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- More than 50 Palestinians were killed or remain missing after an Israeli air strike on a residential building in northern Gaza.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry says 29 children and elderly people who died in recent days in Gaza have been registered as “starvation-related deaths”, and thousands more are at risk of starving.
- Israel has bombed towns in southern and eastern Lebanon, killing at least one person, in what has been described as some of the heaviest attacks since a ceasefire with Hezbollah was reached in November.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 53,762 Palestinians and wounded 122,197, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
Nearly 1,000 film figures sign petition condemning Gaza war
More than 900 figures from the cinema world have signed an open letter denouncing “genocide” in Gaza and the movie industry’s failure to speak up about it.
The list of signatories includes the likes of Mark Ruffalo, Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon.
The petition began circulating during the buildup to the Cannes Film Festival and had garnered about 380 names, including Schindler’s List star Ralph Fiennes, when the event kicked off on May 13.
The initiative, called “Artists for Fatem”, was prompted by the killing of Palestinian photojournalist Fatima (“Fatem”) Hassouna, who was the subject of a documentary that premiered at the week in Cannes.
Hassouna, 25, was killed in an Israeli air raid along with 10 relatives in her family home in northern Gaza last month, the day after the documentary was announced as part of the ACID Cannes selection.
“As artists and cultural players, we cannot remain silent while genocide is taking place in Gaza and this unspeakable news is hitting our communities hard,” the group’s open letter states.
Bombing near Gaza City kills one
One person was killed in an Israeli bombing of a house in the Shujayea neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.
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Here’s a recap of some recent developments:
- The Israeli army said it is preparing to demolish the occupied West Bank homes of two Palestinian men it accused of assisting in the killing of an Israeli settler earlier this month.
- A number of bakeries supported by the World Food Programme are up and running again in Gaza.
- Israeli operations have killed 91 Palestinians since January in the occupied West Bank’s refugee camps.
- More than 50 Palestinians were killed or missing after an Israeli air raid on a residential building in the Jabalia al-Balad area of northern Gaza.
- The death toll since dawn from Israeli attacks across Gaza has gone up to 28.
‘Disaster’ looms in Gaza if aid blockade continues
The lack of aid in Gaza is a “disaster” that will only worsen, warns Dr Ahmed al-Farrah, Nasser Hospital’s paediatrics and obstetrics department head.
“This disaster will be dire if there is a continuation in the blocking of food supplies,” al-Farrah told Al Jazeera. “I predict there will be many victims because of food insecurity. Most people now live off food scraps of what they had in stock.”
At least 29 children and elderly people have died from “starvation-related” deaths in the Gaza Strip in recent days, the Palestinian health minister said yesterday, warning that thousands more are at risk as limited aid begins trickling into the bombarded enclave.
Netanyahu says new security chief must be appointed ‘as soon as possible’
Israel’s PM says his pick for the next head of intelligence should be appointed “as soon as possible”, adding that his nominee, Major General David Zini, would have no hand in an investigation into his associates.
“It is imperative to name a permanent head of the Shin Bet as soon as possible,” said a statement from Netanyahu’s office, which noted the probe into alleged Qatari influence involving the premier’s advisers.
“The appointed head of the Shin Bet will not be involved at all in these investigations.”
Israeli army says 107 aid trucks entered Gaza on Thursday
A total of 107 aid trucks belonging to the UN and other aid groups carrying flour, food, medical equipment and pharmaceutical drugs entered the Gaza Strip yesterday, the Israeli army says.
Israel has allowed limited deliveries of humanitarian assistance into Gaza amid a wave of international condemnation of its 11-week total blockade on the territory, which spurred warnings of mass famine.
Former Israeli PM says war exacerbates ‘Israel’s diplomatic and legal isolation’
Israel’s former PM Ehud Barak says it is “highly doubtful that continuing the war could produce results that are different from the prior rounds of fighting in Gaza”.
Writing for the Israeli media outlet Haaretz, Barak said: “It would undoubtedly exacerbate Israel’s diplomatic and legal isolation, prompt a wave of anti-Semitism and constitute a death sentence for some or most of the living hostages.”
The war “would have made sense if it could bring about total victory over Hamas, but that won’t happen”, he added, calling for “a leadership that recognises the possibility of releasing all the hostages in a single stage, halting the senseless war and ending the humanitarian crisis, uprooting Hamas from power and eliminating its ability to threaten from Gaza”.
