DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER: We are pressing the European Union to review its partnership agreement with Israel. Along with France and other countries, we call for sanctions on violent settlers in the West Bank.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Britain said it had sanctioned a number of individuals and groups linked with acts of violence against Palestinians.

AL-JAZEERA: Official sources told Al Jazeera that members of Spain’s ruling party are voting today in favor of considering a proposal to ban arms sales to Israel.

AL-JAZEERA: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that the level of suffering in Gaza is intolerable. Starmer added that the leaders of Britain, France, and Canada are appalled by the escalation in Gaza.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the number of martyrs reached 87, in addition to 290 injured by Israeli occupation fire in the past 24 hours.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Al-Quds Brigades announced that they detonated a bomb, left over from the enemy, on an Israeli military vehicle on May 12, during its incursion into the Sheja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza reported an Israeli drone fired at an ambulance in the hospital courtyard.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar stated that Israel will not accept any external dictates concerning national security.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel’s Channel 14 reported the cancellation of Israeli Democrats leader Yair Golan’s speech at the War on Anti-Semitism conference following his statements about killing children in Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Two people were killed by Israeli drone fire in Khan Yunis city, southern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Yair Golan, head of the Israeli opposition party Democrats, has launched a scathing critique of the Israeli government’s war on Gaza, accusing the state of committing atrocities against civilians and warning that its actions could lead to global isolation akin to apartheid-era South Africa.

In an interview with Israel’s Kan public broadcaster, Golan accused the government of waging a campaign of vengeance rather than a legitimate military operation.

“We are killing children in Gaza as a hobby,” he said, describing the assault as morally and strategically disastrous.

‘Killing Children as a Hobby’: Golan Says Israel Risks Apartheid-Era Isolation

AL-JAZEERA:

The Spanish Foreign Minister stated that the situation in Gaza is unacceptable and catastrophic, and aid must be allowed in immediately.

The Dutch Foreign Minister, for his part, called for the unconditional entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, urging Israel to agree to a ceasefire. The Dutch Minister also condemned the expansion of settlements in the West Bank.

Slovenia’s Foreign Minister stated that Gaza is bleeding and their mission is to protect the Palestinian people and ensure the unhindered entry of aid. She emphasized the importance of supporting the efforts of the United Nations and humanitarian organizations, especially UNRWA.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The Government Media Office in Gaza condemned in the strongest terms the bloody massacres committed by the occupation against unarmed civilians in Gaza.

The Media Office stated that occupation forces are targeting inhabited homes, shelters, hospitals, and charities. It described the occupation’s actions as “criminal behavior” that amounts to a full-fledged crime of genocide.

The Al-Quds Brigades and the Al-Qassam Brigades announced a series of coordinated ambushes and attacks on Israeli occupation forces across the Gaza Strip, as Israel intensifies its ground operations under the banner of ‘Gideon’s Chariots’.

Israeli Army Suffers Losses amid Escalating Resistance Ambushes in Gaza

AL-JAZEERA: The United Nations stated that the events of October 7 do not justify the mass killing or the denial of aid to the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The Norwegian Foreign Minister stated that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic and the Palestinian people need help now more than ever.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved extending reserve duty.

UNRWA: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated that what is needed in Gaza is massive, unhindered, and uninterrupted support to ensure that hunger stops spreading, and that humanitarian aid should never be politicized

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli drone fire in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, and two others were killed in Israeli artillery shelling east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli Channel 12 reported that Lufthansa Airlines group announced the suspension of its flights to and from Israel until June 8.

AL-JAZEERA: The EU Foreign Policy Commissioner considered Israel’s decision to allow aid into Gaza a drop in the ocean.

UNICEF’s Tess Ingram says Israel’s new aid distribution plan for Gaza fails to meet even the minimum humanitarian standards. pic.twitter.com/GWImFZ30qw

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 20, 2025

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Strip since dawn today has risen to 67.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Army Radio reported that the air force assassinated a Hezbollah member in the village of Mansouri in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported 3 injured by Israeli drone fire targeting a motorcycle in Mansouri town, southern Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: Five Palestinians, including three children, were killed by Israeli drone fire in Khan Younis camp in the southern Gaza Strip.

Osama Abu Musabah lost his wife, all his children, and over 13 relatives in a single horrific Israeli massacre. pic.twitter.com/5FqzN34IMf

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 20, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Several Palestinians were killed and injured in an Israeli strike that targeted a school sheltering displaced persons in the Beit Lahia project, northern Gaza Strip.

The Ansarallah movement in Yemen has announced the beginning of operations to impose a naval blockade on the Israeli port of Haifa, marking a significant escalation in its military campaign in solidarity with Gaza.

The announcement came in a televised statement delivered by the group’s military spokesman on Monday evening.

Ansarallah Declares Naval Blockade on Haifa, Warns Shipping Companies

ISRAELI MEDIA: Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that the Construction Contractors Union has filed a lawsuit against the government, demanding a solution for billions in losses caused by the war.

AL-JAZEERA: Scores of injured arrived at Kamal Adwan Hospital following an Israeli bombing on Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 7 reported clashes in the Knesset after statements by a member of parliament about the killing of 200 Palestinians in Gaza within two days.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed and several others injured by Israeli drone fire in Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The French Foreign Minister stated that Israel’s facilitation of humanitarian aid access to Gaza is insufficient. He added that they support a review of the partnership agreement between the European Union and Israel to ascertain the extent of its respect for human rights.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 53 Palestinians have been injured in Israeli strikes on various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

A grieving Palestinian father collapses while bidding a final farewell to his wife and children, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza. pic.twitter.com/esewcjCpnn

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 20, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, stormed the Shuafat camp in occupied Jerusalem in preparation for a demolition operation.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli bombing on Al-Sikka Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli drone strike on the Al-Manara area, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

The moment an Israeli airstrike hit the tents of displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis. pic.twitter.com/6hj3eeMI3G

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 20, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that he received with “deep sorrow” the news of the death of a combat engineering soldier who fell in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip.

PRCS: The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that an elderly Palestinian man was injured by the bullets of occupation forces during a raid on the Al-Ein camp in Nablus in the West Bank.

AL-JAZEERA: 12 people were killed in a bombing by warplanes of the Musa bin Nussair school, which shelters displaced people in the Al-Daraj neighborhood east of Gaza City, at dawn today.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Nine Palestinians killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a home in the Jabaliya area, located in the northern Gaza Strip.

(50 Palestinians have been killed a result of Israeli shelling targeting Gaza City and the northern and central parts of the Gaza Strip since dawn today.)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll from Israeli bombardments on Gaza City, as well as the northern and central parts of the Strip, has reached 43 since dawn today.