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.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The death toll from Israeli shelling across various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn on Monday has reached 126.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Injuries have occurred following an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Jabaliya area, located in the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINAIN MEDIA: 38 Palestinians have been killed as a result of Israeli bombardments targeting Gaza City and the central Gaza Strip since midnight.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Casualties were reported after Israeli forces shelled a tent sheltering displaced civilians in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip.

US MEDIA: Axios reported, citing a White House spokesperson, that former US President Donald Trump never threatened to abandon Israel.

Vance Calls off Israel Visit Due to Expanded Israeli Offensive in Gaza – Report

STATEMENT: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) stated that the Yemeni ban on the port of Haifa represents a “strategic blow that deepens the enemy’s predicament and expands the front of engagement.”

Ryanair ‘Running out of Patience’ with Israel over Security Concerns

STATEMENT (Cited in Al-Jazeera): Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong stated that her country is part of the international call directed towards Israel to allow the full and immediate resumption of aid to Gaza.

The Minister urged all parties to return to a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange agreement.

She emphasized that Israel must enable the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to carry out their life-saving work.

Western Nations Threaten ‘Concrete Action’ against Israel over Gaza Siege

PALESTINIAN MEDIA:

• The number of Palestinians killed in a recent Israeli airstrike targeting a home east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip has tragically risen to 12.
• An Israeli airstrike on the Radi Petroleum Station in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza resulted in the killing of two Palestinian children.
• An Israeli bombing targeting a residential building east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip has resulted in the killing of eight Palestinians, with several others still unaccounted for.
• Israeli warplanes targeted the Musa bin Nussair School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, which was housing displaced Palestinians, resulting in an unspecified number of casualties.

"الناس بتنحرق يا عالم".. قصف إسرائيلي يستهدف مدرسة موسى بن نصير التي تؤوي نازحين في حي الدرج شرقي مدينة #غزة#الجزيرة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/33vTNu8I0A

— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) May 19, 2025

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced the death of a sergeant in the 601st Engineering Battalion during battles in the northern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The Irish Foreign Minister stated that the suffering in Gaza is unbearable, children are starving, hospitals are collapsing, and the humanitarian situation is catastrophic. He added that he and his colleagues from 21 countries and the European Union urgently call for the immediate entry of aid into Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: The military spokesman for Ansarallah in Yemen, Yahya Saree, stated that they have decided to implement the leadership’s directives to begin work on a maritime ban on the port of Haifa. He added that the port of Haifa is now on their target list and called on all companies with ships in the port of Haifa or heading to it to take what has been mentioned and what will be mentioned later into account.

AL-JAZEERA: The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Michael Fakhri, told Al Jazeera that Israel is starving more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. He stated that Israel is committing ethnic cleansing in Gaza and that the areas proposed by Israel for food distribution are political, not humanitarian.

HAMAS STATEMENT: Hamas stated that it welcomes the statement issued by the leaders of Britain, France, and Canada, which expressed a principled position rejecting the policy of siege and starvation.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: In a significant and unusually forceful joint statement issued on Monday, the leaders of France, Britain, and Canada warned they would take concrete action against Israel if it does not immediately halt its ongoing military assault on the Gaza Strip and end its restrictions on humanitarian aid.

The statement reflects mounting international frustration with Israel’s conduct in Gaza, as well as growing concern over the deepening humanitarian catastrophe and continued violations of international law.

“We strongly oppose the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza. The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable. Yesterday’s announcement that Israel will allow a basic quantity of food into Gaza is wholly inadequate,” the statement read.

Western Nations Threaten ‘Concrete Action’ against Israel over Gaza Siege

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The CEO of Irish airline Ryanair has reportedly said that his company is losing “patience” with security disruptions at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport and may consider “sending aircraft somewhere else in Europe.”

“I think we’re running out of patience too with Israel… flights to and from Tel Aviv,” Michael O’Leary stated, according to a Reuters report cited by Israel media.

Ryanair ‘Running out of Patience’ with Israel over Security Concerns

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): 84 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli occupation raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

AL-JAZEERA: The spokesperson for the World Health Organization told Al Jazeera that they hope essential medical aid will enter Gaza and that medical equipment must be allowed into the Gaza Strip. The spokesperson added that aid workers in Gaza need support and a ceasefire to be able to operate.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel Hayom newspaper, citing a European source, reported that EU foreign ministers will discuss tomorrow the possibility of suspending the partnership agreement with Israel.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The Al-Quds Brigades announced that their fighters detonated a “field of pre-planted barrel bombs” in an Israeli military column that had advanced into the Abu Hadaf neighborhood in the Al-Qarara area, northeast of Khan Younis, on Sunday morning.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 12, citing sources, reported that the entry of aid into Gaza was the price Hamas imposed on Washington for the release of Alexander. The channel stated that Witkoff and Boller gave their word despite Israel, and Netanyahu was unable to backtrack.

