Main events on may 19th
- The death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza on Monday rises to 84 as the Israeli military warns residents of the southern city of Khan Younis to evacuate immediately ahead of an “unprecedented attack”.
- The leaders of Canada, France and the United Kingdom threaten sanctions against Israel if it does not end its renewed military offensive in Gaza and lift restrictions on aid.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has announced plans to take control of the whole of Gaza, slams the threat and promises to continue the war until “total victory” is achieved.
- Israel allows five aid trucks into Gaza, a move the United Nations says constitutes a “drop in the ocean”, as 22 countries demand the unfettered entry of aid into the enclave.
- Yemen’s Houthis announce a “maritime blockade” on Israel’s Haifa port, warning all companies with ships in the port that they have been “included in the list of targets”.
- The UN says nearly 100,000 Palestinians have been displaced in Gaza in the last four days as Israel expands its ground invasion of the Strip.
Death toll in Gaza soars
Medical sources say the death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza on Monday has risen from 84 to 126.
Medical sources say Israeli forces have killed at least 38 Palestinians in Gaza since midnight local time.
The report came as the death toll from the Israeli attack on the Musa Bin Nusair School rose to 12. Another 12 people have been killed and several others are missing after Israeli forces bombed a house in Deir el-Balah. 15 people, including children, were also killed in another attack on a petrol station in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
‘People cannot stand this anymore’
A United Nations human rights official has questioned the validity of the threat by France, the UK, and Canada to impose “targeted sanctions” on Israel over its attacks on Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
“Targeting whom? You need to impose sanctions on the state. It’s not about the prime minister. This is the entire government enterprise,” said Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories.
The plan to use the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to bypass entrenched humanitarian aid mechanisms used for decades in Gaza is “one of the most appalling things I’ve seen in my career”, Albanese told Al Jazeera.
“This is a landslide moment. Millions of people from around the world have been protesting. People have been fired from their jobs. People have been arrested and detained for asking for the end of a genocide, crimes committed against women and children. People cannot stand this anymore.”
A pro-Palestinian protest in March 2025 in central London in the United Kingdom
