook noted that in one week alone, 50 settler attacks across the West Bank resulted in casualties or property damage, according to OCHA oPt.
Israeli forces launched a widespread detention campaign on 2 June, WAFA reported. Israeli authorities demolished three homes, according to WAFA, and issued demolition notices for additional structures, WAFA reported. Israeli forces also seized the Aqraba municipality vehicle, according to WAFA. OCHA oPt’s cumulative data for 2026 records 607 structures demolished and 872 Palestinians displaced across the West Bank so far this year, according to OCHA oPt. West Bank Palestinian deaths stand at 45 in 2026, with 1,089 injuries recorded through early May, per OCHA oPt.
West Bank public hospitals have cut hours and slashed healthcare workers’ salaries as Israel indefinitely withholds Palestinian customs revenues, Mondoweiss reported, with patients navigating a system running on interns and half-capacity labs. Healthcare workers have gone on strike in response.
Jerusalem
The Arab League condemned Israeli settler incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, WAFA reported on 2 June. Foreign ministers of Arab and Islamic countries also condemned the continued colonist incursions into Al-Aqsa, according to WAFA. Israeli authorities issued a six-month ban barring a Palestinian from Jerusalem, WAFA reported on 2 June. OCHA has previously noted that Palestinians in East Jerusalem who receive demolition orders face a permit system that is rarely granted, according to OCHA oPt, reflecting a structural pattern of dispossession.
Politics
The number of Palestinian female prisoners in Israeli jails rose to 89, WAFA reported on 2 June. Occupation forces renewed the administrative detention of a Palestinian prisoner, according to WAFA. +972 Magazine reported that Palestinian journalists held without charge in Israeli jails have described beatings, starvation, isolation, and threats intended to force them into silence, in what detainees call “cemeteries for the living.”
Egypt has warned Israel that dangerous escalations in Gaza threaten the ceasefire, Al Jazeera reported, as Cairo races to salvage a deal pushed to the brink of collapse by ongoing Israeli attacks and displacement threats. The UN urged Israel to lift restrictions on Palestinian refugees, according to WAFA on 3 June. A Gaza-bound aid ship began its voyage from Sweden, Al Jazeera reported on 1 June.
Sources
- WAFA — Israeli strike kills civilian, injures others in Gaza’s Al-Mawasi
- WAFA — One killed, four injured in Israeli strike
- WAFA — Ten injured, one critically, in Israeli drone strike west of Gaza City
- WAFA — Gaza death toll rises to 72,942 killed
- Al Jazeera — Palestine weekly wrap: No respite for Eid as Israel kills dozens in Gaza
- Al Jazeera — Israel airstrike kills at least two Palestinians at Gaza port
- Al Jazeera — Satellite imagery shows erasure of southern Gaza as Israel expands control
- Al Jazeera — ‘Trapped’: Gaza patients flown to Iraq stuck in administrative limbo
- Al Jazeera — Egypt warns Israel that dangerous Gaza escalations threaten ceasefire
- Al Jazeera — Gaza-bound aid ship begins voyage from Sweden
- +972 Magazine — Rats, raw sewage, skin diseases: Israel’s siege is ravaging Gaza’s displaced
- +972 Magazine — ‘As doctors, we are effectively blinded’: Inside Gaza’s MRI crisis
- +972 Magazine — In first since Oslo, Israel seizing land for army base inside West Bank city
- +972 Magazine — The Palestinian journalists held in Israel’s ‘cemeteries for the living’
- Mondoweiss — West Bank healthcare workers go on strike as Israel’s financial siege guts the Palestinian health sector
- 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 — West Bank Demolitions data
- OCHA oPt — West Bank Casualties data
- OCHA oPt (Facebook) — 50 settler attacks in one week
- OCHA oPt (Facebook) — East Jerusalem demolition orders
- WAFA — Occupation authorities issue order to seize dozens of dunums east of Tubas
- WAFA — Israeli forces raid village near Tubas, search multiple homes
- WAFA — Israeli forces close main entrances into southern West Bank village
- WAFA — Israeli occupation seizes land under pretext of expropriation in Bethlehem
- WAFA — Colonists attack homes and burn agricultural land
- WAFA — Settlers burn agricultural land south of Nablus
- WAFA — Colonists set fire to wheat crops
- WAFA — Occupation forces burn agricultural lands
- WAFA — Colonists torch two vehicles, spray racist graffiti
- WAFA — Colonists steal Palestinian herders’ sheep
- WAFA — Israeli forces launch widespread detention campaign
- WAFA — Israeli authorities demolish three homes
- WAFA — Israeli forces issue demolition notices
- WAFA — Israeli forces seize Aqraba municipality vehicle
- WAFA — Arab League condemns Israeli colonists’ incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque
- WAFA — Arab and Islamic countries FMs condemn colonists’ continued incursions into Al-Aqsa
- WAFA — Israeli authorities issue six-month ban from Jerusalem
- WAFA — Number of female prisoners rises to 89 in Israeli jails
- WAFA — Occupation forces renew administrative detention
- WAFA — UN urges Israel to lift restrictions on Palestinian refugees
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