Israeli forces shot and killed a seven-month-old Palestinian infant in Hebron, settler attacks and land seizures intensified across the West Bank, and Gaza’s humanitarian collapse deepened — all as the UN’s 2026 Flash Appeal for occupied Palestinian territory remained more than 85% unfunded. Al Jazeera reported that Sam Abu Haikal’s father, wounded in the hand during the shooting, buried his son alone the morning after the attack. Mondoweiss reported that Sam and his mother were riding in the family’s car through Hebron when Israeli soldiers opened fire; his mother was admitted to intensive care.
Gaza
Gaza’s humanitarian situation remains catastrophic. OCHA’s Humanitarian Situation Report of 5 June 2026 continued to document mass displacement and severe health and environmental risks across the Strip, with most people displaced and exposed to ongoing dangers. A 6 June OCHA update warned that health risks posed by pests and rodents in Gaza remain high, as restrictions persist on access to landfills and the import of necessary materials.
Access to medical care is being systematically blocked. Al Jazeera reported that Israel is preventing more than 16,500 Palestinians from accessing medical treatment. A Gaza cancer patient — described as a school director and novelist — is waiting for urgent life-saving cancer surgery that she cannot access inside the Strip, Al Jazeera reported on 8 June. The Palestinian Authority’s Health Minister announced that 2,000 blood units had been dispatched to Gaza, according to WAFA.
Gaza’s agricultural sector faces near-total destruction. Mondoweiss reported that 96 percent of Gaza’s farmland has been destroyed, with farmers returning to fields buried in rubble and unexploded ordnance while Israel’s blockade makes recovery nearly impossible. The 2026 Flash Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory requires $4.1 billion, with only 13.9% covered and $3.5 billion unmet, according to OCHA.
West Bank
Israeli forces and settlers carried out a sustained campaign of violence, demolitions, and land seizure across the West Bank over the past 24–48 hours. WAFA reported on 11 June that Israeli forces issued a demolition notice for a home under construction in the Jordan Valley. On 10 June, occupation forces demolished a Palestinian home near Jerusalem. Israeli authorities also notified the seizure of nearly 30 dunums of land east of a Palestinian community, and issued immediate demolition orders and new stop-work orders for Palestinian structures. Israeli bulldozers destroyed water pipelines and agricultural infrastructure, and stop-work orders were issued for additional sites. OCHA’s cumulative 2026 data records 678 structures demolished and 952 Palestinians displaced so far this year, according to OCHA.
Settler violence continued on multiple fronts. WAFA reported that Israeli colonists attacked Palestinian vehicles south of the West Bank, and colonists chopped down Palestinian-owned trees. Israeli colonists also raided Nahalin town west of Bethlehem, and hurled stones towards Palestinians. An Israeli military vehicle ran over a Palestinian, and a Palestinian youth was injured during an Israeli forces raid on Al-Bireh. Two Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces’ live bullets south of Hebron. A 25 May OCHA update documented that in just one week, 50 attacks by settlers across the West Bank resulted in casualties or property damage, including arson.
Al Jazeera reported on 10 June that Amnesty International has characterised West Bank ethnic cleansing and settler attacks as Israeli state policy. Al Jazeera also reported that six countries imposed sanctions on networks enabling settler violence in the occupied West Bank, with the Western nations warning they will take further measures if Israel fails to address the situation. Campaigners responded that sanctioning settlers alone is insufficient and that the Israeli government itself must be targeted. Israeli forces conducted a large-scale raid on a camp in the West Bank, and a Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in a prior Israeli attack.
Jerusalem
Israeli occupation forces demolished a Palestinian home near Jerusalem on 10 June. WAFA reported that occupation authorities barred a Palestinian official from entering Jerusalem. A 12 May OCHA Facebook update noted that in East Jerusalem, Palestinians are regularly issued demolition orders for structures built without permits that are rarely granted — a pattern that OCHA described as a coercive tool of displacement. A diplomatic delegation visited a community under threat of forcible displacement, according to WAFA.
Regional
The widening conflict between the United States and Iran is reshaping the regional context in which the Palestinian situation unfolds. Al Jazeera reported on 11 June that Iran ordered the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz to all vessels following US strikes on multiple Iranian targets. WAFA reported that several Lebanese civilians were killed in Israeli strikes. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned Iranian attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, and other states. Mondoweiss reported that Israel is abducting ordinary Syrians and seizing their land in Quneitra, attacking and abducting residents and spraying chemical agents over farmland, while the Syrian government has remained silent. Mondoweiss also analysed that the June 8 Iran-Israel flare-up reflects Iran’s long-term effort to reassert a united axis of resistance to US-Israeli hegemony.
