Around 6:30 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of young men who were volunteering to dig a water well in the vicinity of a school/shelter in Al-Saftawi area in North Gaza, killing seven of them. Graphic footage from the scene showed at least three bodies gruesomely shredded, including one person beheaded and another blow in half. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Ibrahim Muhammad Ismail Khilla 2. Ismail Muhammad Ismail Khilla 3. Tariq Ziad Tanboura 4. Anas Ramadan Shanan 5. Fawzi Nafidh Al-Dada 6. Hassan Mohammad Abu Warda 7. Awni Muhammad Abu al-Nour

Around 2:15 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted the house of Al-Barrawi family in the vicinity of Ansar mosque in Beit Lahia, killing at least 11 people. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Thaer Nabil Al-Barrawi 2. Aalaa Warsh Agha (Thaer's wife) 3. Thaer's three sons 6. Mohammad Nabil Al-Barrawi (Thaer's brother) 7. Mohammad Nabil's four sons 11. Mohammad Talal Al-Barawi

Starting May 18, 2025 in the early morning hours, the Israeli military launched several attacks at and around the Indonesian hospital in North Gaza. The hospital has been repeatedly attacked and destroyed by Israel's previous three ground invasions of North Gaza. Early morning, the IDF had intensified **strikes around the hospital**, causing panic among patient and medical staff, and leading companions of some sick and injured to **flee** the hospital transporting the latter **in their hospital beds**, as seen in footage captured on the ground. Press sources reported that at least **two people were injured while trying to evacuate**. Israeli tanks and bulldozers continued advancing until they effectively surrounded the building. Around **9:30 pm**, Israeli **tanks** started **firing directly** at the building, imposing a **siege until late night**. At the time, there were 55 people inside, including 4 doctors and 8 nurses. All contact with the medical teams had been lost. Around an hour later, the troops had demolished the northern wall of the hospital. In addition, it was reported that an Israeli drone had **killed one of the injured** inside.  *Funeral prayer for the killed patient on the next morning The Indonesian Hospital had not been subject to any evacuation orders before Israel attacked it. The IDF vehicles withdrew from the immediate vicinity of the hospital around midnight, but continued their attacks in the periphery. ### May 19: The following day, Israeli troops continued carrying out strikes in the vicinity. At 9 pm, Israeli troops directly struck the hospital's generators, setting them ablaze and destroying them, and causing a black-out.  ## May 20: The Israeli army opened fire in the early morning hours.  At 1:30 pm, the Israeli army stormed the hospital. By doing so, and after it had demolished the roads and homes surrounding Al-Awda hospital and forcing the medical staff at Kamal Adwan hospital to leave, Israel had effectively put all three remaining hospitals in North Gaza out of service.

An afternoon drone airstrike targeted a group of people near Abu Salim Mosque in Deir al-Balah, killing at least three people. Footage of the massacre scene includes traces of the impact of a drone-launched ordnance. The following day, the Muezzin of the mosque and Quran Hafiz, Muhammad Hassan Hanideq, succumbed to injuries, raising the death toll to four.

Around 4 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Sainfat al-Khair warehouse in Deir al-Balah, killing and injuring at least a dozen people. Eye witnesses reported that the massacre was carried out with a drone airstrike. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Sanad Ahmad Kamal Shaheen (26 y/o) 2. Fares Mahmoum Al-Ashram (27 y/o) 3. Youssef Barakat Abu Mandil (19 y/o) 4. Sameh Khaled Abu Miri (35 y/o) 5. Amin Hilmi Abu Amra 6. Bilal Nabil Bashir 7. Sobhi Iyad Bakhit 8. Majdoleen Abdulkarim Abu Samak (47 y/o)

Around 3:15 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Abu Libda family house in Deir al-Balah, killing nine members of the family. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Muhammad Ayesh Abu Libda (38 y/o, professional football goalkeeper) 2. Ahmad Ayesh Abu Libda (33 y/o, Muhammad's brother) 3. Shaimaa Ayesh Abu Libda (30 y/o, Muhammad's sister) 4. Muhammad Jihad Al-Sharif (3 y/o, Shaimaa's son) 5. Safaa Fouad Abu Libda (35 y/o) 6. Ayesh Muhammad Abu Libda (10 y/o, Muhammad's son) 7. Ahmad Muhammad Abu Libda (12 y/o, Muhammad's son) 8. Qusay Muhammad Abu Libda (one week old baby, Muhammad's son) 9. Siwar Muhammad Abu Libda (4 y/o, Muhammad's daughter)

At midday, an Israeli airstrike targeted a civilian car near Al-Fukhari School in Al-Fukhari town, east of Khan Yunis, killing a grandfather and his three grandsons. The grandfather, Atwa Abdullah Al-Ammour was a previous captive in Israeli prisons. Around two hours later, the Israeli army bombed the house of Atwa destroying it completely. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Atwa Abdullah Al-Ammour (grandfather) 2. Mohammad Abdullah Atwa Al-Ammour (grandson) 3. Rafiq Abdullah Atwa Al-Ammour (grandson) 4. Kinan Abdullah Atwa Al-Ammour (grandson) 5. Atwa Abdullah Al-Ammour (grandson, succumbed to injuries on the next day)

