Overview
- Israeli pre-dawn strikes on June 4 struck at least four residential apartments in Gaza, killing at least nine people and wounding about 15, and one strike killed five members of the Lubbad family with a child, Hala Lubbad, the sole survivor.
- On June 5 in the Tel Rumeida area south of Hebron, Israeli gunfire struck a family car, killing seven-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal and wounding his parents, and the Israel Defense Forces said the incident is under review after an initial inquiry found the victims were uninvolved civilians.
- Israeli officials say the strikes aim to stop imminent threats and report steps to reduce civilian harm, while Gaza medics and rescue services describe repeated hits on homes and scenes of civilian casualties.
- The US-brokered ceasefire from October has reduced large-scale fighting but remained fragile, with indirect negotiations on disarmament and Israeli withdrawals stalled and repeated incidents reported since the truce took effect.
- Humanitarian conditions in Gaza are worsening because of restricted aid flows, fuel and medicine shortages, and expanding Israeli ground control of populated areas, which aid agencies and Palestinian authorities say is deepening civilian suffering.