Palestinians leave Khan Younis after evacuation orders

WHO calls for protection of health facilities after demolition of dialysis centre

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a ceasefire in Gaza and “the urgent protection of all health facilities and personnel”. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the comments after Israeli forces this week demolished the Noura al-Kaabi Kidney Dialysis Centre in northern Gaza.

According to Tedros, the centre had been providing care to about 40 patients each week. “Last week, WHO moved 20 of the 23 dialysis machines out of the center to keep them safe,” the director general said in a post on X.

The Noura Al-Kaabi Dialysis Center in North #Gaza is now a pile of rubble. The destruction of this health facility directly endangers the lives of patients with kidney failure.

Prior to the escalation in violence, the facility was serving 40 patients per week in North Gaza.… pic.twitter.com/nSQ8WQr6Yv

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) June 3, 2025

Palestinians queue for drinking water in Gaza amid severe shortages

Red Cross reports ‘mass casualty influx’ at field hospital in Gaza

“Today is the highest number of weapon-wounded patients received in a single incident since the establishment of the field hospital over a year ago,” the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory posts on X.

It stated that 184 patients were brought to the hospital this morning and all responsive patients said they had been trying to reach an aid distribution site.

📍 Gaza | Early this morning, the 60-bed Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah received a mass casualty influx of 184 patients.

Today is the highest number of weapon-wounded patients received in a single incident since the establishment of the field hospital over a year ago. (1) pic.twitter.com/bZ8hY3PFqp

— ICRC in Israel & OT (@ICRC_ilot) June 3, 2025

US ‘aid’ group for Gaza appoints pro-Israel evangelical leader as new chief

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has announced Johnnie Moore – a US evangelical leader staunchly supportive of Israel – as its new executive chairman.

Moore has been talking up the foundation’s work in Gaza and denying Israeli attacks, which have killed dozens of Palestinians, near the aid distribution sites.

UN agencies and the overwhelming majority of the humanitarian community have rejected diverting aid from the existing mechanism to allow GHF to exclusively distribute assistance in Gaza. Critics say the foundation risks the militarisation and privatisation of the aid and could be used to displace Palestinians in Gaza.

Moore succeeds the former head of GHF, Jake Wood, who quit the group saying that it is not possible to implement private aid distribution plan “while also strictly adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence”.

New GHF chief lauded Trump’s plan for removing Palestinians from Gaza

There have been concerns that GHF could be used as a vehicle for displacing Palestinians inside Gaza, and to push them to leave the territory. In February, Moore praised Trump’s plan to remove all Palestinians from Gaza and turn the enclave into the “Riviera of the Middle East”.

“President Trump always sees war through the eyes of its human cost, & he thinks creatively — never bound by conventional wisdom. He stops wars & makes peace,” Moore wrote in a social media post.

“The USA will take full responsibility for future of Gaza, giving everyone hope & a future”.

President Trump always sees war through the eyes of its human cost, & he thinks creatively — never bound by conventional wisdom. He stops wars & makes
🕊️ peace 🕊️

The USA will take full responsibility for future of Gaza, giving everyone hope & a future

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— Rev. Johnnie Moore ن (@JohnnieM) February 5, 2025

UN calls for probe into aid site shootings

Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, says Palestinians in Gaza are risking and losing their lives to get food. “We are witnessing unthinkable loss of life in Gaza,” Dujarric told reporters.

The Israeli military has fatally shot dozens of Palestinians near aid distribution sites in recent days.

“The secretary-general continues to call for an immediate and independent investigation into these events and for the perpetrators to be held to account,” Dujarric said.

Israel has legal responsibility to ‘facilitate humanitarian relief’: UN

United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says the basic needs of the population in Gaza are not being met. “Israel has clear obligations under international humanitarian law to agree to and facilitate humanitarian relief for all civilians who need it,” Dujarric told reporters.

“The unimpeded entry of humanitarian assistance at scale must be restored immediately. The UN must be allowed to work in safety and insecurity under conditions of full respect for humanitarian principles.”

White House says it will ‘look into’ reports of Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers

Washington is aware of reports of Israeli troops firing on Palestinian aid seekers near a food distribution site in southern Gaza, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt has told reporters at a press briefing.

“We’re going to look into reports before we confirm them from this podium or before we take action,” she said.

The US has stated strong support for the current aid scheme in Gaza, run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Major NGOs and the UN have come out today denouncing the Israeli-guarded aid points, after 27 people were killed by Israeli gunfire.

