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Here’s where things stand on Tuesday, June 3:
Here’s what happened today
We’ll be closing this live page soon. Here’s a recap of the day’s major developments:
- Israeli troops continued to open fire at aid seekers in Gaza, killing at least 27 Palestinians, according to health officials.
- Hamas called for international investigations and legal action after former US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller admitted that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza.
- The Israeli military launched strikes in southern Syria after a rocket attack against the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that was claimed by a new group called the Mohammed Deif Brigades.
- Yemen’s Houthi group fired a missile that activated sirens across central Israel before the Israeli military said it intercepted it.
- The Health Ministry in Gaza warned that patients at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis “face certain death” after Israel issued displacement orders for the area.
Israeli blockade, displacement orders taking toll on society in Gaza: UN
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Gaza is seeing an increase in child labour, early marriage and family separation amid the war.
“This is all driven by hunger, displacement and economic turmoil,” OCHA said in a statement. “Children are increasingly exposed to violence and exploitation during chaotic distributions of basic supplies – including in crowds, when people take flour directly from trucks. Children with disabilities are often those who are worst affected.”
The UN agency cited the closure of a shelter for women in Khan Younis that provided psychosocial care and services for survivors of gender-based violence after it was placed under an Israeli displacement order.
The private sector aid mechanism in Gaza is ‘clearly not working’
“If you look at the chaos and anarchy on the ground, you know there has to be a better, more efficient way of getting food to people who are clearly starving,” Colin Clarke, the director of research for the Soufan Group, a consultancy firm, tells Al Jazeera.
“This is all part and parcel of the Israeli counterinsurgency strategy to push people into the south, but … the optics of this to the world are becoming quite clear,” he explained.
Clarke stated that, according to some assessments, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation may not be able to continue its operations after the Boston Consulting Group terminated its contract with them.
“There’s the conventional wisdom says that the private sector is inherently more efficient when it comes to certain logistics, but this is a very specialised aid mechanism, delivery of food to starving people in a conflict zone, that should be left to the people and organisations that do this for a living, the neutral and impartial organisations like the United Nations” he said.
Israel confirms launching air strikes in Syria
The Israeli military says its fighter jets targeted a weapons depot in southern Syria in response to the two rockets that fell in open areas in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
“The Syrian regime is responsible for what is happening in Syria and will continue to bear the consequences as long as hostile activity continues from its territory,” the Israeli military said in a statement.
Earlier, Syria stressed that it does not pose a threat to “any side” in the region and called for an end to Israeli “aggressions”.
‘The situation in Gaza remains catastrophic’: European Council president
Antonio Costa has said he had a “good and substantial call” with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and renewed calls for ending the Israeli siege on Gaza.
“The situation in Gaza remains catastrophic. We urge Israel to fully lift its blockade on humanitarian aid and to stop its military operations,” Costa wrote in a social media post.
“I commend Egypt and Qatar’s tireless efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement based on the US proposal. An immediate return to the ceasefire is essential, leading to the release of all hostages and a permanent end to hostilities.”
More Israeli strikes reported in southern Syria
Al Jazeera Arabic reports, citing Syrian sources, that Israel is launching attacks in the northern Deraa countryside.
Earlier, the Israeli military confirmed firing artillery shells on southern Syria in response to a rocket attack that targeted the occupied Golan Heights.
Syria does not pose threat to ‘any side’ in region: Foreign Ministry
The Syrian Foreign Ministry has condemned Israeli attacks in southern Syria, which it said caused “significant” material and human losses, stressing that a rocket launch that Israel says was made on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has not been confirmed.
“We affirm that Syria does not and will not represent a threat to any side in the region, and that the top priority in southern Syria is to enable the state to wrest its authority and to end armed presence outside the official institutions,” the ministry said in a statement.
Israel said that two rockets were fired towards the Golan Heights and fell into open areas. The attack was claimed by a newly formed group, dubbed the Mohammed Deif Brigades.
The Israeli military said it fired artillery rounds at areas in southern Syria in response to the rockets.
