Violations in Gaza continued on Monday as medical sources reported that six Palestinians were killed and more than twenty wounded in several Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, despite the declared ceasefire.
In Khan Younis, two Palestinians were killed, and at least fifteen Palestinians, including children and women, were injured when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a vehicle on al‑Rashid Street.
In a separate attack, two Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces targeted a tent sheltering displaced families in al‑Mawasi, west of the city.
In Gaza City, a married couple was killed when an Israeli drone struck an apartment, according to medical staff at the Shifa Hospital.
The Union of Fishermen’s Committees said three Palestinian fishermen were wounded when Israeli drones fired toward boats off the coast of Gaza City.
Civil defense teams in Gaza said they recovered eight bodies and remains from beneath the rubble of the Safadi family home in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City, after it was destroyed in an earlier Israeli airstrike.
Crews added that they are still searching for missing Palestinians under the collapsed Jadallah family home in the same area, where heavy debris and structural failure continue to block access.
In southern Gaza, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that it facilitated the transfer of seventeen Palestinian detainees released by Israeli authorities. The detainees were moved from the Kerem Abu Salem military crossing to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in coordination with the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
The ICRC said its teams helped the released detainees contact their families and reunite with them, noting that it has facilitated more than 2,500 such transfers since 2023.
The organization reiterated that it has not been granted access to Palestinian detainees held in Israeli detention facilities since October 2023 and again demanded information on the fate and locations of all detainees, along with permission to visit them.
🚨We are deeply alarmed by the reports that there is an imminent threat to Dr. #HussamAbuSafiya’s life as a result of torture and other ill treatment he has been suffering while in Israeli custody. Israeli authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Abu Safiya.… pic.twitter.com/sNVTL4eQTB
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) July 6, 2026
It stressed that international humanitarian law requires humane treatment, adequate detention conditions, and regular family contact. The ICRC added that thousands of Palestinian families are still waiting for any information about detained relatives and remain increasingly fearful for their safety.
Internationally, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued a formal finding that Israel’s detention of Gaza physician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is arbitrary and violates multiple articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The family of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya says his health has sharply deteriorated after more than 555 days in Israeli prisons.
Dr. Abu Safiya had served as a pediatrician and director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza until he was abducted by Israel in December of 2024.… pic.twitter.com/gAhsHLB1pw
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) July 6, 2026
The Working Group said the appropriate remedy under international law is his immediate release and an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations. It warned that his case, one of several submitted to the UN, may indicate a wider pattern of arbitrary detention.
Rights groups and his lawyer have reported that his life is in imminent danger due to daily abuse and torture, while the Israel Prison Service denies mistreatment and Israel’s Supreme Court recently rejected an appeal for his release based on confidential materials under the “unlawful combatants” law.
🚨HEARTBREAKING: The late Dr. Jamal Naim, former Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry in Gaza and one of its most respected dental academics, was critically injured after an Israeli airstrike targeted his home, killing his three daughters two of them dentists along with his three… https://t.co/x0EzzDsBnI pic.twitter.com/XfKoQQKvKM
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) July 6, 2026
The Health Ministry in Gaza reported updated figures since the declared “ceasefire” on October 11, 2025, stating that 1,072 Palestinians have been killed and 3,463 injured during this period, and that rescue teams have recovered 799 bodies and remains.
The cumulative toll since the beginning of the genocide on October 7, 2023, has reached 73,098 Palestinians killed and 173,571 injured.
Many victims remain under the rubble of destroyed homes and in streets that rescue crews cannot reach due to collapsed structures, unexploded ordnance, and severe shortages of equipment and fuel.
Monday’s developments reflect a Gaza Strip still carrying the full weight of the war: families waiting beside shattered homes as rescue teams recover bodies, released detainees reconnecting with relatives after years of disappearance, and a Gaza physician whose case has become a stark example of the broader concerns over arbitrary detention and the treatment of Palestinian detainees.