He called the proposal for permanent occupation of the Gaza Strip and the population transfer of two million Palestinians “baseless and delusional visions that would backfire on us and only accelerate the confrontation with the rest of the world”.
Barak also stressed the “urgent need to be relieved of the worst government in our history”, referring to the Netanyahu administration. “The sooner, the better.”
At least 50 killed or missing after Israeli strike on residential building
More than 50 Palestinians were killed or remain missing after an Israeli air raid on a residential building in the Jabalia al-Balad area of northern Gaza, the Civil Defence said on Friday.
Civil Defence crews described the scene as a “horrific massacre”, reporting that they recovered the bodies of four victims and rescued six others from the rubble. However, more than 50 people are still believed to be trapped under the debris of the four-storey building.
Rescue operations have been completely halted due to a lack of heavy machinery.
Eight killed in Israeli bombing of Khan Younis
The death toll from the Israeli bombing of a house east of Khan Younis has gone up to eight.
In Jabalia, northern Gaza, three bodies, including of two children, were removed after an Israeli bombing of a house there.
Collapsed security situation threatens aid deliver
Despite the latest Israeli announcement to allow for a basic amount of aid into Gaza, the process faces severe challenges.
One of the main challenges is the collapsed security here in Gaza. Many convoys are at high risk of being looted.
Israel has been systematically attacking police members securing aid delivery, creating a very unstable security environment and allowing armed gangs to take advantage of the situation.
Yesterday, eight trucks made the journey into the Strip. The Israeli army attacked a group of police members with Hamas’s Ministry of Interior while they were securing the delivery of those trucks.
As far as we know, six Palestinian officers were killed in the attack, with dozens of injuries among passersby.
Death toll by Israeli attacks rises
The death toll since dawn by Israeli attacks across Gaza has gone up to 28, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
Gaza hospitals running out of ‘basically everything’
Dr Victoria Rose, a consultant plastic surgeon, explains how the situation in Gaza’s hospitals has worsened over the last year, especially since aid was blocked by Israel in early March.
Israeli operation has killed 91 Palestinians in besieged West Bank refugee camps: Al-Haq
Israel has been carrying out a vicious, large-scale military assault on governorates in the north of the occupied West Bank over the past 120 days, according to a report by Al-Haq, a Ramallah-based rights group.
The military operation has involved “snipers, the recourse to air strikes through reconnaissance drones and Apache helicopters, and an array of military vehicles, including D9 and D10 bulldozers, tanks and Eitan armoured personnel carriers”, the Al-Haq report states.
The rights group also said between January 21 and May 16, 2025, the Israeli army besieged refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, killing 91 Palestinians, including 13 children and three women, and extensively destroyed infrastructure and homes, in Jenin, Tulkarem, Tubas and Nablus.
In Jenin alone, the military killed 40 Palestinians, including seven children and one woman, and destroyed at least 430 structures, according to Al-Haq.
About 16,600 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes in the Jenin refugee camp alone due to Israeli attacks, with many of their houses and the camp’s infrastructure destroyed, it added.
UN’s Albanese backs ‘diplomatic humanitarian convoy’ to break Gaza blockade
Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, has said she supports a call for a “diplomatic humanitarian convoy” to break the “genocidal siege” Israel has placed on Gaza.
“I implore member states, especially the authorities concerned with the passage of the convoy, to respond positively and act swiftly,” she wrote in a post on X.
The convoy, as outlined by nonprofit group Law for Palestine, would see humanitarian aid trucks escorted into Gaza through the Rafah crossing as part of “high-level state missions”.
Some bakeries resume operations, WFP chief says
A number of bakeries supported by the World Food Programme (WFP) are up and running again in Gaza, says the UN organisation’s chief, Cindy McCain.
“But we need more wheat flour, more fuel, more safe access – so more ovens can fire back up to feed families desperately in need,” McCain said in a post on X.
Israeli army bombs house near Khan Younis, killing at least 3
Israeli forces have bombed a house in Abasan al-Jadida, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing at least three people and wounding more.
We have been reporting on the Israeli army’s continued assault on Gaza, which has seen at least 16 people killed in attacks across the besieged enclave since midnight (21:00 GMT on Thursday).
Josh Paul resigned over Gaza. What comes next?
Former US State Department staffer Josh Paul was the first US official to resign over Israel’s war on Gaza.
Paul joins Al Jazeera’s The Take to explain why he stepped down, his new efforts lobbying in Washington, and why he believes that US support for Israel’s war fuels conflict abroad and makes Americans less safe at home.