Israel has been bombing Syrian military bases and state institutions for months in an unprovoked campaign that started after the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry called on the international community to “shoulder its responsibilities and end these aggressions”.
Gaza Freedom Flotilla says drone present over Madleen
Thiago Avila, an activist on board the ship called the Madleen, has issued an appeal for help on Instagram, saying that drones are flying over the vessel.
The Madleen is currently nearing Greece as it makes its way towards Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade on the territory.
Another ship belonging to the Freedom Flotilla was attacked by drones in early May off the coast of Malta, an incident the activist group blames on Israel or one of its allies.
Ex-US official’s admission on Israeli abuses raises questions over US aid
After spending most of his tenure as the US State Department’s spokesperson defending Israel, Matthew Miller has acknowledged that the Israeli military has “without a doubt” committed war crimes in Gaza.
Miller’s comments raise questions about why the Biden administration continued to arm Israel despite US laws that restrict military aid to countries that commit violations of human rights and international law.
The former US president’s aides repeatedly certified that they could not conclude that Israel was violating the laws of war or restricting humanitarian aid to Palestinians, despite the ample evidence documenting Israeli abuses.
US law specifically prohibits security assistance for states that restrict US-backed humanitarian aid in conflict zones.
Photos: Relatives mourn loved ones who died in Israeli attack on Deir el-Balah
Israel’s defence minister takes aim at Syrian president after rocket attack
Israel Katz says Israel considers Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa “directly responsible for every threat and firing at the state of Israel”.
According to Haaretz, Katz also said that Israel’s “full response” to the two rockets fired at the Golan Heights “will come as soon as possible”.
Although al-Sharaa – a former rebel leader – has stressed that Syria is not seeking confrontation with Israel, Israeli officials have repeatedly rebuked him over the past few months.
Seven killed in Israeli attack on tent camp
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that seven Palestinians have been killed and others injured in an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced people at the Port of Gaza.
We will provide you with more information as we receive it.
US official says ‘being harangued’ over Gaza starvation
US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce defended the GHF’s chaotic and deadly aid distribution, dismissing continued questioning from journalists after what she calls three months of “being harangued” over starvation in Gaza.
Houthis ‘ready for further escalation’, official says
Houthi Defence Minister Mohamed Nasser al-Atifi says the Yemeni group is “ready for further escalation” against Israel in support of the Palestinians.
“We have the initiative and power deterrence to fire missiles and drones around the clock and target the depth of the enemy,” al-Atifi was quoted as saying by Al Masirah TV.
Shortly after his comments, the Israeli military said it intercepted a missile from Yemen, which had activated sirens across the centre of the country.
The Houthis have been launching attacks against Israel in a campaign that they say aims to pressure an end to the war on Gaza.
Israel has targeted Yemen with several rounds of air strikes, including strikes that targeted the international airport in the capital, Sanaa.
Houthis confirm missile attack against Israel
Yahya Saree, the military spokesman of the Yemeni group, says the Houthis fired a “Palestine Two” hypersonic ballistic missile at Tel Aviv.
Although the Israeli military announced that it intercepted the projectile, Saree said the operation achieved its goals, causing Israelis to flee to shelter and halting operations at the Ben Gurion airport.
The Houthi spokesperson added that Israel will only get “more missiles and drones” from Yemen, “in rejection of the crime of genocide”.
‘Mohammed Deif Brigades’ promises more attacks after Golan rockets
An unidentified official in the newly formed group, which claimed the rocket launches targeting the occupied Golan Heights, says the attack came in response to the massacres in Gaza.
“Our operations will not stop until the bombing of the oppressed people in Gaza stops,” the official told Al Jazeera Arabic.
Two attacks reported on Israel in quick succession
The first one was a missile launched by the Houthis in Yemen. The Israeli military says that it was successfully intercepted, but this projectile caused sirens to go off in 139 different locations across Israel. The sirens were heard from the north to the south and even in occupied East Jerusalem.
