A displaced Palestinian man was killed at dawn Saturday when Israeli forces bombed a tent sheltering civilians in central Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, as Israeli attacks continued across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources confirmed that Mohannad Othman Ferwana was killed after Israeli forces shelled his tent in the center of Khan Younis.
It is worth mentioning that Ferwana had been scheduled to celebrate his wedding to Asma’ Yousef Najjar later on Saturday.
In the central Gaza Strip, Israeli forces also set fire to agricultural lands northeast of the al‑Bureij refugee camp.
Also, armored Israeli units opened heavy fire toward the northwestern areas of Gaza City, while simultaneous attacks intensified across the coastal enclave.
Israeli artillery carried out sustained shelling inside areas under its control and along the eastern parts of Khan Younis, as quad‑copter drones fired on southern neighborhoods of the city.
The army fired illumination rounds over Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, while artillery and machine‑gun fire targeted the al‑Bureij refugee camp. These attacks constitute yet another violation of the ceasefire agreement Israel has repeatedly breached since it took effect on October 10, 2025.
Meanwhile, the Gaza Center for Human Rights reported a continued rise in casualties, stating that field conditions during the first five months of 2026 “reflect a systematic genocide that does not distinguish between civilian and combatant.”
According to the center’s documented data from 1 January to 5 June 2026 (155 days): 534 Palestinians were killed, averaging 7 deaths every 48 hours — roughly one every six hours, while 1,782 Palestinians were injured, averaging about 12 injuries per day.
The center said the figures demonstrate the ongoing genocide through killing, forced displacement, and starvation.
One of the most recent attacks was the bombing of four residential apartments at dawn last Thursday, killing 10 Palestinians, including four women and a child, and injuring dozens.
The rights group warned that the escalation comes just before a new round of negotiations between Palestinian factions and mediators to reinforce the ceasefire — a ceasefire Israel has violated since the moment it took effect.
🚨BREAKING: A large number of displaced families are fleeing their tents in the Orphans Camp area of Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza after Israeli evacuation warnings ahead of expected bombardment.
Families spent the night out in the open, gripped by fear, with nowhere… pic.twitter.com/0Ia9UykYJ0
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) June 6, 2026
It added that Israel is using mass killing and rising civilian casualties as a tool of political extortion to extract concessions at the negotiating table, urging UN bodies and the international community to intervene immediately, impose independent monitoring, and hold Israeli officials accountable for documented violations of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are now living in tents and improvised shelters across the Gaza Strip after Israeli attacks destroyed their homes or rendered them uninhabitable, forcing repeated displacement into areas lacking even the most basic conditions for survival.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said hospitals across the coastal enclave received the bodies of five Palestinians in the past 48 hours: two killed in recent Israeli attacks, one who succumbed to earlier wounds, and one recovered from beneath the rubble. The ministry added that hospitals also treated 49 injuries during the same period.
Israel has now killed 951 Palestinians and injured 2,984 others in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire announced on October 11, 2025. During this period, the bodies of 782 Palestinians were recovered from beneath the rubble and from destroyed areas across the devastated coastal enclave.
The cumulative toll of Israel’s assault on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has risen to: 72,961 Palestinians slain and 173,092 injured.
