Israeli forces carried out a series of airstrikes on residential buildings in Gaza City on 4 June 2026, killing nine Palestinians and wounding 15 others, according to WAFA. A separate Israeli drone strike in central Gaza killed two Palestinians and wounded four on 3 June. The cumulative death toll across the Gaza Strip has surged to 72,945, with over 173,011 injured, WAFA reported. Meanwhile, settler violence and military operations across the West Bank intensified, and Israel’s Supreme Court issued a ruling on ICRC access to Palestinian detainees.
Gaza
Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Gaza City killed nine Palestinians and set homes ablaze, leaving widespread destruction, Al Jazeera reported. The strikes come amid continued Israeli military operations across the Strip. On 3 June, a Palestinian man was killed in a separate Israeli drone strike, and two others were killed and four wounded in a drone strike in central Gaza.
Satellite imagery analysed by Al Jazeera shows that Israel is building more military posts in Gaza, pointing to a deepening entrenchment of Israeli forces within the territory. An Al Jazeera Inside Story segment noted that Israel has moved to seize 70 percent of the Gaza Strip while killing increasing numbers of Palestinians, raising serious doubts about the US-backed peace process.
OCHA’s most recent humanitarian situation report describes living conditions in Gaza as dire, with most people displaced and exposed to continued health and environmental risks. The 2026 Flash Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory requires $4.1 billion, with coverage at only 13.9 percent and $3.5 billion unmet. Palestinian patients evacuated to Iraq for medical treatment have been left stranded in administrative limbo, stripped of their documents and confined inside a Baghdad medical centre, Al Jazeera reported.
West Bank
Israeli settler violence continued across the West Bank on 3–4 June. Colonists torched Palestinian farmland near Ramallah, while other settlers torched agricultural land south of Nablus. Israeli colonists damaged the sole water supply line serving a Bedouin community east of Jerusalem, and a colonist seized water tanks from a Palestinian home north of Ramallah. A Palestinian man was injured in a colonist assault south of Nablus on 4 June. Separately, colonists attacked poultry farms south of Nablus and hurled stones at Palestinians. Al Jazeera reported that Israeli settlers are systematically driving Palestinian shepherds from their grazing lands across the West Bank.
Israeli forces raided the Joseph’s Tomb area in eastern Nablus on 4 June, and tightened movement restrictions in the West Bank. Israeli occupation authorities issued demolition orders against Palestinian structures, and forces shut down an entrance leading to a Palestinian community. OCHA’s April 2026 West Bank snapshot records 45 Palestinian deaths, 1,089 injuries, 632 structures demolished, and 902 Palestinians displaced in the West Bank so far in 2026.
Israel’s withholding of Palestinian customs revenues is gutting the West Bank’s public health sector. Public hospitals have cut hours and slashed healthcare workers’ salaries, forcing patients to navigate a system running on interns and half-capacity labs, with healthcare workers going on strike, Mondoweiss reported. A new Israeli digital registry is also imposing de facto sovereignty over 60% of the West Bank, requiring Palestinians to register under Israeli authority or risk losing their land, Mondoweiss reported.
Jerusalem
Israeli police launched a recruitment campaign for a Temple Mount Unit, WAFA reported on 3 June — a move that deepens the militarisation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli colonists damaged the sole water supply line serving a Bedouin community east of Jerusalem. OCHA has previously noted that Palestinians in East Jerusalem are routinely issued demolition orders for structures built without rarely granted permits, part of a broader pattern of coercive displacement. The Arab League and Arab and Islamic foreign ministers have both recently condemned Israeli colonist incursions into Al-Aqsa, according to WAFA.
Politics
The Palestinian Presidency strongly condemned Israel’s approval of 2,162 new settlement housing units. Jordan also strongly denounced the approval. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the ban on ICRC visits to Palestinian detainees lacks legal basis, WAFA reported on 4 June. Israeli authorities have extended the detention of Palestinians, and the number of female prisoners has risen to 89 in Israeli jails. Secretary of State Rubio has distanced himself from Netanyahu’s Gaza plan, Al Jazeera reported. The International Labour Conference reaffirmed support for Palestinian workers’ rights. A Gaza-bound aid ship began its voyage from Sweden, weeks after Israeli forces intercepted a previous vessel.
Sources
- WAFA — Nine Palestinians killed and 15 others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on residential apartments in Gaza City
- WAFA — Two Palestinians killed, four injured in Israeli drone strike in central Gaza
- WAFA — Death toll across Gaza Strip surges to 72,945, over 173,011 injured
- WAFA — Palestinian man killed in Israeli drone strike
- WAFA — Israeli forces raid Joseph’s Tomb area in eastern Nablus
- WAFA — Palestinian man injured in Israeli colonist assault south of Nablus
- WAFA — Israeli Supreme Court rules ban on ICRC visits to Palestinian detainees lacks legal basis
- WAFA — Israeli police launch recruitment campaign for Temple Mount Unit
- WAFA — Jordan strongly denounces approval of 2,162 new settlement housing units
- WAFA — Colonists torch Palestinians farmland near Ramallah
- WAFA — Israeli colonists damage sole water supply line serving Bedouin community east of Jerusalem
- WAFA — Israeli colonist seizes water tanks from Palestinian home north of Ramallah
- WAFA — Israeli forces tighten movement restrictions
- WAFA — Israeli colonists torch agricultural land south of Nablus
- WAFA — Israeli occupation issues demolition orders
- WAFA — Israeli forces shut down entrance leading to Palestinian community
- WAFA — Palestinian Presidency condemns approval of 2,162 new settlement housing units
- WAFA — International Labour Conference reaffirms support for Palestinian workers
- WAFA — Israeli colonists attack poultry farms south of Nablus
- WAFA — Israeli authorities extend detention of Palestinians
- WAFA — Israeli colonists hurl stones towards Palestinians
- WAFA — Arab League condemns Israeli colonists incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque
- WAFA — Number of female prisoners rises to 89 in Israeli jails
- Al Jazeera — Israeli strikes on residential buildings kill nine in Gaza City
- Al Jazeera — Rubio distances himself from Netanyahu’s Gaza plan
- Al Jazeera — Israel is building more military posts in Gaza, satellite imagery shows
- Al Jazeera — Israeli settlers are driving Palestinian shepherds from their grazing lands
- Al Jazeera — ‘Trapped’: Gaza patients flown to Iraq stuck in administrative limbo
- Al Jazeera — Is the US-backed Gaza peace process in serious danger?
- Al Jazeera — Gaza-bound aid ship begins voyage from Sweden
- OCHA oPt — West Bank Monthly Snapshot: Casualties, Property Damage and Displacement | April 2026
- OCHA oPt — Humanitarian Situation Report | 25 May 2026
- OCHA oPt — Flash Appeal 2026 at a Glance for the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- OCHA oPt (Facebook) — East Jerusalem demolition orders
- Mondoweiss — West Bank healthcare workers go on strike as Israel’s financial siege guts the Palestinian health sector
- Mondoweiss — Digitally annexing the West Bank: Israel moves its theft of Palestinian land online
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