- An Israeli air attack has killed 12 Palestinians, including nine members of one family, in a designated “safe zone” after they followed Israel’s evacuation orders to leave eastern Khan Younis, the Associated Press reports.
- The UN estimates that up to 250,000 people have been affected by Israel’s military order for people to leave areas near the southern city of Khan Younis as the total number of displaced people in Gaza is estimated to have reached 1.9 million.
- After hundreds of sick and wounded people fled the European Hospital in Khan Younis only three patients remain, says World Health Organization representative Rik Peeperkorn, pleading for the hospital to be spared from attacks as an Israeli ground invasion looms.
- The killing of four people in an Israeli air raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank brings to six the total number of Palestinians that have been killed in the area in the past 24 hours, including a woman and a child.
- At least 37,925 people have been killed and 87,141 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks is estimated at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.
- European Gaza Hospital out of servicePalestinian activists have posted videos on Instagram from inside the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip following evacuation orders by the Israeli forces.One video shows the hospital is now out of service after it was emptied of patients and displaced people.
- Saudi Arabia urges end to Gaza aggression: Local mediaSaudi Arabia has reiterated it is making “vigorous efforts” on the political and humanitarian fronts to end the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians in Gaza, local media reports say.According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the statement was made following a council of ministers meeting, headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the western city of Jeddah.The meeting also reviewed “the Kingdom’s international efforts to support initiatives aimed at gaining further global recognition of the State of Palestine”.It also stressed Saudi Arabia’s “ongoing provision of relief aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip” amid international warnings of growing famine risks as the entry of humanitarian aid trucks fell significantly after the Israeli army attacked Rafah and seized control of the Rafah crossing on May 6.
- Soldiers exhausted after nine months of war, Israeli commanders sayQuoting commanders of four military brigades operating in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority has reported the following:
- Exhaustion persists among Israeli soldiers due to continuous service for nine months.Destroying tunnels and infrastructure takes time.The inequality in shouldering the burden of military service with the Haredim (ultra-Orthodox men) affects the army’s performance.
- Israeli bombing in Maghazi kills threeWe reported earlier on the Israeli bombing that killed two people in Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.An Al Jazeera correspondent now reports that three bodies have arrived at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah following the Israeli bombing of a car in eastern Maghazi.
- Israeli military carries out arrests in Ramallah, HizmaThe Israeli military has arrested two Palestinians from the town of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports.Israeli forces have also arrested one man after raiding his home in the al-Masayef neighbourhood of the city of Ramallah, according to Wafa.Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces demolished the family home of a Palestinian prisoner accused of killing a settler. Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit shows the incident unfolding in the village of Duma, south of Nablus.
Israel war on Gaza live: 12 killed in Israeli air raid on ‘safe zone’