AL-JAZEERA: The World Health Organization stated that the attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza this morning resulted in severe damage to a warehouse belonging to them. The organization added that the attack on Nasser Hospital destroyed about 30% of their warehouse and materials, including kidney dialysis solutions, and described the attack as devastating.

AL-JAZEERA: A statement from the leaders of Britain, France, and Canada indicated their opposition to the expansion of settlements in the West Bank and stated that they may take actions, including sanctions. They added that they will take measures if Israel does not stop its attack on Gaza and lift restrictions on aid.

🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦 UK, France & Canada jointly condemn Israel’s “wholly disproportionate” Gaza offensive & aid blockade. They warn of “concrete actions,” incl, sanctions, if hostilities & settlement expansions continue. Support for a ceasefire & two-state solution reaffirmed pic.twitter.com/3hXDfWN28l

— Lema (@Lemapal) May 19, 2025

KAN CHANNEL:

A first sergeant in the reserves told Israel’s Kan channel about a reserve soldier under his command suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He reported that the soldier was at his brother’s house with relatives and other guests.

The sergeant stated that the soldier came out of one of the rooms armed with a pistol and shouted that there were terrorists.

He added that the soldier believed there were terrorists around him and started shooting at those in the house, including his brother’s wife, his nephew, and their childhood friend, who had been part of their lives for over two decades and was seriously injured.

The sergeant described it as a complete detachment from reality and a very violent and difficult incident.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Knesset member Tally Gotliv from the Likud party stated that every captive who returns from Gaza undergoes brainwashing by Hamas and speaks with Hamas’ rhetoric.

REUTERS: Reuters quoted a senior UN aid official as saying that the amount of aid Israel allowed into Gaza today is a drop in the ocean. The official added that more aid must be allowed into Gaza starting tomorrow.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that the occupation authorities sentenced 3 soldiers to suspended prison sentences after they refused to participate in the Israeli operation in Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that the situation in Gaza is unbearable. He added that the situation in Gaza is unacceptable and intolerable, and they are working with partners to find out what they can do about it.

UN OCHA: Israel’s escalation of its attacks in Gaza is forcing the population to displace while being subjected to bombing. The office added that the Israeli escalation shows a clear pursuit of permanent demographic change in Gaza and that Israel’s pursuit of permanent demographic change in Gaza amounts to ethnic cleansing.

Several displaced Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Hasaynah School in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza. pic.twitter.com/yPSdhnl52m

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 19, 2025

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Strip’s hospitals received 136 martyrs and 364 injured during the past 24 hours due to the continuous Israeli aggression. The ministry stated that the number of victims of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip has risen to 53,486 killed and 151,398 injured.

AL-JAZEERA: The President of the European Council stated that the access of aid to the Gaza Strip, a ceasefire, and the release of ‘hostages’ must be ensured. He added that sustainable peace and security in the Middle East can only be achieved with a two-state solution.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid stated that the time has come for this government to go. He added that the government should not enter the quagmire of Gaza and the army should remain in the envelope area.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The number of people killed has risen to 46 as a result of the continuous Israeli raids since dawn today.

AL-JAZEERA: Five Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted the UNRWA Al-Hasayna School west of Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, according to Al Jazeera’s correspondent.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES:

The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), stated that their fighters carried out a complex ambush in the Al-Atatra area, west of Beit Lahia in the north of the Strip.

They added that their fighters targeted 3 Zionist vehicles with two Shuwaz explosive devices and a Tandem shell, then clashed with another Zionist force.

They stated that their fighters caused casualties, including killed and injured, among the members of the Zionist force and observed helicopters landing to transport the injured last Friday.

US MEDIA: The Axios website, citing a US official, reported that US Vice President J.D. Vance was considering traveling to Israel tomorrow, Tuesday, but backed out of the step due to the expansion of the military operation in Gaza.

The US official explained that concerns arose that a visit to Israel at this time might be interpreted as American support for the military operation.

The official added that logistics were not the problem and that Vance withdrew from the visit after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proceeded with the expansion of the military operation.

AL-JAZEERA: The Dutch Foreign Minister stated that Netanyahu’s announcement allowing the entry of a minimum amount of aid into Gaza is flawed and insufficient. He added that the catastrophic situation in Gaza requires the provision of immediate and substantial humanitarian aid to end human suffering

WHO: The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the organization is ready to move immediately to get aid into the Gaza Strip, whenever permitted. He demanded that Israel allow the evacuation of patients from Gaza and the entry of medical and food aid.

