Daily Peace and Crisis Report

Compiled Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Summary

See below for detail and source

Middle East

Gaza Strip

Eight months into the ceasefire agreement brokered on 10 October 2025, the situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. Medical sources in Gaza reported on 9 June that the cumulative death toll since 7 October 2023 has risen to 72,988, with 173,205 people injured. WAFA reported that hospitals received eight bodies and 34 injured individuals in the 24 hours to 9 June. Since the ceasefire was declared, 978 Palestinians have been killed and 3,097 injured, with 782 bodies recovered from various locations.

Israeli forces have continued to extend the so-called "Yellow Line" — a barrier of earth and concrete markers — deeper into the Strip. Satellite imagery analysed by Israeli researcher Or Fialkov indicated that Israel is roughly a month from controlling 70 per cent of Gaza, well beyond the terms agreed in the October ceasefire. Al Jazeera reported that Israeli forces demolished residential blocks east and northeast of Khan Younis almost nightly, and extended berms across Mawasi Rafah, southern Khan Younis, and Beit Lahia.

Strikes on displaced civilians continued throughout the week of 4–9 June. On 4 June, 11 people were killed in Gaza City, including five members of the Labad family — a father, mother, and three children — leaving nine-year-old Hala the sole survivor. On 6 June, a drone struck a tent sheltering the Qaddoum family near Gaza City's passport office, killing eight, including a father who had celebrated his first child's birth the day before. On 7 June, Israeli forces killed at least 13 Palestinians across al-Mawasi, Gaza City and Deir el-Balah. On 9 June, an Israeli drone fired on people in Jabaliya refugee camp, killing three, including eight-year-old Jad Salman, who was leaving school. Democracy Now! quoted his father: "My son is 8 years old. What wrong did he commit? He was leaving his school."

Following the Iran–Israel missile exchange on 7–8 June, Israel sealed all Gaza crossings before announcing on 9 June that the Kerem Shalom crossing would reopen for gradual humanitarian entry. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for the immediate reopening of all passages. WAFA reported that Guterres underscored that crossings are the only route for desperately needed humanitarian aid. The UN estimates food prices in Gaza are 235 per cent above pre-October 2023 levels. The WFP reported that approximately 51,900 pallets of aid were offloaded in May — an increase from April but below January–February levels. OCHA noted that funding shortfalls are forcing humanitarian partners to scale down or suspend critical services.

Palestinian factions convened in Cairo with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators to discuss the second phase of the ceasefire. Hamas signalled it would hand governance to a technocratic national committee but would not surrender its arms outright, tying any decommissioning to an Israeli withdrawal. Israel and US envoy Nickolay Mladenov have conditioned the next phase on disarmament. Al Jazeera reported that the talks remained deadlocked on this fundamental disagreement.

West Bank

Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank reached record levels in 2026. OCHA documented more than 950 settler incidents across over 230 communities in 2026, resulting in casualties and widespread damage to homes, agricultural assets, and essential infrastructure. Videos circulating in the week of 4–9 June showed settlers torching farmland and olive groves across the Ramallah and Nablus countryside — including in Burin, Madama, Jalud, as-Sawiya, Duma, and al-Mughayyir — with soldiers standing alongside or actively assisting. In Hawwara, footage showed a soldier joining settlers in beating two Palestinians during a mass attack that injured at least nine. Al Jazeera reported that in Jiljiliya, a settler carrying a military-issued rifle struck a Palestinian worker before firing in the air.

On 5 June, Israeli forces killed 18-year-old Haitham Ezzedine Omar Hamida during an overnight raid in Beitin. That same day, troops opened fire on a family car near Hebron, killing seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal and wounding his parents. The Israeli military said soldiers fired on a vehicle accelerating towards them and that an inquiry found the casualties were uninvolved civilians. Al Jazeera reported that Israel's Higher Planning Council approved an additional 2,162 settlement units near occupied East Jerusalem, Nablus and Hebron during the week. UNRWA confirmed that the Tulkarem and Nur Shams camp closures, which have displaced more than 33,000 Palestinian refugees since early 2025, were extended until the end of July. In response to the escalating settler violence, the UK, Canada, France and Norway announced coordinated sanctions on networks enabling settler attacks. Reuters reported that Israel firmly rejected the sanctions.

Lebanon

Israel renewed its military assault on Lebanon on 9 June, ordering all residents of the coastal city of Tyre and its surrounding suburbs to flee north of the Zahrani River before launching heavy bombardment. Democracy Now! reported that five people were killed and eight injured when Israel struck near a Red Cross centre in Tyre, including four paramedics, and that a UNESCO World Heritage Site was damaged. DW reported at least eight people killed and 32 wounded in the Tyre strikes. Lebanon's Health Ministry reported that Israel has killed more than 3,600 people in Lebanon since 2 March 2026, including 245 children, with more than 900 children wounded. NBC News reported that Israel stated its military campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon would continue at full force despite a US-brokered ceasefire renewed just days earlier.

Iran–Israel Situation

A major escalation occurred on 7–8 June when Iran launched nearly 30 ballistic missiles at Israel in what Tehran described as retaliation for Israeli strikes on a Hezbollah drone headquarters in Beirut. ISW reported that the exchange shattered a fragile two-month ceasefire, with both sides subsequently agreeing to a pause. President Trump intervened to prevent further escalation and again claimed a nuclear deal was days away — his 37th such public claim since late March, according to Democracy Now!. Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf stated that the US and Israel had violated the ceasefire through a naval blockade and by contradicting agreed terms on Lebanon. Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen continued to fire ballistic missiles at central Israel and announced a naval blockade against Israel in the Red Sea, keeping the regional situation volatile.

