News roundup for Tuesday, June 9, 2026, Day 977 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.
Israeli attacks killed eight more Palestinians in the last 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.
Among the dead was a Palestinian child, Malak Abdullah Qaddoum, who succumbed to the serious wounds she sustained two days earlier when Israeli forces bombarded an area west of Gaza City, an attack that instantly killed her father and her sister.
Israel Intensifies the Killing in Gaza as the World Looks Away: “They have taken everything from us. They have taken away the possibility for life.”
Humanitarian needs remain “immense” as Israel opens only one crossing into Gaza: The UN warned Tuesday of worsening humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, as Israel reopened the only approved cargo crossing into the besieged territory amid food shortages and a sharp decline in meals to civilians. “Meanwhile, the UN and our humanitarian partners continue to respond to people’s needs despite bureaucratic hurdles and funding shortfalls,” a UN spokesperson reported.
Israel is killing Gaza patients* with delays: Israel of preventing more than 16,500 Palestinians in need of medical treatment abroad from leaving Gaza, according to its Health Ministry. A spokesperson pointed out that most patients could be treated locally if and when the territory’s healthcare infrastructure is rebuilt – but Israel is also hindering Gaza’s reconstruction.
*NOTE: According to Doctors Without Borders, over 18,000 Gazans are in need of medical evacuation – over 1,000 have died already due to the crossing closure.
The Israeli navy on Tuesday detained nine fishermen off the coast of Gaza and took them to an unknown location, the Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported, as Israel has been stepping up its attacks and restrictions on Gaza’s fishermen.
Gaza’s Libraries Were Destroyed: How Children Refused to Let Them Die
The Palestinian movement Hamas said Tuesday that “acceptable approaches” had been reached on the “contentious issues” of a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel following talks in Cairo. “The matter depends on the ability of the mediators, guarantor states and the Board of Peace to compel the occupation to stop its violations, killings and siege, and to accept these approaches in order to move into the second phase of the agreement,” he added.
DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):
- At least 978 since ceasefire began Oct. 11, 2025 (247 children, 191 women)
- 72,988 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.)
In a new video, Israeli soldier is seen shooting a 7-month-old Palestinian baby, Sam Abu Hikal, while he was in his mother’s arms in Hebron, southern West Bank, four days ago. The video, released by Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem, clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired at the car as it was slowing down to stop, while still at a distance from the soldiers and posing no threat. (Original story here, video of the shooting here.)
ISRAELI MEDIA: Welcome to the 60th Year of Israel’s Occupation of the West Bank: Israeli attorney Michael Sfard writes: At the source of our regime of violence is the worldview of Jewish supremacy, the axiom that we’re eternally on the side of justice, and a refusal to fully recognize the rights of the others living here.
Christian village under attack – again:
Israeli settlers have attacked the historic Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, setting fields on fire and targeting Palestinian homes.
Local sources reported that the settlers opened fire on houses and threw Molotov cocktails pic.twitter.com/h3Jouvumga
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) June 10, 2026
They really gonna let them burn Bethlehem too? https://t.co/5K6jaXYYmv
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) June 10, 2026
UN report: Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli security forces provide protection to settlers, a UN inquiry said on Tuesday. The report by the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found that Israeli authorities had enabled settler attacks through financial and military support, in a climate of impunity fostered by judicial and law-enforcement bodies. (Full report is here.)
6 nations impose sanctions on networks financing, enabling occupiers’ (i.e. settlers’) attacks in West Bank: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot stated on X, “With our British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and Norwegian partners, we are today imposing new sanctions against those responsible for intensifying colonization and violence in the West Bank.” The UK Foreign Office noted that the UK also firmly advises British businesses against activity in illegal Israeli settlements.
Israeli Army Invades Many Communities Across 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.
Israeli produce contaminated by “forever chemicals” from army explosions in Gaza*: New study finds hazardous material has been detected in agricultural land nearly 20 km from the boundary with Gaza.
*NOTE: If forever chemicals are present in Israeli produce 20 km from the border, one must assume that the ground and air inside Gaza are at least as toxic. Israel has destroyed or blocked almost all of Gaza’s farmland.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Netanyahu May Find His Way Back From Trump’s Humiliation, but Back to What?
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.
IRAN: US launched strikes against Iran Tuesday in response to the downing of an Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on social media. “The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” CENTCOM said.
No attack or threat ‘will go unanswered’ after US strikes in south: Iranian foreign minister tells US to ‘leave our region if you want to be safe.’
Trump Has Said Iran War Deal Is Close at Least 38 Times Since Start of Conflict
Iran Says It Targeted 21 US Military Sites in Response to Latest American Strikes
The US and Israel are “fully coordinated, both on the strikes in Dahiyeh in Beirut and on the Israeli response to the missile fire from Iran.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio in particular played a “significant role” in getting Trump to back Israeli retaliatory strikes against Iran.
LEBANON: Israeli troops kill at least 14 people dead, wound 31 others
Israeli attack on Tyre kills eight as evacuation ordered for Christian quarter: People fled the historic district of the ancient city after airstrikes hit residential areas and damaged archaeological sites. The Christian quarter had not been struck by Israel previously and had been considered a safe zone. Christian leaders from three denominations in Tyre called on the world to prevent Israel from attacking the neighborhood.
In south Lebanon, Israeli drones use the sound of crying children to lure civilians: As in Gaza, residents say Israel is waging psychological warfare on civilian life and its soundscape.
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
- Lebanon: at least 3,666 people since March 2, 2026
- Arab states: at least 154 (including Palestine, excluding Lebanon)
- Israel: at least 54 people (20 civilians killed by Iranian attacks; 30 soldiers, 4 civilians killed by Hezbollah)
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
Meet the Mamdani-endorsed candidate that could become the first Palestinian in New York Senate: Aber Kawas has been organizing locally around the issues closest to her community for more than a decade.
‘Historic’ wave of Palestinian solidarity grows at universities in Germany: Calls for universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions are rising in the country that views the BDS movement as extreme.
Israel is abducting ordinary Syrians and seizing their land in Quneitra
France condemns rising violence against Christians in Jerusalem, Israel
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
WATCH: An historic moment in Congress, as Thomas Massie calls for recognition of USS Liberty survivors
Israeli Forces Arrest 10-year-old Palestinian Child
Israel Fast-tracks 1 Billion Shekels for 69 Illegal West Bank Outposts
Israel’s Ben Gvir calls for abducting Lebanese ‘women and youth’ to pressure Hezbollah
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – June 9, 2026*:
- At least 74,136 Palestinians killed, 185,758 injured – including:
- Gaza: at least 72,978 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 173,128 injured
- West Bank/East Jerusalem: at least 1,168 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 9, 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)
- 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
- The Real “Divide” Among Democrats Over Israel Is Between Party Leadership and Voters
- What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon
- Israeli soldier kills seven-month-old Palestinian baby, then walks away
- UN verifies rapes of Palestinians, but still cites no Israeli victims
- One result of the sea change in U.S. politics regarding Palestine: pro-Israel smear campaigns no longer work
- How Secret Pro-Israel Money Flooded the Labour Party and Ended with a Ban of Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur
- One Gaza Flotilla Boat Made It to Gaza—in Pieces
- The Disappearing Aid Check: The Future of US–Israel Defense Support