ISRAELI MEDIA: A soldier from the special forces fighters was injured during the ongoing military operations in the Gaza Strip

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): The death toll from Israeli raids since dawn today, Monday, has risen to 32 killed, amidst continuous bombing on various areas of the Strip.

https://twitter.com/PalestineChron/status/1924408449393164493

AL-JAZEERA: The leader of the Israeli opposition Labour party, Yair Golan, believes that saving Israel from the current government led by Benjamin Netanyahu has become an urgent necessity.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant considered the continued control of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) over the Gaza Strip after 591 days of war a resounding failure for Israel

AL-JAZEERA: The Director of Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza reported that drones are targeting the vicinity of the hospital and bombing neighboring houses. He stated that they are directing an appeal to international institutions to intervene to protect medical staff and civilians at the hospital.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to hold security consultations this evening.

AL-JAZEERA: Three people were killed in an Israeli bombing on Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The Government Media Office in Gaza stated that the occupation is committing daily massacres resulting in the killing of hundreds of civilians. The office added that the occupation deliberately bombs hospitals and medicine warehouses as part of a systematic policy of extermination.

AL-JAZEERA: Injuries occurred in Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: The Director of Field Hospitals in Gaza reported to Al Jazeera that the occupation is working according to a systematic plan to destroy the health sector. He stated that the continuation of the occupation army’s campaign against the health system threatens the lives of the Strip’s residents.

AL-JAZEERA: Palestinians were injured in an Israeli raid that targeted a house on Al-Manshiya Street in Beit Lahia city in the northern Gaza Strip.

AL-NASSER SALAH AL-DIN BRIGADES: The Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees in Palestine, announced the martyrdom of the senior commander Ahmad Kamel Sarhan, head of special operations in the brigades.

They added that Sarhan engaged in a heroic clash with a Zionist special force that sought to arrest him from his home in Khan Yunis.

The Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades also stated they confirm the failure of the special operation through which the enemy sought to arrest Commander Ahmad Sarhan.

UNRWA: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated that assessments confirm that 92% of homes were damaged or destroyed and countless residents were displaced in the Gaza Strip.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Aid workers in Gaza stated that what is happening in the Strip is a catastrophe, noting that this is among the worst they have ever seen.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Israel will allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip for a limited period, following a recommendation from the army.

An Israeli official told the Jerusalem Post that the decision will remain in place for one week, until new aid distribution centers—managed by the military and American companies—are operational. Most of these centers are expected to be located in southern Gaza.

Citing military sources, Israeli Army Radio reported that the first convoy of aid—consisting of food and medicine—will enter Gaza on Monday.

Israel Greenlights Gaza Aid amid American Pressure, Cabinet Dissent

AL-JAZEERA: The Director of Medical Relief in Gaza reported to Al Jazeera that the occupation’s targeting in the Gaza Strip is continuous, and the numbers of martyrs and injured are increasing. He stated that the occupation is targeting the health system in Gaza and putting hospitals out of service.

Medics at Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital say they’re under constant bombardment with Israeli quadcopters circling – while British surgeon Tom Potokar, at another hospital, says it’s another ‘day of devastation’ pic.twitter.com/PaXv3COFph

— Alex Crawford (@AlexCrawfordSky) May 18, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel Hayom newspaper reported that the entry of aid to the Gaza Strip is part of the agreement to release the prisoner Aidan Alexander, contrary to Israeli statements.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): 28 people were killed in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, Monday.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Haaretz reported that ministers close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believe that concluding a deal with the Hamas movement will not lead to the dismantling of the government.

AL-JAZEERA: A former Israeli prisoner in Gaza reportedly told Knesset members that their hands would be stained with blood if they did not stop the war.

AL-JAZEERA: The bodies of 3 Palestinians were recovered following an Israeli bombing that targeted the Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Army Radio, citing sources, reported that the United Nations will supervise the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip today.

AL-JAZEERA: One person was killed and others injured in an Israeli bombing on the eastern area of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip.

A two-month-old baby was injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Musbeh family home in Abasan, east of Khan Younis. Several people were wounded, and others remain trapped under the rubble. pic.twitter.com/axlAuZG12o

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 19, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 12 reported that Greek Airlines are canceling their flights to Israel for today after a previous announcement of resuming their operations there.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid stated that Egypt must manage the Gaza Strip, adding that if the government of Israel has a better idea, they will be happy to hear it.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA:

Five people were killed in an Israeli raid targeting displaced persons near the Fallujah market, west of the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

23 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

Israeli occupation army bombed a number of houses around Al-Awda Hospital in Tel al-Zaatar, northern Gaza Strip.

Six Palestinians were killed and scores more injured in more than 30 Israeli raids on several areas in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The spokeswoman for the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs in Gaza, Olga Cherevko said that there is continuous bombing of hospitals that is claiming many lives. The spokeswoman called for the immediate opening of the crossings and described the conditions faced by civilians in Gaza as heinous and unbelievable, and that people are left to die with the complete collapse of the health situation there.

STATEMENT (UNICEF): The United Nations Children’s Fund said that the children of the Gaza Strip face continuous bombardment and are deprived of basic goods, services, and healthcare.