As in put it on the pile of the thousand other war crimes the White House said it would look into...

Israeli gunfire kills at least 27 people attempting to access aid

Israel Fires On Palestinians Collecting Aid AGAIN

At least 27 Palestinians have been killed in the latest attack on an aid distribution point in Rafah. Plus: Why Gary Lineker's final BBC interview was cancelled; and the debate over the future of Thames Water reaches boiling point.

BBC Helps Israel Spread Gaza Aid MASSACRE LIES

Chilling Video Of Netanyahu Grooming Child For Hate! W/Gabor Mate’

Zionists and their defenders frequently point to the indoctrination children in the West Bank and Gaza are subjected to as proof that Palestinians are raised from birth to hate Jews generally, and Israelis specifically. Yet if you watch a recent interview Benjamin Netanyahu gave to a young Israeli boy — and specifically how the Israeli Prime Minister described the conflict with Hamas, it would be difficult to conclude anything other than that Netanyahu himself is engaging in rank propaganda and indoctrination.

Worldwide March from Egypt to Gaza Set for June 15

Saif AbuKeshek, member of the international committee of Global March to Gaza, describes a growing international movement of over 1,500 people from more than 35 countries preparing to march from Al-Arish, Egypt, to the Rafah border on June 15 to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and the opening of the border for humanitarian aid. AbuKeshek calls Gaza “the last stand of humanity,” condemns world leaders for their complicity, and emphasizes that ordinary people are stepping up where governments have failed. “I don’t want to sit with my grandchild one day and have no answer when they ask: What did you do?”

And this is why Israel's 'tactic' of eliminating Hamas doesn't work. It only creates more resistance groups.

Newly formed group claims responsibility for Golan rocket attack

A group that calls itself the Martyr Mohammed Deif Brigades says it has fired two Soviet-made Grad rockets at Syria’s occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military said the projectiles fell in open areas.

Little is known about the new group, which takes its name from the Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, who was killed by Israel last year, and uses his silhouette as its logo.

The group announced itself in a statement on Saturday, calling for escalation against Israel. “We are a generation born under the bombs and raised on the sound of rifles that will not accept living in humiliation,” the statement said.

‘Mohammed Deif Brigades’ promises more attacks after Golan rockets

An unidentified official in the newly formed group, which claimed the rocket launches targeting the occupied Golan Heights, says the attack came in response to the massacres in Gaza.

“Our operations will not stop until the bombing of the oppressed people in Gaza stops,” the official told Al Jazeera Arabic.

Israel’s defence minister takes aim at Syrian president after rocket attack

Israel Katz says Israel considers Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa “directly responsible for every threat and firing at the state of Israel”.

According to Haaretz, Katz also said that Israel’s “full response” to the two rockets fired at the Golan Heights “will come as soon as possible”.

Although al-Sharaa – a former rebel leader – has stressed that Syria is not seeking confrontation with Israel, Israeli officials have repeatedly rebuked him over the past few months.

Syria does not pose threat to ‘any side’ in region: Foreign Ministry

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has condemned Israeli attacks in southern Syria, which it said caused “significant” material and human losses, stressing that a rocket launch that Israel says was made on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has not been confirmed.

“We affirm that Syria does not and will not represent a threat to any side in the region, and that the top priority in southern Syria is to enable the state to wrest its authority and to end armed presence outside the official institutions,” the ministry said in a statement.

Israel said that two rockets were fired towards the Golan Heights and fell into open areas. The attack was claimed by a newly formed group, dubbed the Mohammed Deif Brigades. The Israeli military said it fired artillery rounds at areas in southern Syria in response to the rockets.

Israel has been bombing Syrian military bases and state institutions for months in an unprovoked campaign that started after the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry called on the international community to “shoulder its responsibilities and end these aggressions”.

More Israeli strikes reported in southern Syria

Al Jazeera Arabic reports, citing Syrian sources, that Israel is launching attacks in the northern Deraa countryside.

Earlier, the Israeli military confirmed firing artillery shells on southern Syria in response to a rocket attack that targeted the occupied Golan Heights.

Israel confirms launching air strikes in Syria

The Israeli military says its fighter jets targeted a weapons depot in southern Syria in response to the two rockets that fell in open areas in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

“The Syrian regime is responsible for what is happening in Syria and will continue to bear the consequences as long as hostile activity continues from its territory,” the Israeli military said in a statement.