**Context:** On Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Tzeela Gez, a 37-year-old Israeli woman who was nine months pregnant, was fatally shot near the Brukhin settlement in the occupied West Bank while en route to the hospital with her husband. Doctors were able to deliver her baby via caesarean section; the newborn is reported to be in serious but stable condition. The incident has intensified tensions in the region, with concerns over potential retaliatory actions and further violence. Hamas praised the attack but did not claim responsibility **IDF Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir statement** “We will use all the tools at our disposal and reach the murderers in order to hold them accountable,” **IDF response to the attack** The Israeli military launched a manhunt for the assailant(s), conducting raids and sealing nearby Palestinian villages, in a collective punishment operation: The army imposed a curfew on the residents of the entire Salfit area. Checkpoints were set up, it is forbidden to leave the houses, to go to work, to go to the doctor or to buy food. Soldiers entered many houses and caused extensive damage to property. At the same time, while the Palestinians are locked in their homes, the soldiers accompany the settlers who invade villages throughout the West Bank, with the aim of causing damage and revenge. During these operations, several Palestinians were apprehended. ### In Burqin On May 16, for the third consecutive day, Bruqin faced a massive incursion by the Israeli army, which occupied four buildings and converted them into military barracks. The same day, Nael Sami Abdel Rahman Samara was killed after being shot by occupation soldiers during their raid on the town of Burqin, west of Salfit. He was allegedly approaching Israeli soldiers with a potentially booby-trapped backpack, was shot and killed by the military. His body has been detained by Israeli troops. Israeli army brought 13 bulldozers to the town on Thursday morning and was continuing to level open areas adjacent to homes, claiming they were being converted into military zones The bulldozing operations have so far covered 264 dunams (26.4 hectares), Israeli settlers attacked homes, smashing windows and torching a bulldozer belonging to one of the residents. "More than 2,000 settlers gathered on the lands bulldozed by the Israeli army, setting fires and burning the Palestinian flag amid racist chants. They remained gathered until 3am [12am GMT] on Friday, and we expect them to intensify their attacks in the coming days," he said. The town remains under siege after its four entrances were closed, with barriers erected since Wednesday evening. "With great difficulty, we were able to bring in 500kg of bread for the residents this morning," said Sabra. "Two patients needed to be taken to the hospital yesterday, and ambulances were delayed for hours before they were allowed to be transported out of the town." ### In Kafr Al-Dik - The neighbouring town of Kafr al-Dik also saw similar raids and arrests. Soldiers also turned several homes into interrogation centres, while property was deliberately vandalised. - On May 16, 2025, Israeli soldiers detained a young man, his wife, and their daughter and abuse them in the street. - A soldier removed the Palestinian flag from the school gate. - Israeli soldiers stormed the Kafr al-Dik Mosque and forced the muezzin to call for a curfew at gunpoint

Around 7:40 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted the displacement tent of Al-Hams family in Al-Tabariya area of Mawasi Khan Younis, killing a man and his wife. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Muhammad Khaled Al-Hams (32 y/o) 2. Basant Naji Al-Hams (28 y/o)

Members of the IDF's undercover Duvdevan Unit killed five and arrested one terrorist in Tammun as part of the hunt for the terrorist responsible for killing Tzeela Gez who was on her way to deliver her baby. The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said the five Palestinians were members of its “Tubas Battalion”, On May 16, 2025, in Tammun, south of Tubas, northeastern West Bank, Israeli forces killed five Palestinian men during a raid on a residential building. Israeli Special Forces entered Tammun and besieged a three-story residential building. Clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters inside the building. Significant destruction was caused to a home besieged by Israeli occupation forces in Tamoun town, where five Palestinian freedom fighters were killed inside. Israeli army used: - Energa anti-tank grenades - Heavy gunfire - Bulldozers to demolish parts of the building. **Names of the martyrs:** - Wadea’ Eyad Ahmad Bani Odeh (19) - Ibrahim Yassin Ahmad Bani Odeh (24) - Rida Kamal Mahmoud Bani Odeh (22) - Islam Azmi Hussein Bani Odeh (22) - Saher Nabil Bisharat (23) Four bodies were taken by Israeli forces. One body, severely burned and mutilated, was recovered later from rubble. The Tammun village buried the body of Saher Bisharat in his final resting place in Tammun. The funeral procession set off from Tubas Turkish Government Hospital towards the town of Tamoun, where mourners bid farewell to the martyr's body. The funeral prayer was performed and he was then buried in the town's cemetery.   *Funeral of martyr Saher Nabil Basharat in the town of Tamoun, south of Tubas (Anadolu Agency)* All five were reportedly affiliated with the Al-Quds Brigades (Islamic Jihad) **Statements :** *Al-Quds Brigades*: Claimed the men were fighters; stated Israeli soldiers were injured in clashes. *The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine* mourns to the masses of our people the martyrs of the Al-Quds Brigades, the heroic leaders: Saher Bisharat, Reda Bani Odeh, Ibrahim Bani Odeh, Wadih Bani Odeh, and Islam Bani Odeh, who ascended today in the town of Tammun, south of Tubas, after a heroic clash with the Zionist occupation forces that besieged them and demanded their surrender. They chose the path of martyrs and free resistance fighters. *Hamas*: Mourned the dead and called for increased resistance against Israeli forces and settlers.