Five killed close to aid in southern Gaza

Our colleagues, quoting a source at Nasser Medical Complex, are reporting that five Palestinians were killed and others were wounded by Israeli fire near an aid centre west of Rafah.

More than 300,000 suffering from chronic disease in Gaza: NGO

Some 350,000 Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from various chronic diseases, an official from the Palestinian Medical Relief Society has told Al Jazeera.

The announcement comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday that the enclave’s “health system is collapsing”.

UN experts and medical officials in Gaza, as well as medical charities, have long accused Israeli forces of deliberately targeting health workers and medical facilities, in what has been described as a deliberate attempt to make conditions unliveable for the Palestinian population in the Strip.

‘Eid arrives not with joy – but with bombs’

James Elder, spokesman for the UN children’s rights agency (UNICEF), says Eid al-Adha “should be a time of coming together and of hope”.

“But for Gaza’s children, Eid is dominated by hunger, by grief, and by the silence of missing voices,” Elder said in a video shared on social media.

He stressed that only a trickle of humanitarian aid is being allowed into the Palestinian territory – far below what residents need. “Let us demand that aid flow freely,” he said.

For the second year in a row, Eid arrives not with joy — but with bombs and the silence of missing voices.

This Eid, let us do more than remember.

Let us take responsibility, stand with the girls and boys of Gaza, demand that aid flow freely, ceasefires are restored, and that… pic.twitter.com/NaruE6icoq

— UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا (@UNICEFmena) June 7, 2025

Gaza foundation says it didn’t operate because of ‘Hamas threats’

The Israel- and-US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says it was unable to distribute any humanitarian relief because Hamas issued “direct threats” against the organisation’s aid operations.

“These threats made it impossible to proceed today without putting innocent lives at risk,” it said in a statement.

“GHF will not be deterred. We remain committed to safe, secure and independent aid delivery. We are actively adapting our operations to overcome these threats and fully intend to resume distributions without delay.”

The GHF initiative has been widely criticised by aid groups and the United Nations, which say they already have the means to distribute desperately needed aid and alleviate the suffering of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.

Always convenient to blame Hamas for everything, despite all the evidence pointing to Israel. 

Israel says body of captive recovered from Gaza

The Israeli PM’s office says the body of a Thai national held captive in the Gaza Strip has been found and returned to Israel.

The Israeli army has released a statement with additional details:

• The body of Pinta was retrieved yesterday from the area of Rafah in southern Gaza.
• Pinta was taken captive alive by the Mujahideen Brigades armed group from the Nir Oz kibbutz on October 7, 2023. He was later killed by his captors, the army claimed.
• The group holds the body of another foreign citizen.
• The Israeli army claimed the Mujahideen Brigades also killed Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, whose bodies were returned in a prisoner exchange in February. (However, it was Hamas that released the remains of the Bibases who were killed, according to the Palestinian group, by an Israeli air strike in November 2023.)
• The Israeli military said the Mujahideen was holding the bodies of US-Israeli dual nationals Judith Lynn Weinstein and Gad Haggai, whose remains were returned by Israeli soldiers this week.
• Israeli authorities informed Thailand of Pinta’s rescue operation after the body was identified by the Center for Forensic Medicine.

Families urge Netanyahu to act for remaining captives as body of Thai national returned

The recovery of Thai captive Nattapong Pinta’s body “represents the fulfillment of a basic moral and human obligation, allowing his family the closure they so desperately need”, says the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in a statement.

“We stand with Nattapong’s family today and share in their grief,” the statement added. “While the pain is immense, his family will finally have certainty after 20 terrible and agonizing months of devastating uncertainty. Every family deserves such certainty to begin their personal healing journey.”

The Forum, a group that has been one of the leading voices in pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to free the remaining captives, stressed once again that the Israeli leadership “must do everything necessary” to reach an agreement to bring back all 55 remaining captives.

According to the Israeli army, more than half of those still held in Gaza are believed to be dead.

Captive’s mother tells Netanyahu he’ll have her son’s ‘blood on your hands’ if he dies

The captive’s mother, Einav Zangauker, has spoken at a protest in Tel Aviv calling for the release of captives, during which she criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for neglecting those being held in Gaza.

“The military pressure is closing in on [my son] and is placing him in immediate danger. The decision to expand the ground operation comes at the cost of Matan’s life and the lives of all the hostages,” she said.

