Tuesday, May 20, 2025 – The Gaza Strip
- Adi Ronen Argov
- 4 days ago
- 3 min read
‣ In the past 24 hours – (since noon, May 19th until noon, May - 20th) – 87 persons killed, 290 wounded;
‣ Since March 18, 2025 – 3,427 persons killed, 9,647 wounded;
‣ Since October 7, 2023 – 53,573 persons killed, 121,688 wounded;
‣ 85 persons killed during today, 53 of them at night.
‣ According to the UN Aid Coordinator, 14,000 babies are liable to die within 48 hours if aid is not brought in.
Northern Strip
1. Jabalia refugee camp:
‣ A house in camp bombed, 9 persons killed;

‣ Artillery fire from the east;
‣ Drone fires at ambulance inside Tell Al Za’atar Hospital compound;
‣ House bombed west of camp;
2. Jabalia Al Balad – aerial bombing.
3. Beit Lahia:
‣ Booby trapped robot exploded west of town;

‣ Shelling from the sea;
‣ Bombing of Abu Khalifa School, 4 persons killed, 30 wounded.
Gaza City
1. Al Zeitoun:
‣ Artillery fire during the night;
‣ Bombing, one person killed;
‣ Artillery fire;
‣ Helicopter fire.
2. Al Tuffah - fire belt in the night.
3. Al Daraj – suicide drones bomb a school sheltering displaced persons. 13 persons killed, mostly burnt alive.
4. West:
‣ Bombing;
‣ Bombing in the north-west, killed and wounded persons.
5. Shuja'iya – 2 houses bombed, 5 persons killed.
6. Al Shati refugee camp - bombing.
Central Strip
1. Nuseirat refugee camp:
‣ Night artillery fire;
‣ Night bombing west of camp at Al Radi gas station. 15 persons killed of the same family, mostly burnt alive;

‣ Night artillery fire from the north;
‣ Machine-gun fire;
‣ Bombing, wounded persons.
2. Deir al-Balah:
‣ Night bombing of a family home. 13 persons killed, mostly children.
‣ Bombing, 2 persons killed;
‣ Bombing from the south, 5 persons killed including 2 babies one-day old, and an infant girl.
3. Al Bureij refugee camp – artillery fire from the north, 2 persons killed.
4. Al Zawaida – drone bombing. One person killed, 10 wounded including 5 children.
Khan Yunis district
1. East:
‣ Night bombing;
‣ Drone fire, 3 persons killed.
2. Abasan Al Kabira – massive bombings in the night.
3. Al Mawasi:
‣ Displaced persons tents bombed in the night, wounded persons;
‣ Displaced persons tent, 5 persons killed, 9 wounded.
4. Center – An Israel soldier, Danilo Mokano, 20-years-old from Holon, was killed when an army force entered a multi-story building in town. An explosive charge was activated against the force and killed the soldier. The forces were busy from noon until nightfall to rescue his body. Another soldier was wounded.
5. Bani Suheila – family home bombed.
6. South – incendiary bombs fired at a home.

7. Hamad – aerial bombing.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), 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, Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO, yNet.