In the West Bank, Israeli settlers throw stones at a Palestinian ambulance near Huwwara. Israeli settlers also set fire to Palestinian land near Tarqumiyah and olive trees near Burqa. Elsewhere, Israeli settlers steal 120 sheep in Ein Samiya. Israeli forces raid Nablus, killing 3 Palestinians. Israeli forces also assault an elderly man during a raid in al-Juwaya in the Masafer Yatta area. Elsewhere, Israeli forces demolish a home, agricultural structures, and a park in ‘Anata. Israeli forces also demolish 2 homes in Jalbun. Meanwhile, Israeli forces demolish a plant nursery in Shweika. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Rafah, Khan Yunis, Gaza City, Dayr al-Balah, al-Bureij refugee camp, and Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 40 people. Israeli forces also invade the eastern part of Khan Yunis. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb a vehicle traveling near Kaouthariyet es-Saiyad, injuring a person. Israeli forces also bomb Naqoura, Maroun al-Ras, and Khiam. Hezbollah forces fire rockets at Kiryat Shmona, sparking a large fire. In the Red Sea, Israel says it shot down a surface-to-surface missile near Eliat. (AJ, AJ, AP, HA, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 6/3; WAFA 6/4; UNOCHA 6/5)
More than 36,479 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 15,103 children and 10,000 women, and around 82,777 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 7,000 people are missing in rubble, including 1,700 children. 518 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 126 children. More than 5,100 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, 295 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 1,878 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. 53 trucks carrying aid enter Gaza. The Gaza Media Office says more than 3,500 children under the age of 5 are at risk of dying from starvation. (AJ, UNOCHA, WAFA 6/3; UNRWA 6/6)
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society reports that more than 9,000 people have been arrested by Israeli forces in the West Bank since 10/7/2023. (AJ, WAFA 6/3)
Haaretz reports that the Israeli military is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 48 Palestinians from Gaza, the majority of whom died during transportation to Israeli detention centers or at the Sde Teiman detention center. (AJ, HA 6/3)
Israel says Israeli 4 captives are killed together in the Khan Yunis area, suggesting they are accidentally killed by Israeli forces. (AJ, AP, AP, HA, REU 6/3; AJ, NYT 6/4)
PA prime minister Mohammad Mustafa meets with Jordanian prime minister Bisher al-Khasawneh in Amman. The PA presidency issues a statement criticizing Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s support of Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, saying Palestinians are paying the price of the war on Gaza. The State of Palestine files a request to join the South African genocide case against Israel at the ICJ. (AP, AP, HA, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 6/3)
U.S. president Joe Biden speaks with Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, urging him to “use all appropriate measures to secure Hamas’s acceptance of the [ceasefire] deal.” The G7 members say they “fully endorse” the ceasefire plan put forward by Biden. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller maintains that the proposal presented by Biden on 5/31 was developed by Israel. Miller also says that Hamas is the only thing standing in the way of an immediate ceasefire. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee that there are gaps between the ceasefire proposal Biden presented and the Israeli proposal. U.S. ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield circulates a U.S. resolution in support of the current ceasefire proposal at the Security Council. (AJ, AJ, AP, AX, HA, REU, REU, REU 6/3; AP, HA 6/4)
Israeli finance minister and member of the security cabinet Bezalel Smotrich calls on the Israeli military to “send Lebanon back to the Stone Age.” (HA 6/3)
The White House issues a statement of policy saying it opposes legislation in Congress that would penalize ICC officials for pursuing charges against Israeli officials. (AJ, AX 6/3)
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) calls for U.S. sanctions on Finance Minister Smotrich, saying his “stated goal is for essentially Israel to take over the entire West Bank.” (AJ, HA 6/3)
The British coffeeshop chain Pret A Manger says it has cancelled plans to open stores in Israel, despite making an agreement with Israel’s Fox Group in 2022 to open stores there. Pret cites travel restrictions as the reason for the cancellation of the plans. (AJ 6/3)
A poll conducted in the West Bank and East Jerusalem by the Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre and the Frederich Ebert Stiftung finds that Hamas’s favorability has increased since 10/7/2023. 44.5% of respondents favored peaceful action to achieve national goals while 40.8% favored violent resistance. (AJ 6/3)
The board of the Columbia University law school journal, the Columbia Law Review, shuts down the journal’s website after the student editors refuse to remove the article “Nakba as a Legal Concept” by Rabea Eghbariah. (AP, NYT 6/4; HA 6/5)