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Daily Briefing — Palestine, 6 August 2026

Israeli forces continued a two-day large-scale military assault on Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, demolishing shops and raiding dozens of homes, according to WAFA. In Gaza, the death toll stood at 73,381 with injuries reaching at least 174,000, as Israeli strikes continued to target civilian infrastructure — including medicine warehouses — despite a nominal ceasefire in place since October 2025, according to Al Jazeera.

Gaza

Gaza’s death toll rose to 73,381, with injuries totalling at least 174,000 since October 2023, according to WAFA. Despite a ceasefire agreement in place since 10 October 2025, Israel continued attacks across the enclave, killing 1,250 Palestinians and injuring 4,110 others since that date, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry as cited by Al Jazeera. Palestinian authorities estimate approximately 9,500 people remain under the rubble of destroyed buildings across the territory.

An Israeli strike destroyed two major medicine warehouses in Deir al-Balah, the latest attack on Gaza’s failing health system. Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that medicine shortages are now killing three cancer patients a day, according to Mondoweiss. OCHA reported that food insecurity in Gaza has eased somewhat, but needs remain high, and declining aid coverage since February 2026 risks reversing those gains, according to OCHA’s latest update. The 2026 Flash Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory remains critically underfunded, with only 37.5% coverage of its $4.1 billion requirement, leaving $2.5 billion unmet, per OCHA.

Thousands of Palestinians gathered for a mass funeral for 112 members of the Abu Sharia and al-Hasayna families, whose remains were recovered from the rubble of their homes in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood nearly three years after Israeli forces bombed them on 23 November 2023. Civil defence teams recovered the bodies the previous Saturday. The funeral, described as among the largest in Palestinian history, concluded with burial at the Baptist Cemetery in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, according to Al Jazeera. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa stated that all efforts are underway to improve Gaza’s humanitarian and political situation, according to WAFA.

A surge in miscarriage rates has compounded the humanitarian crisis, with pregnancy losses more than tripling in the first half of 2026 as conditions continue to deteriorate amid Israel’s bombing and siege, according to +972 Magazine. OCHA’s 31 July humanitarian situation report documented continued military operations, new displacement, and deteriorating access that have further limited humanitarian assistance, according to OCHA.

West Bank

Israeli forces launched and continued a large-scale military operation in Qalandiya refugee camp near Jerusalem for a second consecutive day, demolishing shops and raiding dozens of homes, according to WAFA. Al Jazeera reported that Israeli forces detained Palestinians during the raid and that the operation deepened fears across West Bank refugee camps, according to Al Jazeera. Israeli forces also raided Qalqilya, Azzun Atma, and Beit Amin, according to WAFA.

Israeli forces seized three homes in al-Bireh and erected a checkpoint at the entrance of a town, while several Palestinians suffocated during a separate Israeli military operation, according to WAFA and WAFA. Israeli forces also issued demolition notices for additional structures, according to WAFA. Israeli authorities separately demolished a residential building in Kafr Qasim in the 1948 territories, according to WAFA.

Israel approved $37 million to seize more than 70 occupied West Bank sites, according to Al Jazeera. WAFA also reported that Israel advanced a new colonial plan that further isolates Palestinian communities, according to WAFA. OCHA’s West Bank monthly snapshot for June 2026 recorded 926 structures demolished and 1,256 Palestinians displaced so far in 2026, according to OCHA. Fatalities linked to settler attacks in 2026 have already surpassed the total recorded during all of 2025, with 18 Palestinians killed, according to OCHA. Colonists also sprayed racist slogans on an under-construction building and were accused of diverting water from Palestinian communities, according to WAFA and WAFA.

Jerusalem

The UN and NGOs jointly decried recurrent Israeli incursions into the Kalandia Training Centre in occupied East Jerusalem, according to OCHA. Israeli forces closed the Solomon’s Pools area south of Bethlehem to Palestinian access, according to WAFA. Top Arab and Muslim diplomats launched a plan to protect Jerusalem’s religious sites, according to Al Jazeera. Israeli forces also detained a Palestinian woman during an operation in the Jerusalem area, according to WAFA.

Politics

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa stated that all efforts are underway to improve Gaza’s humanitarian and political situation, according to WAFA. Palestinian Minister Shahin discussed with his Egyptian counterpart mobilization efforts related to the Palestinian cause, according to WAFA. The Palestinian Cabinet warned of escalating Israeli aggression in Gaza, according to WAFA. In the United States, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed overcame a record $30 million in AIPAC spending to defeat pro-Israel candidate Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary, a race widely viewed as a referendum on the political influence of the Israel lobby, according to Mondoweiss. Hours after Donald Trump announced what he called a “historic” agreement for disarming Hamas and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, Israel attacked Gaza killing 19 Palestinians; residents cited by Mondoweiss said: “We don’t trust Israel, and we don’t trust America.”

Sources

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