Aftermath of the Israeli strike that killed a Gaza doctor’s 9 children
The attack hit the home of Dr Alaa al-Najjar while she was at work on Friday and set it ablaze
The dead children, two of whom remain under the rubble, range in age from seven months to 12 years old. They are Sidar, Luqman, Sadin, Reval, Ruslan, Jubran, Eve, Rakan and Yahya. Al-Najjar’s husband and her 11-year-old son, Adam, were severely wounded and are receiving care at the Nasser Hospital’s intensive care unit.
Israel’s entire standing army, armoured brigades now in Gaza: Report
The Israeli military has deployed tens of thousands of troops to the Gaza Strip, representing its entire standing army, as it continues its intensified ground invasion, according to The Times of Israel newspaper.
The military has also deployed all of its armoured brigades of tanks and other military vehicles to Gaza, the publication reported, citing the Israeli military.
This includes Israel’s Golani, Paratroopers, Givati, Commando, Kfir, Nahal, 7th, 188th, and 401st brigades, as well as reserve units, The Times of Israel added.
Israeli tanks and bulldozers deploy as smoke billows over destroyed buildings in Gaza on May 17
Israeli forces control 77 percent of Gaza: Government Media Office
The Israeli military now in effect controls 77 percent of the total geographical area of the Gaza Strip, according to the enclave’s Government Media Office.
“This is achieved through direct ground incursions and the deployment of occupation forces within residential and civilian areas, through heavy fire control that prevents Palestinian citizens from accessing their homes, areas, lands, and property, or through unjust forced eviction policies,” it said in a statement.
The office called on the UN and the international community to take action to stop the Israeli expansion.
“The continued genocide, ethnic cleansing, colonialism, aggression, and occupation control over the vast majority of the Gaza Strip reflects an Israeli political will to impose a ‘final solution’ by force, in blatant defiance of all international laws and norms,” the statement said.
Journalist among victims of Israeli attack on northern Gaza’s Jabalia
Wafa reports that a journalist and his relatives were among seven people killed in an Israeli attack on a home in Jabalia an-Nazla. It identified the journalist as Hassan Majdi Abu Warda.
Gaza’s Government Media Office confirmed his death, saying the number of journalists killed by Israel in the enclave has risen to 220. It said Abu Warda was the director of the Barq Gaza news agency.
“He was martyred along with several members of his family after the Israeli occupation bombed their home in the Jabalia al-Nazla area (northern Gaza Strip),” the office said in a statement on Telegram.
Meanwhile, a separate Israeli attack in the nearby Jabalia refugee camp killed at least one person, according to our colleagues on the ground. Rescuers also recovered three bodies near Khan Younis.
These casualties bring today’s total death toll to 14, report our colleagues, citing a Health Ministry update.