Videos on social media show the projectile and the interception in the sky as far as Beit Hanina in Jerusalem.
Now, as for the other attack, two rockets, the Israeli military says, were launched from Syrian territory, the first such attack in over a year since May 2024, and they say it’s the first since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The military says they’re now responding with artillery fire and that both of those rockets fell in open areas without any injuries, but now they’re investigating who exactly launched those rockets. The Israeli military says it will continue to strike wherever it sees threats.
Israel confirms attack on southern Syria
The Israeli military says it has “recently attacked” southern Syria with artillery fire after rocket launches targeted the occupied Golan Heights.
Syrian news outlets had reported the Israeli shelling earlier.
Newly formed group claims responsibility for Golan rocket attack
A group that calls itself the Martyr Mohammed Deif Brigades says it has fired two Soviet-made Grad rockets at Syria’s occupied Golan Heights.
The Israeli military said the projectiles fell in open areas.
Little is known about the new group, which takes its name from the Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, who was killed by Israel last year, and uses his silhouette as its logo.
The group announced itself in a statement on Saturday, calling for escalation against Israel.
“We are a generation born under the bombs and raised on the sound of rifles that will not accept living in humiliation,” the statement said.
If you’re just joining us
It is now 11pm in Palestine and Israel (20:00 GMT). Here’s a recap of the latest developments:
- The Israeli military says two rockets have been fired from Syria at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in the first attack of its kind since the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December.
- The UN renews its calls for an “immediate and independent investigation” into the attacks on aid seekers in Gaza.
- The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) appoints a new chief, US evangelical leader Johnnie Moore, who previously lauded Trump’s plan for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
- Israel says it has intercepted a missile from Yemen that activated alerts across the centre of the country.
- Germany’s Lufthansa suspends flights to Israel for another week over ongoing security concerns.
Israeli fire kills at least 27 aid seekers in Gaza – Health Ministry
Israeli forces have killed at least 27 Palestinians and injured 90 more as they opened fire close to an aid distribution site in Rafah, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
The latest killings came early on Tuesday at the Flag Roundabout, near an aid hub operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
US on ex-official accusing Israel of war crimes: ‘Everyone has an opinion’
US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce appears to dismiss her predecessor Matthew Miller’s assertion that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza.
“On someone’s opinion about what Israel is or is not doing, everyone has an opinion,” Bruce said. “And everyone has the right to express that opinion, but I’m not going to comment on what someone else thinks is going on elsewhere.”
She also tried to play down the number of Palestinian casualties, saying the numbers come from Hamas. The tally actually comes from health officials in Gaza, and UN agencies have described the data as credible. In fact, some experts have argued that the official Palestinian death toll is severely undercounted.
Israeli shelling targets southern Syria
After Israel says two rockets have been fired from Syria at the occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli military has shelled the Syrian area of Sahem el-Golan, west of Deraa, Syria’s state-run Alikhbaria TV reports.
Israeli military says it ‘intercepts’ missile launched from Yemen
This announcement comes after sirens sounded across several areas in Israel.
We will provide you with more information as we receive it.
Israel destroying what remains of Gaza’s homes
Israeli attacks continue unabated across the entire Gaza Strip, causing significant destruction to civilian infrastructure and what remains of Gaza’s residential homes.
Apparently, the current Israeli ground operations are concentrated in two strategic fronts – in northern Gaza and in the city of Khan Younis, where Israel seems to be trying to pressure Hamas over captive negotiations.
But what’s going on in northern Gaza is also causing significant panic for families who have found themselves on the move again due to the ongoing expansion of the Israeli ground operations.
The current evacuation orders are covering approximately 80 percent of Gaza, deepening the displacement and the humanitarian crisis.
⁵Rocket sirens sound in Tel Aviv after launch from Yemen
Alerts have been activated in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem areas, Israeli media outlets report.
The Israeli military said it identified a missile launched from Yemen and “defence systems are working to intercept the threat”.
Israel says two rockets launched from Syria, fall in open areas
The Israeli military says alerts have been activated in the occupied Golan Heights after two rockets were launched from Syria and fell in open areas.