“[Netanyahu] continues to sacrifice the hostages. He is using the [Israeli military] not to protect Israel’s security, but to continue the war and protect his government.”

She said feared her son’s condition would deteriorate amid the relentless Israeli attacks. “Netanyahu, if my Matan does not return alive, his blood will be on your hands,” she said.

Israeli army targeting shelters and health facilities: Health Ministry

Director of field hospitals at the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Marwan al-Hams, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestinians, including on healthcare facilities.

Here are his translated comments:

Gaza hospitals completely overwhelmed: NGO

The director of medical relief in Gaza, Mohammad Abu Afsh, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the situation of hospitals in the war-torn enclave.

Here are his translated comments:

Gaza hospitals face shutdown as Israel blocks critical fuel supplies: Health Ministry

The Gaza Health Ministry says health facilities are facing dire restrictions imposed by the Israeli army related to the delivery of fuel supplies.

“The Israeli occupation prevents international and UN organisations from accessing fuel storage sites designated for hospitals, claiming that they are located in red zones,” it said.

“The obstruction of fuel supplies to hospitals threatens to stop them from operating, as they rely on generators to power vital departments.”

According to the ministry, the available fuel in Gaza’s hospitals is only sufficient for three days, putting thousands of patients at immediate risk if relief does not arrive soon.

Death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza rises

The total death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has risen to 54,772 killed and 125,834 injured since October 7, 2023, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.

Israel has killed 4,497 Palestinians and injured 13,793 since breaking a ceasefire in March this year, it added. At least 95 Palestinians have been killed and 304 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 48 hours, the ministry said.

UNRWA urges Israel to provide evidence against allegations

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says the agency has repeatedly requested “cooperation and evidence” from Israel regarding allegations made against it, yet all requests have gone unanswered

“After 20 months, UNRWA has not received any response, nor has the Government of Israel shared any sufficient evidence,” the agency said in a post on X.

UNRWA stated it remained committed to its mandate and is “ready to deliver humanitarian assistance at scale in Gaza, together with other UN agencies”.

Israel has accused UNRWA employees of involvement in the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, a charge vehemently denied by the UN.

Last year, in the aftermath of those allegations, the Israeli Knesset passed two bills prohibiting UNRWA from conducting activities within Israel’s borders and making it illegal for Israeli officials to have any contact with UNRWA. Those measures have been in effect since January.

UNRWA has repeatedly requested cooperation and evidence from Israel regarding the serious allegations made against the Agency. After 20 months, UNRWA has not received any response, nor has the Government of Israel shared any sufficient evidence.

UNRWA remains committed to its… pic.twitter.com/8JPwYCgefz

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) June 7, 2025

8 killed close to aid site in southern Gaza

Our colleagues, quoting a source at Nasser Medical Complex, report that the death toll from Israeli gunfire at the aid distribution site in Rafah has risen to eight.

In total, at least 118 Palestinians have been killed near the US-backed aid points since May 27, according to figures from Gaza’s Government Media Office.

Gaza aid hubs branded as ‘traps’ amid rising casualties

Amjad Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGO Network, says the newly established aid distribution hubs of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) have become “traps” where Palestinians are being killed.

The controversial mechanism also serves “the Israeli agenda to force people to displace from Gaza north,” as no distribution sites have been set up in the north, forcing people to walk long distances or relocate south, Shawa told Al Jazeera.

The goal of the GHF is to replace the humanitarian structure consisting of UNRWA and other humanitarian agencies that guaranteed “humanitarian standards, mainly to keep the dignity and protection for Palestinians,” Shawa said.

“People are going there [to GHF’s sites], starving even if they know about the risk of being killed or injured, and they are moving for hours in very difficult, critical, risky roads to get this small parcel to go back to their children, who are also malnourished,” he added.

Shawa’s comments come as the World Food Programme said that 100 percent of people in Gaza face acute levels of food insecurity and 70,000 children there need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition.

Witnesses describe deadly Israeli gunfire aimed ‘at civilians’

We have been reporting on the deadly incident near a US-backed aid centre in Rafah, in which at least eight people have been killed by Israeli gunfire.

Gaza resident Samir Abu Hadid told AFP news agency that thousands of people had gathered at the al-Alam roundabout near the aid site.

“As soon as some people tried to advance towards the aid centre, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire from armoured vehicles stationed near the centre, firing into the air and then at civilians,” Abu Hadid said.

