In the West Bank, Israeli forces continue the large-scale raids in the Jenin governate for the nineth day in a row and the Tulkarm governorate for the fourth day in a row. In the Jenin governorate, Israeli forces force 6 Palestinian families to evacuate Jenin refugee camp while the Red Crescent says it managed to deliver aid to residents who are under siege. Israeli forces also demolish property, destroy vehicles, and besiege the Jenin Municipality building in Jenin. At the end of the day, Israeli forces withdraw from the Jenin Governmental and Ibn Sina hospitals. Meanwhile, Israeli forces shoot and injure a Palestinian man in Kafr Qud. In the Tulkarm governorate, Israeli forces punitively demolish a home and severely damage other property in Tulkarm refugee camp. Israeli forces also besiege the Thabet Thabet Hospital and impose a curfew in the Shweika area of Tulkarm. Separately from the raids in Jenin and Tulkarm, Israeli forces bomb a vehicle in Tubas, killing 5 Palestinians, including the son of Zakaria Zubeidi. Israeli forces also execute a Palestinian child laying on the ground after shooting him in the leg in al-Fara’a refuge camp. The child’s body is then dragged by an Israeli bulldozer. Elsewhere, Israeli forces shoot and injure a Palestinian girl during a raid in Husan. Israeli forces also shoot and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in Balata refugee camp. Meanwhile, Israeli forces demolish a home and a water well in Khirbet Qalqas. Israeli forces also arrest 16 Palestinians during late-night raids in and around Ramallah, Hebron, Nablus, Jericho, and Jerusalem, including Palestine TV correspondent Ali Dar Ali. Israeli settlers assault a Palestinian man during a raid in Huwwara. Israeli settlers also raid homes in Birin, stealing cash and causing damage. 2 Palestinian families are forced to flee Wadi al-Faw due to repeated attacks by Israeli settler on the area. In East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers tour the Haram al-Sharif compound. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Dayr al-Balah, Beit Lahiya, Gaza City, Khan Yunis, Mawasi, and Rafah, killing at least 17 people. Video footage shows Israeli forces paving a road along the Philadelphi Corridor. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Kafra, killing one person and wounding another. Israeli forces also bomb Ras al-Dhahr, Meiss Ej Jabal, and Ayta ash Shab. Hezbollah forces fire 5 rockets at Ramat Naftali and Ya’ara. (AJ, AJ, HA, NYT, REU, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 9/5; REU, UNOCHA 9/6)
More than 40,878 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 16,456 children and 11,088 women, and around 94,454 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 10,000 people are missing in rubble. 680 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 148 children. More than 5,420 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 have been injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 340 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,266 injured in Gaza since the ground invasion began on 10/27/2023. Over 1.93 million Palestinians, nearly 85% of the population of Gaza, have been displaced since 10/7/2023. There has been a complete electricity blackout in Gaza since 10/12/2023 due to the Israeli blockade. At least 79,000 housing units have been destroyed and 370,000 have been damaged in Israeli airstrikes since 10/7/2023. The second phase of the polio vaccination campaign starts in Khan Yunis. (AJ, HA, NYT, REU, WAFA 9/5; UNOCHA 9/6)
Israeli forces have killed 39 Palestinians and injured at least 150 since the start of the large-scale operation in Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarm began on 8/28. 21 Palestinians have been killed in the Jenin governorate, 8 in the Tubas governorate, 7 in the Tulkarm governorate, and 3 in the Hebron governorate. Tulkarm, Tulkarm refugee camp, al-Far’a refugee camp, Jenin, and Jenin refugee camp have been heavily damaged by Israeli forces uprooting streets and damaging property. (AJ 9/5)
Hamas political bureau deputy chairperson Khalil al-Hayya says in a statement that the U.S. government “must abandon their blind bias towards the Zionist occupation and exert real pressure on [Israeli prime minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and his government” if it is serious about wanting to reach a ceasefire deal. Al-Hayya reiterates that Hamas has accepted the original U.S. presented and backed ceasefire deal from May. U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says the Biden administration believes that a ceasefire deal is 90% agreed on, adding the basic framework of the deal has been agreed to. Kirby calls Hamas the biggest obstacle to securing a deal. The Israeli security cabinet convenes, discussing the discovery of 6 Israeli captives found in Gaza on 9/1. (AJ, AX, HA, REU, REU 9/5; NYT 9/6)
Egyptian army chief of staff Ahmed Fathy Khalifa visits the Egyptian side of the Gaza border. (AJ, HA 9/5)
U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken says that securing an Israel-Saudi Arabia normalization deal is still possible if a Gaza ceasefire deal is reached. (HA, REU 9/5)
German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock meets with Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi in Amman. Baerbock announces a $55 million increase humanitarian aid to Gaza. Baerbock says Germany rejects Israeli attempts to change the status quo at the holy sites in Jerusalem, saying she expects Israel to stop National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s “irresponsible” provocation. Baerbock also says “Israel is the occupying power in the West Bank and is obliged under the Geneva Convention to uphold law and order rather than jeopardize it. This explicitly includes protecting the population from attacks by violent, radical settlers.” Safadi says that if Israel tries to displace Palestinians to Jordan it would be a “declaration of war,” that “Israeli actions on the ground have killed all opportunities for achieving a just peace,” and accuses Prime Minister Netanyahu of obstructing ceasefire negotiations by changing his positions and withdrawing from commitments. (AJ, HA 9/5)