Tuesday, May 19, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
- Adi Ronen Argov
- May 19
- 2 min read
General
1. The Sumud flotilla from Türkiye - the Israeli Navy took control of around 40 vessels and detained more than 300 activists aboard them. Among those detained was Dr. Margaret Connolly, sister of Catherine Connolly, the President of Ireland.
Dr. Margaret Connolly
It was reported that 10 boats were still continuing toward The Strip. The flotilla coordination committee reported that by the end of the day, the Israeli Navy had taken control of all vessels in the flotilla.
2. The number of trucks that entered The Strip yesterday reached 357, including 177 carrying goods, 168 carrying aid and 12 carrying fuel.
Casualties
Over the past 24 hours | Since October 11, 2025 | Since October 7, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Killed | 3 | 880 | 72,772 |
Injured | 3 | 2,605 | 172,707 |
Bodies recovered | 776 |
Northern Strip
1. Shooting in Beit Lahia - one injured.
2. Airstrike in Al Falouja, west of Jabalia refugee camp.
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Residential houses demolished;
‣ Machine gun and tank fire east of Al Tuffah.
2. South:
‣ Attack on a group of residents in Al Zeitoun - killed and injured.
3. West:
‣ Vehicle strike in Al Rimal - one killed and several injured.
Central Strip
1. Al Bureij refugee camp:
‣ One injured by gunfire east of the camp;
‣ House bombed and demolished following an Israeli military warning ordering the immediate evacuation of an entire residential quarter.
2. Houses bombed south-east of Deir al-Balah.
3. Artillery fire around the entrance to Al Mughraqa - one injured.
Khan Yunis District
1. East:
‣ Night airstrike.
2. West:
‣ Two fishermen were injured in the morning by Israeli Navy gunfire.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, 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, Reuters, 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.
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