In the West Bank, Israeli settlers vandalize 100 olive trees and steal agricultural tools and water tanks in Haris. An Israeli settler is lightly injured when stones are thrown at his vehicle near Haris. Israeli forces continue raids in Jenin and Jenin refugee camp for the 45th day in a row, demolishing 4 homes and setting fire to a building in Jenin refugee camp. Israeli forces also continue raids in Tulkarm, Tulkarm refugee camp, and Nur Shams refugee camp for the 39th day in a row, demolishing 17 buildings in Nur Shams refugee camp. Elsewhere, Israeli forces shoot and injure a Palestinian man in Rantis. Israeli forces also severely beat a Palestinian man with their rifles in al-Arroub refugee camp. Meanwhile, Israeli forces violently disperse Palestinians with tear gas during a raid in Beit Umar. Israeli forces also demolish residential and agricultural structures in Khirbet al-Tawil. Separately, Israeli forces arrest 30 Palestinians during raids in and around Hebron, Bethlehem, Tulkarm, Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah, Salfit, and Jerusalem. In East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers tour the Haram al-Sharif compound. Israeli forces assault and injure a Palestinian man in Silwan. In Gaza, Israeli forces attack and kill 3 Palestinians and injure others with a drone in Gaza City. (AJ, HA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 3/6)
More than 48,446 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 17,881 children and 12,749 women, and around 111,852 have been injured since 10/7/2023. In addition, 14,222 Palestinians who have been missing are presumed dead. 926 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 186 children. More than 6,500 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, 408 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,579 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. 92% of all housing units in Gaza have been destroyed or severely damaged since 10/7/2023. (WAFA 3/6)
The Palestinian Prisoners Society says in a statement that 62-year-old prisoner Ali Ashour Ali al-Batsh died in the Naqab Prison on 3/3. (WAFA 3/6)
Doctors Without Borders says Israeli forces opened fire near its clinic in Rafah on 3/2, injuring a Palestinian man. (AJ 3/6)
Hamas spokesperson Basem Naim says the party has invited U.S. president Donald Trump to visit Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons, like his meetings with former captives held in Gaza. Yediot Ahronot reports that Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has told Israel to abide by the ceasefire until he arrives in the Middle East next week. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce says the Arab League-endorsed Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza is not “adequate,” saying “it is about what are the details, what is going to end – what is going to be on the ground.” Bruce also says Hamas “cannot exist in Gaza,” calling the party “monsters.” (AJ, AJ, HA 3/6; AJ 3/7)
PLO secretary-general Hussein al-Sheikh meets with German foreign and security policy advisor Jens Plotner in Ramallah, discussing the Gaza reconstruction plan and Israel’s attacks on the West Bank. (AJ, WAFA 3/6; AJ 3/7)
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says Israel will return to attacking Gaza with “unseen intensity.” (AJ 3/6)
Axios reports that the U.S. State Department will use AI technology to revoke visas of foreign students that it perceives to be supporters of Hamas. The department calls the new program, which reviews foreign student’s social media accounts, “Catch and Revoke.” (AJ, AX, HA 3/6; HA, HA 3/7)
A Gallup poll shows that Americans’ support for Israel has dropped to 46%, the lowest point surveyed by Gallop in 25 years. Support for Palestinians was at 33%, up 6 points from 2024. (AJ, HA 3/6)
Reuters reports that Switzerland has cancelled a planned conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territory due to the lack of interested participants. Switzerland had invited the 196 parties to the conventions to a conference on 3/7. Both the PA and Israel criticized the conference, with the PA saying the draft document circulated prior to it fell short of its expectations. (AJ, AP, REU 3/6)
29 of 55 members of the Copenhagen City Council vote in favor of renaming a square in Copenhagen “Palestine Square.” (WAFA 3/7)