Houthis ‘ready for further escalation’, official says

Houthi Defence Minister Mohamed Nasser al-Atifi says the Yemeni group is “ready for further escalation” against Israel in support of the Palestinians.

“We have the initiative and power deterrence to fire missiles and drones around the clock and target the depth of the enemy,” al-Atifi was quoted as saying by Al Masirah TV.

Yahya Saree, the military spokesman of the Yemeni group, says the Houthis fired a “Palestine Two” hypersonic ballistic missile at Tel Aviv.

Although the Israeli military announced that it intercepted the projectile, Saree said the operation achieved its goals, causing Israelis to flee to shelter and halting operations at the Ben Gurion airport.

The Houthi spokesperson added that Israel will only get “more missiles and drones” from Yemen, “in rejection of the crime of genocide”.

The Houthis have been launching attacks against Israel in a campaign that they say aims to pressure an end to the war on Gaza. Israel has targeted Yemen with several rounds of air strikes, including strikes that targeted the international airport in the capital, Sanaa.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla says drone present over Madleen

Thiago Avila, an activist on board the ship called the Madleen, has issued an appeal for help on Instagram, saying that drones are flying over the vessel.

The Madleen is currently nearing Greece as it makes its way towards Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade on the territory.

Another ship belonging to the Freedom Flotilla was attacked by drones in early May off the coast of Malta, an incident the activist group blames on Israel or one of its allies.

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‘The situation in Gaza remains catastrophic’: European Council president

Antonio Costa has said he had a “good and substantial call” with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and renewed calls for ending the Israeli siege on Gaza.

“The situation in Gaza remains catastrophic. We urge Israel to fully lift its blockade on humanitarian aid and to stop its military operations,” Costa wrote in a social media post.

“I commend Egypt and Qatar’s tireless efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement based on the US proposal. An immediate return to the ceasefire is essential, leading to the release of all hostages and a permanent end to hostilities.”

Well that's that then, he made a phone call, all better now. Fucking useless.

The private sector aid mechanism in Gaza is ‘clearly not working’

“If you look at the chaos and anarchy on the ground, you know there has to be a better, more efficient way of getting food to people who are clearly starving,” Colin Clarke, the director of research for the Soufan Group, a consultancy firm, tells Al Jazeera.

“This is all part and parcel of the Israeli counterinsurgency strategy to push people into the south, but … the optics of this to the world are becoming quite clear,” he explained.

Clarke stated that, according to some assessments, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation may not be able to continue its operations after the Boston Consulting Group terminated its contract with them.

“There’s the conventional wisdom says that the private sector is inherently more efficient when it comes to certain logistics, but this is a very specialised aid mechanism, delivery of food to starving people in a conflict zone, that should be left to the people and organisations that do this for a living, the neutral and impartial organisations like the United Nations” he said.

Seven killed in Israeli attack on tent camp

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that seven Palestinians have been killed and others injured in an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced people at the Port of Gaza.

Main events on June 3rd

• Israeli troops continued to open fire at aid seekers in Gaza, killing at least 27 Palestinians, according to health officials.
• Hamas called for international investigations and legal action after former US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller admitted that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza.
• The Israeli military launched strikes in southern Syria after a rocket attack against the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that was claimed by a new group called the Mohammed Deif Brigades.
• Yemen’s Houthi group fired a missile that activated sirens across central Israel before the Israeli military said it intercepted it.
• The Health Ministry in Gaza warned that patients at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis “face certain death” after Israel issued displacement orders for the area.

UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire resolution amid humanitarian crisis

https://www.cp24.com/news/world/2025/06/04/un-security-council-to-vote-on-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-amid-humanitarian-crisis/

The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution which demands “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties.” U.N. diplomats said the United States is likely to veto it.

The resolution, drafted by the council’s 10 elected members who serve two-year terms, reiterates its demand for the release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups following their Oct. 7, 2023 surprise attack in southern Israel.

Calling the humanitarian situation in Gaza “catastrophic,” the proposed resolution also demands “the immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and its safe and unhindered distribution at scale, including by the U.N. and humanitarian partners.”

State Department spokeswoman rattled after clash with reporters on Gaza claim

US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce found herself in uncomfortable position during her press briefing in the face of tough questioning from reporters. She kept raising her voice whenever reporters highlighted inconsistencies in her response. This was same when BBC reporter Tom Bateman exposed her claim on Gaza as she tried to lay the blame on Hamas for the shooting at desperately hungry people at the Gaza aid center, leaving at least 27 dead.