Death toll at Jabalia school rises to 17
The death toll of the Israeli attack on the Bint Asad school in northern Jabalia has risen from 16 to 17. We also now know that the victims, who include women and children, were killed in two consecutive Israeli air strikes that targeted the school at dawn.
Palestinian ambulance crews transported bodies and injured people to the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip and al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Palestinians inspect the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an Israeli strike, in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, May 12
Starvation, air raids continuing in Gaza, UNRWA says
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as a crisis “beyond imagination”.
“Air strikes, blockades, and starvation continue, with tens of thousands killed and injured,” the agency said in a post on X".
"Displaced families face collapsing infrastructure, sewage overflows, and empty markets. The siege must be lifted to ensure vital humanitarian and commercial supplies reach Gaza,” it added.
The humanitarian crisis in #Gaza is beyond imagination.
Air strikes, blockades, and starvation continue, with tens of thousands killed and injured. Displaced families face collapsing infrastructure, sewage overflows, and empty markets.
The siege must be lifted to ensure vital… pic.twitter.com/lQEEbZW86R
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) May 11, 2025
Gaza’s hospitals urgently need surgical tools, beds, cleaning supplies: Ministry
G️aza’s Health Ministry has released a statement, detailing the dire conditions in hospital operating rooms and emergency departments, where staff are working around the clock with dilapidated equipment and insufficient supplies.
The ministry reported a desperate need for more X-ray and anesthesia machines, surgical tools, medical beds and cleaning supplies to prevent infections.
It also warned that hospitals have completely run out of bed sheets, specialised surgical fabrics and medical gases used for surgery, sterilisation and pain management.
“The severe shortage of medical equipment and general supplies exacerbates the complex crisis facing hospitals and hinders the work of medical teams,” the ministry added.
