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Published by Haaretz 5/19/2024
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by IMEMC News
Msy 19, 2024

For the 226th consecutive day, the Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression and shelling of several areas in the Gaza Strip, from Beit Lahia in the north to Rafah in the south, leaving dozens of Palestinians killed and wounded. Since Saturday, according to local sources, 83 Palestinians have been killed.

A correspondent with the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that the Israeli warplanes targeted the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, in conjunction with artillery shelling on the Sheikh Zayed area, Qleibo Hill, and the town of Beit Lahia.

Three civilians were killed and 7 others were wounded in an airstrike by a warplane on a house belonging to the Shaheen family in Al-Tufah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, and they were transferred to the Baptist Hospital in the city (the location of a massive Israeli airstrike back in October that killed 500 people who were sheltering at the hospital).

Three civilians were killed and others were wounded in shelling on a school housing displaced people in Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City, who were taken to the city’s Baptist Hospital.

20 civilians were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a house belonging to the Hassan family in the new camp north of Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, and were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

According to local sources, a citizen was killed and others were injured when Israeli warplanes targeted a group of citizens in Deir al-Balah.

The Palestinian government in Gaza announced that an Israeli airstrike killed the Director of Central Gaza Investigations Zaher Al-Houli “Abu Hamed” and his colleague Jihad Al-Humaidi.

Israeli warplanes targeted a house belonging to the Awad family near Al-Safa Mosque in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Local sources pointed out that helicopter gunships fired east of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in conjunction with a raid in the center of Rafah, and fired shells from the occupation gunboats towards the coast of the Rafah Sea.

Israeli artillery shelled several areas in the east and center of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

More than 630,000 people have fled Rafah since May 6 amid a widening ground invasion by Israel’s military, with many seeking refuge in Al-Mawasi and Deir al-Balah — areas overcrowded with “dire conditions” — according to the United Nations.

The Israeli occupation has continued its aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since the seventh of last October, resulting in the death of 35,386 citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 79,366 others, in an indefinite toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble.
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Israel at War, Day 226: IDF Orders Residents in North Gaza's Beit Lahia to Evacuate

U.S. National Security Adviser Sullivan is in Israel to meet with PM Netanyahu and war cabinet minister Gantz ■ Far-right minister Smotrich calls on Israel to occupy Gaza and invade southern Lebanon if Hezbollah refuses to withdraw from border ■ Jordan's foreign minister calls for investigation into what he claims were war crimes committed during Israel's campaign in Gaza ■ Here's what you need to know 226 days into the war

Haaretz
May 19, 2024

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GAZA

■ The IDF ordered residents of additional Beit Lahia neighborhoods in north Gaza to evacuate their homes, saying it intends to operate in the neighborhoods due to Hamas activity in the area.

■ Israeli forces killed a senior Hamas official in Gaza responsible for the supply of weapons and funds to the organization, the IDF said.

■ Nearly 800,000 Palestinians have evacuated Rafah since Israel launched its ground operation on May 6, the head of UNRWA said.

■ Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said that the kingdom demands an international investigation into what he said were "many war crimes" committed during Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

■ According to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza, at least 35,456 Palestinians have been killed and 79,476 wounded since the start of the war.

WEST BANK

■ Near the settlement of Eviatar, dozens of far-right activists stopped a Palestinian truck and vandalized the equipment it was carrying, claiming it was aid meant for Gaza. Border Police dispersed the rioters and arrested at least two of them, a security source told Haaretz.

■ A Palestinian was shot by Border Police officers at a checkpoint near Abu Dis after he tried to stab them with a screwdriver, Israel Police said.

"Israel's 76th Independence Day last week was the saddest and bleakest Independence Day since the establishment of the state. Instead of celebrating, people were asking themselves: What next? Will Israel emerge from the crisis and live to celebrate its centennial? The answer is no – not the way Israel is going" – Meirav Arlosoroff

LEBANON

■ Israeli fighter jets attacked a structure in which terrorists were identified in Lebanon's south, the IDF said, adding that about ten rockets were fired from Lebanon toward the Upper Galilee region since Sunday morning. Rocket and aerial infiltration sirens sounded off in northern Israel throughout Sunday.

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