‘He felt he was walking towards death’

We reported earlier eight people were killed by Israeli fire near an aid centre in the Rafah area of southern Gaza.

Al Jazeera spoke to a relative of one of the victims: “These are my husband’s slippers. He went out searching for food. I asked him to get a handful of rice for our starving children. He said he felt he was walking towards death, I begged him not to leave. He insisted to find anything to feed our children,” she said.

‘A full-fledged massacre’ in Gaza City

As we reported earlier, at least 15 people were killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood. The Civil Defence spokesperson has now told Al Jazeera that at least six of the victims were children and that more than 50 people were wounded as two missiles struck the area.

About 85 people are believed to still be trapped under rubble.

“A full-fledged massacre,” he said. Search and rescue operations are still ongoing despite the “very limited” capacity.

Israeli army orders new displacement in north Gaza

The Israeli army’s Arabic language spokesperson Avichay Adraee has announced that all residents in the Abd al-Rahman neighbourhood in northwestern Gaza City and the al-Nahda neighbourhood in Jabalia refugee camp must “evacuate immediately southward”.

On Friday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the Israeli military ordered similar evacuation orders for northern Gaza.


Hamas warns Israeli captive held in area besieged by army

Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida has warned that Israeli captive Matan Zangauker is currently being held in a location besieged by the Israeli army. Abu Obeida said that if Zangauker was killed during an attempt to free him, the Israeli army would be responsible.


Civil defence teams searching rubble for survivors, bodies in Gaza City

The situation is intensifying in different areas across the Gaza Strip. The latest attack was on a building in Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City. [Sources] are saying there are dozens of Palestinians still trapped under the rubble.

The civil defence teams are trying to retrieve bodies and rescue as many Palestinians as possible.

Israeli attack on home in Jabalia al-Balad kills five, wounds 30

Five Palestinians have been killed and 30 others injured in an Israeli bombing of a home in Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza, a medical source at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital has told Al Jazeera.

Situation at al-Shifa Hospital ‘beyond imagination’

Al-Shifa Hospital – due to Israeli attacks and the times it was stormed by the Israeli military – has been reduced to one department only, that is, the emergency ward.

The past hours have been very difficult. Injured patients were left on the floor of the hospital without immediate intervention, simply because there is insufficient medical staff and an acute shortage of medical supplies.

Items as simple as bandages and painkillers are not available. That is the tragedy we see after each attack across the Gaza Strip.

Surgeries are also not taking place inside al-Shifa Hospital because its operating theatre is not working after it was destroyed in the past months by the Israeli military. The hospital is running at its lowest capacity, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without any meaningful medical care.

Apart from this, the many bodies that arrive at the hospital go through a process of identification. This is very difficult given the severe injuries and bleeding, and the fact that many of the bodies arrive fully charred.

It takes time for the medical staff and the surviving family members to identify the bodies, putting more pressure on the hospital.

Israel’s war on Gaza leading to ‘staggering rise’ in miscarriages and still births, doctor says

Israel’s war on Gaza and the famine taking hold there is having a devastating impact on pregnant women and creating a “staggering rise” in still births, miscarriages, pre-term births, and low birth weight in the Strip, Brenda Kelly, a consultant obstetrician from Oxford University Hospital, has told Al Jazeera.

She said that starving pregnant women in Gaza are simply not getting enough of the building blocks for life – such as protein, carbs and fats – and cannot access essential micronutrients such as iron, folic acid, iodine and zinc, which are essential for healthy organ and cellular development in the developing baby and the placenta.

Even before October 2023, the Israeli blockade on Gaza had already compromised the health of pregnant women [in Gaza], who were struggling with conditions like anaemia, she said.

“But what we’re seeing now is the direct fallout of Israel’s weaponising of hunger in Gaza – impacting babies’ growth and growth restriction is one of the leading causes of miscarriages and stillbirth.”

She said the severe malnutrition among pregnant women is being compounded by severe stress and psychological trauma, as well as repeated displacement and a lack of safe shelter.

It's in the genocide playbook:
Article 2d Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group

Gaza ‘losing a future generation of children’

Gaza is “losing a future generation of children” and those who survive to adulthood will face heightened health risks, obstetrician Brenda Kelly told Al Jazeera.