Politics
UN Secretary-General Guterres stated that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains at the heart of regional instability, according to WAFA. Palestinian Prime Minister Mustafa discussed the latest developments with the EU Commissioner, WAFA reported, while Vice President Al Sheikh discussed political and security developments with regional counterparts. Palestinian prisoner groups denounced a Knesset bill, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned an Israeli bill expanding deductions from clearance revenues. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry also condemned the Knesset bill approving the expansion of deductions from clearance revenues. Mondoweiss reported that FIFA has continued to legitimise Israeli settlement football clubs operating in the occupied West Bank — there are now 10 such clubs — deepening FIFA’s complicity in the occupation. A first image in months of Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, who was detained by Israeli authorities, emerged on 10 June, Al Jazeera reported.
Sources
- OCHA oPt — Humanitarian Situation Report, 5 June 2026
- OCHA oPt — Flash Appeal 2026 for the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- OCHA oPt — West Bank Demolitions Data
- OCHA oPt Facebook — Gaza health risks update, 6 June 2026
- OCHA oPt Facebook — West Bank settler attacks update, 25 May 2026
- OCHA oPt Facebook — East Jerusalem demolition orders update, 12 May 2026
- WAFA — Israeli forces issue demolition notice for home under construction in Jordan Valley
- WAFA — Palestinian youth injured during Israeli forces raid on Al-Bireh
- WAFA — Two Palestinians injured by Israeli forces live bullets south of Hebron
- WAFA — UN Guterres says Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains at heart of regional instability
- WAFA — Occupation forces demolish Palestinian home near Jerusalem
- WAFA — PM Mustafa discusses latest developments with EU Commissioner
- WAFA — Occupation authorities bar Palestinian official from Jerusalem
- WAFA — Colonists attack Palestinian vehicles south of West Bank
- WAFA — Israeli forces erect checkpoint east of Ramallah
- WAFA — Diplomatic delegation visit community under threat of forcible displacement
- WAFA — Israeli colonists chop down Palestinian-owned trees
- WAFA — Israeli forces conduct large-scale raid on camp
- WAFA — Israeli forces issue stop-work orders for sites
- WAFA — Foreign Ministry condemns Iranian attacks on Jordan, Bahrain and others
- WAFA — Israeli authorities notify seizure of nearly 30 dunums of land
- WAFA — Israeli military vehicle runs over Palestinian
- WAFA — Palestinian prisoner groups denounce Knesset bill
- WAFA — Vice President Al Sheikh discusses political and security developments
- WAFA — OIC strongly condemns Israeli bill expanding deductions from clearance revenues
- WAFA — Several Lebanese civilians killed in Israeli strikes
- WAFA — Israeli colonists raid Nahalin town, west of Bethlehem
- WAFA — Israeli bulldozers destroy water pipelines and agricultural infrastructure
- WAFA — Israeli authorities issue immediate demolition orders
- WAFA — Palestinian succumbs to wounds after Israeli attack
- WAFA — Israeli authorities issue new stop-work orders
- WAFA — Israeli colonists hurl stones towards Palestinians
- WAFA — Health Minister: 2,000 blood units dispatched to Gaza
- WAFA — FM condemns Knesset bill approving expansion of deductions from clearance revenues
- Al Jazeera English — Live updates: Iran targets US bases after Trump orders strikes, 11 June 2026
- Al Jazeera English — First image in months emerges of Dr. Hussam Abu Safia
- Al Jazeera English — Sanctions on settlers not enough: Target Israeli gov’t, say campaigners
- Al Jazeera English — West Bank ethnic cleansing, settler attacks Israel’s state policy: Amnesty
- Al Jazeera English — Israel preventing more than 16,500 Palestinians from accessing medical treatment
- Al Jazeera English — Six countries sanction enablers of settler violence in occupied West Bank
- Al Jazeera English — ‘Lives turned in a second’: Family of baby Sam, shot dead by Israel, grieve
- Al Jazeera English — Gaza cancer patient waits for a chance at life
- Mondoweiss — Israeli soldiers shot and killed this Palestinian baby in the West Bank
- Mondoweiss — Gaza farmers begin the hard work of rebuilding an agricultural sector decimated by Israel’s genocide
- Mondoweiss — Israel is abducting ordinary Syrians and seizing their land in Quneitra
- Mondoweiss — What Iran and Israel’s latest exchange of fire is really about, and what it means for the region
- Mondoweiss — FIFA is supporting the Israeli occupation by legitimizing clubs that play in illegal West Bank settlements
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