Monday, May 19, 2025 – The Gaza Strip

Adi Ronen Argov
5 days ago
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‣ In the past 24 hours – 136 persons killed and 364 wounded;

‣ Since March 18, 2025 – 3,340 persons killed, 9,357 wounded;

‣ Since October 7, 2023 – 53,486 persons killed, 121,398 wounded;

‣ During the day – 54 persons killed.

Testimony of a volunteer physician at Al Nasser Hospital, Khan Yunis

‣ Director of Shifaa Hospital (in Gaza City) reports the death of two kidney patients due to lack of medical equipment;

‣ 5 aid trucks enter Gaza (2 of them carrying shrouds).

Northern Strip

1. Beit Lahia:

‣ Artillery fire during the night;

‣ Booby-trapped robot exploded;

‣ 2 houses bombed;

‣ Bombing from the north, 3 persons killed;

‣ An Israeli soldier, Yosef Yehuda Khiraq, 22-years-old from Horsha, was killed by an ambush west of Beit Lahia.

2. Jabalia refugee camp:

‣ Artillery fire at Al Awda Hospital at Tell Al Za’atar;

‣ Bombing west of camp, 5 persons killed;

‣ Aerial bombing of camp, one person killed, wounded persons;

‣ Artillery fire from the east, 3 persons killed.

3. Jabalia Al Balad:

‣ Aerial bombing, wounded persons;

‣ House bombed, 2 persons killed.

Gaza City

1. Center – drone fire, killed and wounded persons.

2. Al Tuffah – 3 bodies rescued from the rubble.

3. Al Sabra – aerial bombing, 6 persons killed.

4. Shuja'iya – artillery fire.

Central Strip

1. Nuseirat refugee camp:

‣ Night bombing of the camp from the south, 3 persons killed, several wounded.

‣ Another bombing during the night, one person killed and wounded persons;

‣ Suicide drone explodes;

‣ Bombing of displaced persons tent, 5 persons killed.

2. Deir al-Balah:

‣ Night aerial bombing from the east, wounded persons;

‣ Another night aerial bombing, 3 persons killed;

‣ Aerial bombing;

‣ Drone attack;

‣ House bombed, one person killed, wounded persons;

‣ House bombed, 4 persons killed, parents and their children.

3. Al Zawaida – displaced persons tent bombed, 3 persons killed.

Khan Yunis district

‣ Helicopter fire, artillery fire, aerial bombings in various parts of town during the night and early morning. Special force disguised as displaced women raids a house, shoots a senior Hamas official and kidnaps his wife and 12-year-old son, using them as human shields. The child was released in the evening. An Israeli soldier was wounded.

1. Al-Qarara:

‣ Artillery fire during the night.

‣ Aerial bombings in the early morning.

2. Hamad – 5 persons killed, their bodies rescued from a family home bombed before midnight.

3. Abasan Al Kabira:

‣ Several bombing rounds during the night, one person killed, wounded persons;

‣ Drone fire;

4. Bani Suheila – displaced persons tent bombed, wounded persons.

5. West – house bombed during the night.

6. Al Mawasi:

‣ Displaced persons tents bombed in the early morning;

‣ Displaced persons tent bombed, one person killed, wounded persons;