The incident marks the first attack in the Golan Heights since the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December.
Israel has been regularly bombing Syrian state institutions and military installations in recent months. Israeli troops have also advanced on the ground beyond the Golan Heights.
White House says it will ‘look into’ reports of Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers
Washington is aware of reports of Israeli soldiers firing on Palestinian aid seekers near a food distribution site in southern Gaza, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt tells reporters at a news briefing.
“We’re going to look into reports before we confirm them from this podium or before we take action,” she said.
The US has stated strong support for the current GHF-run aid scheme in Gaza. Major NGOs and the UN have come out today to denounce the Israeli-guarded aid points after 27 people were killed by Israeli gunfire.
Israeli military says alerts activated in Golan Heights
The alerts were activated in the Israeli settlement of Haspin in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights, Israel’s military says without elaborating.
We will bring you more details on this incident as they become available.
Israel has legal responsibility to ‘facilitate humanitarian relief’: UN
United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says the basic needs of the population in Gaza are not being met.
“Israel has clear obligations under international humanitarian law to agree to and facilitate humanitarian relief for all civilians who need it,” Dujarric told reporters.
“The unimpeded entry of humanitarian assistance at scale must be restored immediately. The UN must be allowed to work in safety and insecurity under conditions of full respect for humanitarian principles.”
Jeremy Corbyn on Gaza and Britain’s imperial legacy
Jeremy Corbyn, an independent MP in the UK Parliament, has long fought for economic justice, peace and a British foreign policy that tries to atone for its imperial legacy.
In this episode of Centre Stage, the former Labour Party leader, talks about the cost of standing with Palestine and why Europe may need to unite against a US-led trade war.
UN calls for probe into aid site shootings
Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, says Palestinians in Gaza are risking and losing their lives to get food.
“We are witnessing unthinkable loss of life in Gaza,” Dujarric told reporters.
The Israeli military has fatally shot dozens of Palestinians near aid distribution sites in recent days.
“The secretary-general continues to call for an immediate and independent investigation into these events and for the perpetrators to be held to account,” Dujarric said.
Who’s on the Madleen Gaza flotilla, and where has it reached so far?
The Madleen ship, launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), is en route to Gaza carrying humanitarian aid and human rights activists protesting against Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
The vessel set sail in response to Israel’s total aid blockade of the Palestinian enclave starting on March 2, which has resulted in the deaths of dozens of children due to starvation. Israel has since allowed a trickle of aid into Gaza.
The Madleen, named after Gaza’s first and only fisherwoman, departed Catania, Sicily, on Sunday, just one month after drones bombed Conscience, another Freedom Flotilla aid ship, off the coast of Malta. Freedom Flotilla blamed Israel for the attack.
The 2,000km (1,250-mile) journey of the Madleen is expected to take seven days, provided there are no disruptions.
Find out more about the ship and the high-profile activists onboard in our story here.
![Greta Thunberg (centre) with part of the crew of the ship Madleen, shortly before departure from Catania, Italy on June 1, 2025 [Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784-1748938945.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Iranian foreign minister pays tribute to slain Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in Lebanon
During a visit to Lebanon, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has laid a wreath at the tomb of Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut in September.
“The defeat of the Zionist entity is inevitable, and the martyrdom of Nasrallah will guarantee that victory,” the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV quoted Araghchi as saying.
Netanyahu has portrayed the killing of Nasrallah as a major boost for Israel, describing the late Hezbollah leader as the “axis of the axis”, referring to Iran’s network of allies in the region, known as “the axis of resistance”.
Red Cross reports ‘mass casualty influx’ at field hospital in Gaza
“Today is the highest number of weapon-wounded patients received in a single incident since the establishment of the field hospital over a year ago,” the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory posts on X.
It stated that 184 patients were brought to the hospital this morning and all responsive patients said they had been trying to reach an aid distribution site.
Photos: Palestinians queue for drinking water in Gaza amid severe shortages
