News roundup for Thursday, June 11, 2026, Day 979 since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people.
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM GAZA:
For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.
On Thursday, Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and wounded several others in their continued their aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip, despite a so-called ceasefire.
Watching the World Cup from Gaza: In what remains of the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City, Ali Tafesh chases the ball while leaning on his crutches, exchanging passes with his teammates from Gaza Al-Irada – the will of Gaza – a football club made up of amputee players…
US lawmakers press Israel to let cancer patients out of Gaza* for treatment: 51 members of the House and 11 Senators signed Thursday’s letter, addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, calling on the Trump administration to facilitate medical evacuations of cancer patients out of Gaza, to hospitals in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
*NOTE: Denial of medical evacuation from Gaza is not new. Israel’s cruelty in this area apparently knows no bounds. Israeli forces have damaged or destroyed cancer treatment facilities in Gaza, along with at least 94% of hospitals. Over 1,500 health workers have been killed. Ambulances have been bombed, and medical aid is being withheld at the border. American politicians have decried Gazans’ plight (often without naming Israel as the culprit), but never leveraged their words with threats of withholding military aid.
Gaza’s Health Ministry recently reported that 17,757 Palestinians have referrals for medical treatment abroad, but Israel has permitted only 1,204 patients to leave through the Rafah and Kerem crossings since the beginning of the “ceasefire,” although the agreement stipulated a minimum of 50 patients be evacuated per day (a total of about 12,000 by now). Over 1,000 have died already while waiting to evacuate.
RELATED: ‘We just sit and cry’: Gaza’s cancer patients die waiting for treatment
She survived an Israeli raid that left babies decomposing. Now she awaits treatment: A Gaza girl survived bombing and an incubator without oxygen. Three years on, Israel is still blocking her from life-changing treatment abroad.
Report: US military building new base near Gaza border to support post-war plan
Why the World Must Not Look Away From Gaza: The Israeli prime minister has made it explicitly clear that he has no intention of following any peace road map, planning instead for the permanent incremental takeover of Gaza.
Gaza is not an aberration – Israel planned this genocide decades ago
DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):
- At least 981 since ceasefire began Oct. 11, 2025 (247 children, 191 women)
- 72,991 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls) since October 2023
- More statistics below
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM:
Every day, Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem endure dozens of incidents like the ones below, at the hands of Israeli soldiers and/or settlers. For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)
88 attacks against Palestinian Christians recorded since start of year: The figures suggest that 2026 could set a new record, surpassing the 181 incidents recorded last year.
Israel expels Palestinians from their homes to use them as military posts: The Israeli military’s use of civilian homes as military positions has become increasingly common in the occupied West Bank. In 2025, a large-scale Israeli offensive devastated refugee camps across the northern West Bank, with homes demolished, burned or requisitioned by soldiers.
The Palestinians dying for work: Israel shut its borders to West Bank laborers after Oct. 7. But desperation means thousands are finding a way in — and Israeli police keep shooting them.
West Bank: Israeli Army Demolishes a House and Four Facilities
Israeli Invasions and Abductions in the Occupied West Bank
DEATH TOLL – WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM (tentative):
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM ISRAEL:
Israel is a tiny country, about the size of New Jersey, with a population smaller than the US state of Georgia – about 10 million (of which about 20 percent are Palestinians), yet it is in the news constantly. As has been demonstrated again and again, however, mainstream media rarely covers Israel news accurately. IAK gets the facts – sometimes from Israeli media sites, where we can get a glimpse inside this country that is rife with turmoil and contradictions, and that receives $63 million a day from America.
Israel allocates $51M to build 69 illegal settlements in occupied West Bank, watchdog says: Government also prepares resolution to allocate another $337 million to establish new illegal settlements, according to Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now.
