One killed from shelling on Khan Younis home
Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that Israeli forces shelled a home in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, killing at least one person. The Khan Younis area is one of the places where Palestinians fleeing Rafah are seeking refuge, even though it has continued to face Israeli attacks.
Today’s death toll in Jabalia rises to 15: Report
At least 15 people have been killed and 30 wounded by Israeli attacks in Jabalia today, reports the Wafa news agency. Many of the casualties took place when a shelter at the entrance of the Jabalia refugee camp was bombed.
We earlier reported that overnight drone and missile attacks in Jabalia killed at least five people, while a separate strike on a school killed another person. Currently, Israel’s military claims to be fighting Palestinian fighters within Jabalia.
Drone strike hits car leaving Rafah, killing one
A car has been struck by a drone in the western part of Rafah city while it was going to central Gaza on the coastal road. One person has been reported killed and other passengers have been severely injured.
We are seeing a pattern of people being attacked no matter what – whether they are staying inside Rafah city or they are on their way to evacuation zones.
Four killed in central Gaza
Two of the victims were killed by an Israeli attack near Nuseirat camp, reports the Wafa news agency. Two others were killed by an attack in the Wadi Gaza, further north, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
The attacks come even as Israel concentrates its forces in northern and southern Gaza, pushing hundreds of thousands to flee those areas towards central parts of the Strip.
A Palestinian woman searches for her belongings after her apartment was destroyed in an Israeli raid, in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip
Eight Palestinians including children killed while fetching water
At least eight people, including women and children, have been reported killed and 10 were wounded after Israeli artillery shelling targeted a group of Palestinians filling water containers in the al-Faluja area, west of Jabalia camp, in northern Gaza today.
“We were displaced to the Faluja area, which is considered a safe area, and suddenly this place was shelled by the Israelis. We do not know where to go,” a witness said.
Video footage shared online and verified by Al Jazeera showed how the attack turned the area into a pool of blood, as well as the impact of shrapnel on shops and homes at the site of the bombing.
Footage shows destruction caused by Israeli attacks on Jabalia
Footage shared online, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows the destruction of a number of houses by Israeli shelling in Jabalia, as residents try to search for people trapped under the rubble.
22 people were killed and many were wounded in the Israeli bombardment of a residential square around Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza this morning
“An entire residential block was bombed by Israel,” said one resident. “We pulled children out of the rubble. There are many families who are still under the rubble. Most of them were inside their homes, and they have displaced people.”
Twenty-two people have been confirmed killed from the air attack, which hit a residential block across from the hospital, according to our colleagues on the ground. At least 30 others are injured.
Our colleague Hani Mahmoud reported that this attack, along with others today in the Jabalia area, amount to “one of the most rapid mass killings of civilians” across Gaza since the early weeks of the war.
Women and children among victims of attack near Kamal Adwan Hospital
We are witnessing one of the most rapid mass killings of civilians across the Gaza Strip since the initial weeks of this war.
We just got a confirmed report that the number of people killed at the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital has risen to 14. This includes women and children who were in that residential block across the road from one of the gates of the hospital.
A witness described a massive explosion that took place after multiple air strikes targeted the residential block. In addition to those killed, there are multiple injured. They have all been transferred inside the hospital, which severely lacks medical supplies and basic necessities.
Four killed by bombardment near Khan Younis: Report
We now have reports of casualties from another Israeli attack near Khan Younis, an area where many displaced Palestinians have sought shelter.
Israeli warplanes bombed the town of Khuza’a, some 8km (5 miles) east of Khan Younis, killing at least four people and injuring others, according to the Wafa news agency.
Palestine Red Crescent Society trying to restore services in its al-Amal Hospital
The aid group, in a post on X, said efforts to resume services are continuing in the Khan Younis facility, which has been repeatedly attacked by Israeli forces during the war.
The majority of Gaza’s hospitals are no longer functional, and those partially operating are struggling to get by with scant fuel, medicine, and staff.
As part of ongoing efforts to reactivate its services after repeated targeting by occupation forces, which had rendered it out of service, PRCS #AlAmalHospital in Khan Yunis conducted four specialized eye surgeries the day before yesterday. These surgeries were performed by the… pic.twitter.com/jIFEz6yhXn
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) May 18, 2024
Israeli forces burying civilians under the rubble
Things are moving incredibly fast in the north of the Strip, which has been the main focus of Israel’s military campaign in that densely populated area now.
As we have been reporting, battles are still raging from the heart of Jabalia refugee camp as the Israeli military has ramped up its military bombardment in the main central neighbourhoods, killing at least within the past couple of hours 28 Palestinians, including 10 children and 10 women in that area. And it’s worth mentioning that the entire Jabalia refugee camp has been experiencing an unprecedented rate of destruction
As we have been speaking to witnesses and our sources on the ground in that northern corner of the Strip, they have been confirming that the Israeli military is demolishing complete residential neighbourhoods over the heads of civilians. It seems that Israel is burying civilians under the rubble of the destroyed buildings as more emergency efforts being made by emergency workers in the north of the Strip in order to recover victims.
The concentration of attacks were carried out on the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the heart of Jabalia. It seems that they are working on destroying the entire camp there in order to guarantee that there is no any kind of military threat being released from that area.
Israeli warplanes bombed houses around Al-Awda Hospital in Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding many people, including women and children
