Tuesday, May 12, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
- Adi Ronen Argov
- 7 days ago
- 2 min read
General
1. Testimonies, reports and articles on sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention facilities:
‣ “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians” / Nicholas Kristof - The New York Times (or in PDF format here);
‣ “The backlash to revelations of sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners aims to raise the cost of speaking out” / Yuli Novak - The Guardian;
‣ “Another Genocide Behind Walls” - report by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
2. The law to place Palestinian participants in the October 7, 2023 massacre before a special tribunal in a military court, with the option of the death penalty, passed by an overwhelming majority of 93 Knesset members (out of 120), including members of The Democrats party. 250 prisoners are defined as such.
3. A Nakba commemoration rally is being held in Gaza City.
Casualties
During the past 24 hours | Since October 11, 2025 | Since October 7, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Killed | 2 | 856 | 72,742 |
Injured | 10 | 2,463 | 172,565 |
Bodies retrieved | 770 |
Northern Strip
1. A drone bombed Jabalia refugee camp while opening fire simultaneously.
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Buildings blown up in Al Tuffah.
Central Strip
1. A drone bombed east of Al Bureij refugee camp.
2. Artillery fire on Al Maghazi refugee camp.
3. Bombing on Salah Al Din Road east of Nuseirat refugee camp, one person killed and others injured.
Khan Yunis District
1. East:
‣ Heavy machine-gun fire on homes;
‣ Airstrike.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Matan Golan, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Rosa News, Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, West Bank Notifications, yNet, Zirat War.