Israel has become world’s most boycotted state: Report: Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth says growing international sanctions, entry bans, divestment campaigns, and cultural boycotts have intensified against Israel since Gaza war.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Hundreds of Palestinians Built Careers in Health Care. An Israeli Law Took Them Away: In the past year, hundreds of Palestinian imaging technicians have been dismissed due to a law that retroactively revoked recognition of degrees from universities in the Palestinian Authority.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Why Does the Jewish State Keep Deporting Diaspora Jews? Deporting Jewish activists who visit the West Bank to engage in protective presence used to be unthinkable. But since October, five Jews have been deported for participating in Israeli- and Jewish-led solidarity initiatives. Are left-wing Jewish young adults really enemies of the state?
IRAN & LEBANON – NEWS & HEADLINES:
It can not be overemphasized that Israel is the impetus behind US policies and actions vis-a-vis Iran. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the US to attack Iran for decades, using lies and deception. Under President Trump, he got his wish.
Israel has invaded Lebanon seven times in the last half century. Between 1978 and 2000, Israel maintained an 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon — Hezbollah was formed to fight that occupation.
Trump says ‘we ended the war with Iran today’: “I don’t know if you heard,” Trump said at a tele-rally late Thursday, “but we ended the war with Iran today, and they have agreed never to have a nuclear weapon, something that we, we insisted on… People will start coming home very soon. It’s pretty much, pretty much completed. We got everything we wanted.”
Trump cancels planned strikes on Iran: President Trump on Thu afternoon announced that he had cancelled planned strikes on Iran, saying that discussions to end the war have been “approved by all parties involved.” Iran and Israel both denied the existence of any agreement, according to early reporting after Trump’s post was published.
Iran says ‘main part’ of text of understanding with US finalized: Washington’s “contradictory positions” disrupting process, says Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Iran Says No Final Decision Made on Deal That Trump Says Could Be Signed Soon: Trump said an Iran deal could be finalized within days and signed in Europe this weekend. He added that he had briefed Netanyahu and Gulf allies and that the agreement would ensure Iran ‘will never have a nuclear weapon, which was the whole purpose.’
Netanyahu: Israel not party to US-Iran memorandum of understanding
Iran considers placing assets linked to Elon Musk on its military target list: Report: Fars news agency says move linked to alleged military use of Starlink and other Musk-linked projects by US and Israeli forces.
A Point-by-Point Breakdown of Trump’s Failed Iran War Objectives: None of Trump’s stated goals in his war with Iran have been achieved.
At least 11 people were killed and more than 25 injured Thursday in Israeli airstrikes in eastern and southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese media.
How Western Media Normalizes Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in Lebanon: Like in Gaza, where genocide proceeds apace in spite of a declared ceasefire, the media tend to report “ceasefires” in Lebanon without caring to highlight the fact that it’s not a ceasefire when Israel is still pummeling the country and massacring people.
Israeli army claims control of Lebanon’s Wadi Saluki, widens occupation of territory in south: Israeli military says it achieved ‘operational control’ over Wadi Saluki stream area, widening its occupation of Lebanese territory, claiming the area was used by Hezbollah.
Ceasefires and construction: Satellite images reveal how Israel is cementing its presence in Lebanon and Syria: Israeli soldiers have indicated that these newer positions do not appear temporary: “These are permanent outposts that will be manned for a long time,” a soldier told the newspaper. “Nobody really knows where this is going.”
DEATH TOLL – WARS ON IRAN & LEBANON (tentative):
- United States: 13 (or more) since Feb. 28, 2026
- Iran: at least 3,636 (1,701 civilians) since Feb. 28, 2026 (another source puts the number at 3,499)
- Lebanon: at least 3,711 people since March 2, 2026
- Arab states: at least 154 (including Palestine, excluding Lebanon)
- Israel: at least 54 people (Iran killed 20 civilians; Hezbollah killed 30 soldiers, 4 civilians)
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
A critical look at NDAA Section 224, and a call to action: The Quincy institute’s Ben Freeman wrote that Section 224 would lay the groundwork for “bilateral research and development, co-production of weapons, joint ventures, licensing agreements,” and more, covering nearly every frontier of defense technology. “In other words,” Freeman wrote, “the U.S. military’s data could soon be the Israeli military’s data.”
