Israeli forces continued lethal operations across Gaza and the West Bank on 5 June 2026. WAFA reported that a young woman was killed and 15 others injured in an Israeli drone strike southwest of Gaza. In the West Bank, WAFA also reported that a Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli forces during a raid east of Ramallah. Meanwhile, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced a plan for 2,162 new homes in the occupied West Bank, deepening the settlement enterprise, according to Al Jazeera.
Gaza
An Israeli drone strike killed a young woman and wounded 15 others southwest of Gaza, WAFA reported on 5 June. The previous day, Al Jazeera reported that Israeli strikes on residential buildings killed nine people in Gaza City. WAFA also reported that an Israeli strike killed a civilian and injured another on 4 June, and that seven Palestinians were injured in a separate Israeli airstrike that same day.
Gaza’s healthcare system faces compounding pressure. Mondoweiss reported that health officials in Gaza say Israel is deliberately calibrating restrictions on fuel and supplies to keep hospitals on the brink of collapse. WAFA further noted that thousands of Palestinian patients are at serious risk due to the ongoing crisis in the healthcare system. The OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report of 25 May documented that most people in Gaza remain displaced and exposed to continued health and environmental risks. An Al Jazeera investigation identified 40 distinct Israeli military outposts now entrenched within Gaza, based on satellite imagery analysis.
Gaza patients evacuated to Iraq are also stranded. Al Jazeera reported that Palestinian patients stripped of their documents are confined inside a Baghdad medical centre, stuck in administrative limbo. The 2026 Flash Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory has a funding gap of $3.5 billion, with only 13.9% coverage of the $4.1 billion requirement, according to OCHA.
West Bank
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian youth during a raid east of Ramallah in the early hours of 5 June, WAFA reported. Earlier on 4 June, Israeli forces raided a mourning gathering in a village and injured five Palestinians during an incursion. Israeli forces also raided the Joseph’s Tomb area in eastern Nablus. Separately, WAFA reported that Israeli forces detained 13 Palestinians in raids across Salfit on the morning of 5 June.
Settler violence continued on multiple fronts. WAFA reported that colonists attacked Palestinian vehicles on a road between localities. Israeli colonists attacked children at a sports facility on 4 June. Colonists also grazed their sheep on Palestinian lands and ploughed Palestinian land near a settlement. Al Jazeera documented how settler attacks in the Jordan Valley have forced growing numbers of Palestinian communities to flee their villages. OCHA’s West Bank Monthly Snapshot for April 2026 recorded 45 Palestinian deaths and 1,089 injuries in 2026 to date (until 5 May), as well as 636 structures demolished and 916 Palestinians displaced so far this year.
Demolitions and land seizures accelerated. Israeli forces demolished an industrial facility and demolished an irrigation pond in northern areas on 4 June. Israeli authorities also issued demolition notices for structures in the West Bank. Mondoweiss reported on a new Israeli digital registry that imposes de facto sovereignty over 60% of the West Bank, requiring Palestinians to register under Israeli authority or risk losing their land. West Bank healthcare workers went on strike as Israel indefinitely withholds Palestinian customs revenues, causing public hospitals to cut hours and slash salaries, according to Mondoweiss.
Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Governorate warned of major settlement expansion on 4 June. Finance Minister Smotrich’s announcement of 2,162 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank directly implicates the broader Jerusalem area, Al Jazeera reported. An OCHA Facebook update from 12 May noted that Palestinians in East Jerusalem continue to face demolition orders for structures built without permits that are rarely granted — a pattern that OCHA described as a form of ongoing coercive displacement. Israel also closed the northern entrance to a locality in the Jerusalem-adjacent area on 4 June, according to WAFA. The Arab League condemned Israeli colonist incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque on 2 June, reflecting sustained pressure on the holy site.
Regional
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a conditional ceasefire, Al Jazeera reported on 4 June, amid the wider US-Israel conflict with Iran. The ceasefire follows Israeli military operations that continued after a previous agreement. The broader regional conflict — including US strikes on Iran and Iranian strikes on Gulf states — risks drawing further resources and international attention away from the Palestinian situation, even as Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepens.
Politics
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the government must allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, rejecting the government’s ban on such visits and affirming ICRC access under international law, Al Jazeera reported. WAFA noted that the Prisoner’s Society welcomed the court ruling on Red Cross prison visits. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ratified the Palestinian National Council’s electoral system on 4 June. The UN Security Council was set to hold closed consultations on the situation. In the United States, Dr. Adam Hamawy, a surgeon who volunteered in Gaza, won New Jersey’s 12th District Democratic primary, Al Jazeera reported, making him likely to become a rare member of Congress with firsthand experience in Gaza.
Sources
- WAFA — Israeli forces detain 13 Palestinians in raids across Salfit
- WAFA — Young woman killed, 15 others injured in Israeli drone strike southwest of Gaza
- WAFA — Palestinian youth killed by Israeli forces during raid east of Ramallah
- WAFA — Colonists attack Palestinian vehicles on road
- WAFA — Israeli colonist attacks children at sports facility
- WAFA — Israeli forces raid mourning gathering in village
- WAFA — Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission statement
- WAFA — President Abbas ratifies Palestinian National Council’s electoral system
- WAFA — Israeli forces demolish irrigation pond
- WAFA — Israeli strike kills a civilian, injures another
- WAFA — Seven Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrike
- WAFA — Education Ministry condemns assault on college students in Hebron
- WAFA — Israeli occupation closes northern entrance
- WAFA — Prisoner’s Society: Israeli court ruling on Red Cross prison visits
- WAFA — Israeli colonists graze their sheep on Palestinian lands
- WAFA — Israel forces issue demolition notices for structures
- WAFA — Israeli colonists plough Palestinian lands
- WAFA — Thousands of Palestinian patients at serious risk
- WAFA — Jerusalem Governorate warns of major settlement expansion
- WAFA — UN Security Council to hold closed consultations
- WAFA — Israeli forces demolish industrial facility
- WAFA — Five Palestinians injured during Israeli incursion
- WAFA — Israeli forces raid Joseph’s Tomb area in eastern Nablus
- WAFA — Arab League condemns Israeli colonist incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque
- 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: Occupied Palestinian Territory
- OCHA oPt — Facebook update on East Jerusalem demolition orders, 12 May 2026
- Al Jazeera — Israel must allow ICRC to visit Palestinians in prison, Supreme Court rules
- Al Jazeera — Israel’s Smotrich announces plan for 2,162 homes in occupied West Bank
- Al Jazeera — Israel, Lebanon agree to conditional ceasefire
- Al Jazeera — Israeli strikes on residential buildings kill nine in Gaza City
- Al Jazeera — Israeli settlers are driving Palestinian shepherds from their grazing lands
- Al Jazeera — Israel is building more military posts in Gaza, satellite imagery shows
- Al Jazeera — Who is Adam Hamawy? Doctor who served in Gaza is on the path to US Congress
- Al Jazeera — ‘Trapped’: Gaza patients flown to Iraq stuck in administrative limbo
- Mondoweiss — Israeli restrictions on fuel and supplies have hospitals in Gaza on the verge of shutting down
- Mondoweiss — Digitally annexing the West Bank: Israel moves its theft of Palestinian land online
- Mondoweiss — West Bank healthcare workers go on strike as Israel’s financial siege guts the Palestinian health sector
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