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SvennoJ on 21 May 2025
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Main events on May 21st

  • Israel’s military has continued its assault on Gaza, killing at least 87 Palestinians as it shows no sign of letting up its relentless bombardment of the besieged enclave.
  • UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has confirmed that “around 90 truckloads of goods” have been dispatched in Gaza, as Israel slowly lifts its months-long blockade on desperately needed aid entering the war-torn territory.
  • Dujarric also stressed the “limited supplies” Israel is allowing into Gaza are “nowhere near enough to meet the needs” of Palestinians, with aid still held up at the Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will retain control of Gaza when its assault ends, adding that it would consider a “temporary” halt to its bombardment of the territory to allow for the release of remaining captives.
  • Several countries – including France, Spain, and the UK – have summoned their Israeli ambassadors after Israeli forces fired towards a group of diplomats in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
  • South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Donald Trump did not raise his country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice during their White House meeting, despite suggestions the US president would demand a change of course.



About 90 truckloads of aid dispatched into Gaza: UN

UN chief Guterres’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, has confirmed that the United Nations collected “around 90 truckloads of goods” and dispatched them to Gaza. “We have no further details to share at this time,” Dujarric said in a brief statement.

Thousands of aid trucks for Gaza made to wait in Egypt

Video shows some of the thousands of aid trucks that officials say are stuck in Egypt as Israel continues to block the vast majority of desperately needed supplies getting into the besieged enclave.