On Saturday, the Israeli army launched a series of airstrikes and shelling across the devastated, starved and besieged Gaza Strip, killing at least 56 people and wounding dozens more, including children, in the besieged coastal enclave.
|Update: Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced civilians western Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip|
In Gaza City, a missile struck a home in the Sabra neighborhood, killing 15 Palestinians, including six children, and wounding at least 50. Rescue teams estimate that approximately 85 people remain trapped beneath the rubble.
Seven Palestinians were killed, and several others sustained injuries when an Israeli airstrike hit a residential building housing displaced families in western Gaza City.
Rescue teams are facing severe challenges in reaching the wounded, with many trapped under the rubble. They warn that the number of casualties may exceed 30.
Limited resources and continued bombardment have hampered rescue operations, forcing teams to search for survivors under dire conditions.
Meanwhile, three Palestinians were killed and several others injured when a missile struck a tent sheltering a displaced family in the Al-Bassa area of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.
At least eight Palestinians were killed, and many others wounded, in an airstrike targeting Jabalia an-Nazla in northern Gaza. Five of the victims and 30 injured residents were transferred to the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.
Another strike in Jabalia town killed six Palestinians and wounded several others, with more feared trapped beneath the rubble.
In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, six Palestinians were killed and many wounded following a bombardment in Bani Suheila, east of the city.
In a separate attack, an Israeli military drone fired a missile, killing one Palestinian in the Al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis.
Further strikes in Khan Younis city claimed the lives of at least 12 Palestinians, including a husband, wife, and their two sons.
Starving people in #Gaza shouldn’t be expected to risk their lives in search of food.@UN is ready to deliver life-saving aid wherever people already are, in line with humanitarian principles. pic.twitter.com/bX4DtE2X5I
— UN Humanitarian (@UNOCHA) June 7, 2025
More than 40 people, including numerous women and children, were injured when Israeli airstrikes targeted tents housing displaced families in the western part of the city.
In Rafah, located in the southernmost part of Gaza, six Palestinians were killed and many injured when Israeli forces opened fire on crowds waiting to receive humanitarian aid in western Rafah.
In #Gaza, families are hanging on by a thread. Children go to bed hungry — again and again.
Watch WFP’s Martina explain why food must reach them — now. pic.twitter.com/ylqd4ynOce
— World Food Programme (@WFP) June 6, 2025
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that 56 people have been confirmed dead, with dozens more wounded, many of them women and children. The ministry also noted that 95 Palestinians were killed and over 304 injured in the past 48 hours.
Medical sources report that since May 27, 115 Palestinians have been killed and over 580 wounded, with nine still missing following attacks near humanitarian aid distribution centers.
“They killed our childhood. What did we even do wrong?”
A Palestinian girl from the Gaza Strip shares her experience of daily life amid Israel’s war on the bombarded territory. pic.twitter.com/BKPlCdwV8y
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 7, 2025
Since Israel violated the ceasefire agreement on March 18, 2025, its military operations have killed more than 4,497 people, including 1,265 children, 322 women, and 235 elderly civilians. At least 13,793 people, including children, women, and the elderly, have been wounded.
Israel has now killed at least 54,772, including 16,500 children, 9,803 women, and 4,036 elderly, and injured 125,834 people. Thousands remain missing, with an estimated 11,000 trapped beneath the rubble of bombed homes and buildings.