“We know that famine experienced in-utero has lifelong consequences for children who then go into adulthood with much higher risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as mental health disorders,” Kelly, a subspecialist in maternal and fetal medicine at Oxford University Hospital, said.

Kelly added that Israel’s decimation of health infrastructure in Gaza means that women who do lose babies have no access to psycho-social support.

“We know the impact that this personal tragedy has for women, we know the guilt that we carry, but for many women it’s simply not safe to leave where they are to cross and try to reach the nearest health facility,” she said.

“And there are so few health facilities there, the repeated displacement of women and their families throughout Gaza makes it virtually impossible for women to know which facilities are open and get that care.”

More than 300 miscarriages recorded in 80 days in Gaza

As Israel continues its blockade on Gaza, basic medical supplies such as iron supplements and prenatal vitamins have long since disappeared from shelves and clinics.


Israeli forces kill 75 people in Gaza since dawn

At least 75 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, sources in Gaza hospitals have told Al Jazeera.

Sources said that 33 bodies arrived at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, six arrived at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, and 36 arrived at the al-Shifa and al-Ahli Arab hospitals in Gaza City.

Hamas confirms leader of Mujahideen movement killed in Gaza

The secretary-general of the Mujahideen movement, Sheikh Asaad Abu Sharia, and his brother, Ahmed Abu Sharia, were killed in an Israeli attack on the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, Hamas has confirmed.

Hamas said in a statement on Telegram that the assassinations are “part of a series of brutal massacres against civilians”.

Medical sources earlier told Al Jazeera that 16 people were killed, including six children, in Sabra, with at least 50 wounded. Another 85 people are still under the rubble of the targeted building.

Protesters rally in Rome to demand end to Gaza war

_{Tens of thousands of people have rallied across the world in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s brutal war on Gaza}

Organisers say about 300,000 people turned out for today’s protest in the Italian capital, which saw calls for an immediate end to Israel’s war on Gaza and to alleged complicity by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government.

The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, called the turnout “an enormous popular response” in opposition to the war.

The demonstration is “to say enough to the massacre of Palestinians, to say enough to the crimes of Netanyahu’s far-right government” and to show the world “another Italy”, Schlein told reporters.

“An Italy that does not keep silent as the Meloni government does, an Italy that instead wants peace, wants an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, humanitarian aid, and wants recognition of the state of Palestine,” she said.

Meloni has been pushed by the opposition to condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza, but her criticism has been tempered.

Last month, the Italian leader called the humanitarian situation “increasingly dramatic and unjustifiable” and said she had “often difficult conversations” with Netanyahu, while at the same time noting “it was not Israel that started the hostilities”.

Bernie Sanders renews call to end US military aid to Israel

US Senator Bernie Sanders has condemned unwavering US support for “Netanyahu’s war of starvation against the Palestinian people” as a “horror unto itself”.

“It also sends a signal to every tyrant in the world that international law can be violated with impunity & that barbarism is acceptable,” Sanders wrote on X.

The progressive lawmaker has been pushing to suspend US transfers of offensive weapons to Israel amid the Gaza war. But the Senate voted down his latest efforts to block the sales in April.

The US gives Israel at least $3.8bn in military assistance annually, and it has sent billions more since the Gaza war began. Washington also provides staunch diplomatic support to Israel, including most recently vetoing a UN Security Council resolution this week that called for an immediate ceasefire.

US support for Netanyahu’s war of starvation against the Palestinian people is a horror unto itself. It also sends a signal to every tyrant in the world that international law can be violated with impunity & that barbarism is acceptable. 

We must stop all military aid to Israel.

— Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 7, 2025

Israeli police forcibly disperse antiwar protesters in Tel Aviv

Police have prevented activists from the NGO, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, from reaching a protest area in Tel Aviv, according to reports in the Israeli media. The activists were reportedly carrying placards protesting against Israeli war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

אלימות מצד המשטרה, דחיפות וצעקות לעבר מפגינים הנושאים שלטים הקוראים להפסקת המלחמה.

07.06.2025 תל אביב 🎥אריק סגל pic.twitter.com/2vJ3lFkXDl

— אלימות ישראל (@Alimut_Israel) June 7, 2025

Al-Qaeda in Yemen leader threatens Trump, Musk in video

The leader of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has threatened both US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over Israel’s war on Gaza in his first video message since taking over the group last year.

