What’s happened in Gaza since Israel abandoned truce deal?
- March 2: Israel blocks the entry of all aid into Gaza after Hamas rejects its effort to change the terms of the ceasefire deal agreed to in January.
- March 15: The US launches large-scale attacks on Yemen, killing at least 53 people, after Houthi rebels threaten to resume attacks on Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea.
- March 18: Israel abandons the ceasefire and bombards Gaza, killing more than 400 Palestinians, many of them children, in a single day.
- April 25: The World Food Programme (WFP) says its food stocks in Gaza are completely depleted.
- May 3: Authorities in Gaza say at least 57 Palestinians have starved to death since Israel imposed its total blockade.
- May 4: A Houthi missile lands near Israel’s main international airport.
- May 5: Netanyahu announces expansion of Gaza war, says Palestinians in the enclave will be moved, as the military plans to call up tens of thousands of reservists.
- May 7: Oman announces US-Houthi ceasefire. Israel attacks Yemen’s main airport in Sanaa.
- May 9: US says a new body – the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation – is being established to distribute aid in the enclave, bypassing the system run by the UN and other agencies.
- May 11: Hamas says it will free US-Israeli captive, Edan Alexander, as part of efforts to reach a ceasefire.
Gaza death toll rises
At least 29 Palestinians have been killed and 94 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. Four bodies of people killed in previous Israeli attacks were also recovered over the past day, it added.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 52,862 people and wounded 119,648 others since October 7, 2023, the ministry statement on Telegram said. At least 2,749 Palestinians were killed and 7,607 others wounded since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18 this year, it added.
Death toll from Israel’s attacks on Gaza on Sunday rises
Medical sources say the toll has risen from 26 to 40. At least 16 people have been killed since the early hours of this morning.
Palestinians carry the body of a Palestinian girl, Rimas Obeid, 11, who was killed in the attack on the mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp
Gaza’s burn patients suffer as Israel’s blockade chokes crucial medical supplies
Medics in Gaza say they face enormous difficulties treating the many burn victims across the Strip. The situation has been made worse by Israel’s renewed blockade of medicine and food, which began more than two months ago.