The legislation treats the two countries’ security interests as one and the same, even though they very often diverge.
The NDAA may come to a floor vote before the July recess. Americans should demand that their politicians distinguish between the national security interests of the United States and Israel, and that they place the former ahead of the latter.
Israeli spyware firm targeted Whatsapp users despite US court order
UK, Australia, Canada launch fund to support two-state solution*: Each of the three countries will contribute initial seed funding of £1 million ($1.3 million) over three years. The fund will also be open to contributions from other international partners.
*NOTE: Israel, and especially Netanyahu, have consistently blocked attempts by Palestinians to create a state. President Trump ended the decades-long (but empty) US policy of calling for a two-state solution. If world leaders truly want to offer Gazans a good life outside Gaza, the just solution would be to return them to their homes in historic Palestine.
Israel deports French journalist over criticism of Gaza genocide: Israeli investigators reportedly found that Alice Froussard had made a series of statements deemed hostile to Israel, including describing Israeli military operations in Gaza as a “massacre,” accusing Israel of apartheid*, and allegedly justifying the Oct. 7, 2023 events. Froussard had spent six years living and working in Palestine.
*NOTE: Multiple human rights organizations have documented and reported that Israel is indeed practicing apartheid, including: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem, and Yesh Din , the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, the International Court of Justice, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic.
Syria’s new buffer zone or the birth of another permanent occupation? The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 was supposed to mark the end of an era. After more than five decades of dynastic rule and nearly fourteen years of civil war, Syria finally stood before a rare historical opening. Yet almost immediately after Assad’s fall, another reality emerged. Israel moved with extraordinary speed to reshape the strategic landscape of southern Syria.
‘Illegal and immoral’: How Luxembourg became the EU hub for Israeli war bonds: The grand duchy stepped in to approve bond sales after public pressure forced Ireland to give up the role. Now it faces accusations of complicity in genocide.
Barclays sells all shares in Israeli weapons firm Elbit amid pro-Palestinian pressure
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
IDF Pushes for Renewed Large-scale Gaza Offensive
‘Jews are allowed, Arabs have to get out,’ armed settler tells Palestinians, activists
Israel to Blame for 56% of 22,600+ Civilians Killed by Explosive Weapons Globally Last Year
ICE Rushes to Deport Palestinian Grandpa Despite Judge’s Order to Free Him
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – June 11, 2026*:
- At least 74,160 Palestinians killed, 185,878 injured – including:
- Gaza: at least 72,991 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 173,212 injured
- West Bank/East Jerusalem: at least 1,169 killed (~244 children), 12,666 injured
*NOTE: Thousands of remains in Gaza have yet to be identified, and thousands more are still buried under rubble; others are reportedly missing.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – June 11, 2026: ~1,661 – including ~1,139** on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 472 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, about 52 military and civilians (by one count, there have been 59 victims) in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel (these numbers do not include deaths from the conflicts with Lebanon or Iran).
**NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
- Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
- Senate wants to force US to share sensitive intel with Israel
- ‘They used dogs’: New Al Jazeera film exposes Israel’s use of rape in jails
- Israel is abducting ordinary Syrians and seizing their land in Quneitra
- Piro Inc Promotes Israel Government Ad Agency’s push to sway US Public Opinion: 2 Articles
- Welcome to the 60th Year of Israel’s Occupation of the West Bank
- In south Lebanon, as in Gaza, Israeli drones use the sound of crying children to lure civilians
- Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities
- Israel has no mercy on Christian communities in West Bank, Lebanon: 2 Articles
- Netanyahu Isn’t ‘Defying’ Trump Any More Than He Ever ‘Defied’ Biden
- Those who championed free speech in the UK and US now wage war on it. And here’s why: Palestine
- ‘Instead of trying to control the whole world’, pro-Israel advocates can control AI, AJC told
- Massie honors survivors of USS Liberty on House floor, calls for investigation into attack: 4 Articles
- Gaza and its people may not survive this phase of ceasefire
- Smart borders, military gates and land seizures: How Israel is encroaching in southern Syria