The half-hour video message by Saad bin Atef al-Awlaki also included calls for lone-wolves to assassinate leaders in Egypt, Jordan, and Gulf Arab states over the war, which has decimated Gaza.

The video of al-Awlaki’s speech shows images of Trump and Musk, as well as US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. It also includes logos of Musk’s businesses, including the electric carmaker Tesla.

“There are no red lines after what happened and is happening to our people in Gaza,” al-Awlaki said. “Reciprocity is legitimate.”


_{This wanted poster shows al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Saad bin Atef al-Awlaki}

US says ‘not involved’ in Israel’s arming of gang members in Gaza

The Trump administration did not answer Al Jazeera’s question on whether it agrees with Israel’s recently revealed policy of arming criminal gang members in Gaza to counter Hamas.

But the US State Department said Washington was not part of the effort.

“Hamas is an evil organization responsible for the horrific events of October 7,” a State Department spokesperson told Al Jazeera in a statement. “We were not involved. We refer you to Israel for more information.”

The gangs, led by Yasser Abu Shabab, have been accused of looting humanitarian aid and having ties to ISIL (ISIS).

GHF aid scheme ‘nothing but dangerous chaos’: Expert

Georgia Tacey, the humanitarian adviser in the occupied Palestinian territory at Save the Children, says the only way to address the chaos is to allow unlimited aid into the Gaza Strip.

“Once the supply issue is dealt with, you will not see the criminality, the looting and certainly you will not see the starvation and desperation that we’re seeing right now,” Tacey told Al Jazeera from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.

She explained Save the Children’s warehouses in Gaza are empty, and the organisation no longer has any aid to distribute to people in the enclave.

Meanwhile, Tacey said thousands of aid trucks are waiting outside Gaza, but cannot bring food, medical goods, and other critical supplies because of the Israeli blockade.

“This is not a supply issue, this is an access issue. It’s a political decision, not a logistical decision, that is preventing us from delivering,” she said.

Palestinian children being orphaned twice in Gaza

We have more from Save the Children’s Georgia Tacey about the devastation Palestinian children, in particular, are facing in Gaza:

US consulting firm apologises for Gaza aid group carnage

A consulting firm that helped set up the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid efforts has apologised for the deadly violence that has surrounded its widely criticised operations.

According to an email obtained by The Washington Post, Christoph Schweizer, CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), said his company sacked two partners involved in the Israeli-American effort and launched a “formal investigation” to ensure “this does not happen again”.

“I deeply regret that in this situation, we fell short — of our own standards and of the trust that you, our clients and our broader communities place in BCG,” Schweizer wrote. “I am sorry for how deeply disappointing this has been to many BCGers around the world.”

At least 118 Palestinian people seeking aid have been reported killed by Israeli forces in the vicinity of GHF distribution centres since the organisation started operating in the enclave on May 27.

The killing of people desperately seeking food supplies has triggered mounting international outrage.

_{People carry boxes containing aid packages from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation}

Main events on June 7th

• Israeli forces have killed more than 70 Palestinians across Gaza, including 16 people in an attack on a house in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.
• The Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it cannot distribute aid because Hamas has issued “direct threats” against its operations. Hamas did not immediately comment on the claims.
• Israeli forces say they recovered the body of Natthapong Pintawho, a Thai national taken captive during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and held in Gaza.
• An aid boat with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, was nearing Gaza in a bid to challenge the Israeli blockade on the Strip.
• Hamas has confirmed that the secretary-general of the Mujahideen movement, Sheikh Asaad Abu Sharia, was killed in an Israeli attack on the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.

Gaza aid distributor defends effort after spate of deadly attacks

The new head of the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has defended its efforts despite the killing of dozens of Palestinians seeking to get whatever food they can to feed their starving families.

“I fundamentally disagree with the premise that our operation is somehow disproportionately imperilling people,” Executive Chairman Johnnie Moore told ABC News.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 118 Palestinians trying to get food have been killed over the past two weeks. Moore said the killings occurred because “somehow people veered off the secure corridor”, describing the deadly shootings as “a tragedy”.

Critics have accused the GHF’s aid distribution operation as being part of Israel’s military strategy to force Gaza people into a tiny corridor in the south. Moore said that’s “simply not true”.

While the GHF has only four aid points, the UN and aid organisations have 400 well-established sites. However, Israel refuses to allow food, water, or medicine into Gaza through the UN-led effort.