Eastern Europe

Russia–Ukraine Conflict

The Kremlin continued to reject peace negotiations with Ukraine despite repeated Ukrainian overtures. On 4 June, President Zelensky published an open letter to Putin proposing direct negotiations and a full ceasefire for the duration of talks. Putin responded that he saw "no point" in meeting with Zelensky, according to Russia Matters. On 7 June, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Frederich Merz issued a joint statement with Zelensky proposing an immediate ceasefire and the freezing of the current frontline as a starting point for negotiations. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated Russia's commitment to the "understandings" allegedly reached at the August 2025 Alaska Summit, while Russian State Duma members rejected the European proposals as "unacceptable," stating Russia could only achieve its goals by "reaching Ukraine's western borders," according to ISW.

Russian perspective: RT (Rus) framed Zelensky's open letter as a "PR stunt," citing Russia's UN envoy, and characterised Russia's military operations as a response to Ukraine's failure to implement the Minsk agreements and NATO's military cooperation with Ukraine. RT reported that Russia's deputy foreign minister stated the country is prepared to use all means "including nuclear ones" for its security.

On the battlefield, ISW reported that Russian forces are reportedly withdrawing from the Kinburn Spit in Mykolaiv Oblast as Ukraine's intermediate-range strike campaign against Russian supply lines is rendering defences untenable. Ukraine's air force reported that Russia launched 166 long-range strike drones and two guided missiles overnight on 8–9 June, with air defences shooting down 146. Russia Matters noted that on 2 June, Russia launched one of its heaviest barrages of the war — 73 missiles and 656 attack drones — killing at least 22 people across Ukraine. NATO forces downed a drone over Latvia for the first time on 8 June after Russian electronic warfare systems diverted it into Latvian airspace, according to ISW.

Russia Matters' analysis of ISW data for the four weeks to 3 June indicated that Russian forces recorded a net loss of 93 square miles of Ukrainian territory — about double the loss in the previous four-week period. Putin claimed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on 4–5 June that Russia had "completely liberated" the Luhansk People's Republic and controlled more than 80 per cent of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Russia Matters noted this was at least Putin's fourth such claim regarding Luhansk since 2023.

Africa

Sudan

The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now entering its fourth year, intensified on 9 June with drone attacks destroying the Ardamata bridge in West Darfur — a vital route linking El Geneina to areas near the Chad border — and two key bridges along the Kadugli–Dilling road in South Kordofan. UN News reported that UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq warned that "humanitarian partners warn there will be no viable alternative routes once seasonal rains intensify," as the rainy season begins. More than 30 million people nationwide require humanitarian assistance.

The RSF continued to target SAF-held areas through long-range drone attacks, including strikes against Khartoum International Airport on 4 May. The SAF intensified drone operations against RSF-held areas in Nyala, South Darfur. According to the Security Council Report June 2026 forecast, the conflict increasingly resembles a war of attrition, with front lines evolving into a de facto territorial division, while hostilities have intensified in Kordofan and Darfur. The RSF has experienced internal strains, with several senior commanders defecting to the SAF.

The humanitarian situation remains catastrophic. According to a 14 May IPC analysis cited by the Security Council Report, approximately 19.5 million people face high levels of acute food insecurity, including around 135,000 in catastrophic conditions. Fourteen areas across Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan remain at risk of famine. OHCHR reported that drone strikes accounted for at least 880 civilian deaths between January and April 2026 — more than 80 per cent of all conflict-related civilian fatalities during that period. Nearly one million Sudanese refugees have fled to Chad, placing immense strain on Chadian resources and health systems, according to UN News.

Nigeria

Nigeria's military announced on 9 June that it had freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno state. However, villagers in the region alleged that joint US–Nigerian airstrikes killed dozens of civilians during operations in May, when AFRICOM and the Nigerian Army claimed to have killed 175 fighters over three days. Democracy Now! reported that Nigeria continues to face a decade-long insurgency in the north, where armed groups routinely conduct kidnappings for ransom.

Asia

Myanmar

Fortify Rights published findings on 9 June documenting that the Myanmar military junta committed war crimes on 5 March 2026 when it conducted an airstrike on Bago Region. Fortify Rights called for accountability and urged enforcement of existing UN resolutions. The junta's 100-day peace roadmap, announced on 21 April by newly installed president Min Aung Hlaing, has been widely rejected by major resistance groups. The Karen National Union (KNU), All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF), and Chin National Front (CNF) all publicly declined to negotiate under frameworks linked to military rule, according to ReliefWeb.

The humanitarian situation remains dire. An estimated 3.7 million people are internally displaced, with projections indicating displacement could rise toward 5.2 million in 2026. The UN's 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan projects over 16 million people will require humanitarian assistance this year. The Food Security Cluster estimates approximately 12 million people face moderate-to-severe food insecurity. The Arakan Army now controls all but three of Rakhine State's 17 townships, while resistance forces have consolidated influence across parts of central and southeastern Myanmar. The junta continues to blockade Rakhine State, preventing international aid delivery since late 2023 and leaving hundreds of thousands of IDPs, particularly Rohingya communities, with severely limited assistance. ReliefWeb reported that WFP warns hunger has reached "unacceptable" levels, with over 400,000 young children and mothers surviving on nutrient-deprived diets.

Mizzima (Myanmar opposition) reported that the Myanmar ambassador to the UN has urged enforcement of existing Security Council resolutions as the civilian death toll since the February 2021 coup has passed 80,000, with over 30,000 civilians killed since 2021 according to various estimates.

Statistics

Table 1 — Casualties (Killed / Wounded)

* OHCHR access is denied to Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine; figures for civilians in occupied territory cannot be independently verified. The vast majority (96%) of verified civilian casualties occur in Government-controlled areas.

Table 2 — Numbers (non-casualty figures)