PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Nine Palestinians have been killed as a result of the continuous Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Haaretz newspaper, citing security sources, reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is re-setting the stage in preparation for postponing his court testimony, which is scheduled within two weeks.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The number of Palestinians killed following an Israeli airstrike on a home in Jabaliya al-Nazla, northern Gaza Strip, has risen to seven.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation army is heavily firing from its vehicles in the northern and western areas of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: One Palestinian was killed and others injured after an Israeli drone struck a tent sheltering displaced individuals west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a home in the Jabaliya al-Nazla area, northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: One Palestinian was killed and others injured and missing in an Israeli airstrike on a home in the Jabaliya al-Nazla area, northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation army targeted the center of Al-Qarara town, north of Khan Yunis, with artillery shelling alongside intense gunfire from tanks.

AL-JAZEERA: A spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated that people in Gaza are dying and being left without assistance.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces launched airstrikes on the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: One Palestinian was killed and others injured in an Israeli strike on a tent housing displaced persons in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media outlets reported that wounded soldiers have been transferred from the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip to Tel Hashomer and Beilinson hospitals.

ISRAELI MEDIA: An investigation by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz concluded that approximately 10 hospitals and clinics in the Gaza Strip were subjected to attacks or collateral damage in Israeli raids last week.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Talal al-Za’anin, a former Palestinian detainee, has revealed that the Israeli occupation army used him and other detainees as human shields during military operations in northern Gaza.

His testimony emerges on the very day the Associated Press published a damning report documenting the systematic use of this tactic by Israeli forces.

Harrowing Details – This is How Israel Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel Hayom quoted Israeli officials stating that the aid program will not begin tomorrow and there is a delay. They added that the usual aid distribution will continue.

AL-JAZEERA: Kuwait Field Hospital in Khan Yunis reported the depletion of nutritional supplements and medicines for children, pregnant women, and the elderly. They also stated that food designated for patients and medical staff has run out, affecting their ability to operate.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli right-wing and supporters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu distributed leaflets calling for the execution of Reserve General Yair Golan, who stated that soldiers kill children as a hobby

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: At only 11 years old, Yaqeen Hammad was Gaza’s youngest media activist and the youngest volunteer in a local charity group. With wisdom well beyond her age, Yaqeen brought hope to places shadowed by fear.

But Yaqeen’s voice was silenced on a night in Deir al-Balah on Friday night. An Israeli airstrike struck her neighborhood, killing her beneath the rubble.

11-Year-Old Yaqeen Hammad: Gaza’s Youngest Media Activist Killed in Israeli Airstrike

AL-JAZEERA: Talal Al-Za’anin, a former detainee of the occupation, told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army asked him to search a school and took him on a quadcopter. He stated that the occupation used him as a human shield to search buildings and arrested him under inhumane conditions. Al-Za’anin further revealed that the Israeli occupation army asked him to defuse one of the bombs and threatened to beat him.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Broadcasting Authority revealed that Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich paid thousands of shekels to social media influencers to receive praise.

WFP: The World Food Programme reported that more than 70,000 children in Gaza face severe levels of malnutrition. They stated that they “take every opportunity to provide food aid to Gaza, but what is being provided is not enough.” They stressed the need for “immediate, safe, and unrestricted access for aid to Gaza to avert famine and save lives.”

ISRAELI MEDIA: Channel 12 reported that many Israelis received anonymous calls containing “shocking recordings of prisoners screaming in terror, with sounds of bombing in the background believed to be from army raids, in an apparent attempt to incite panic and emotionally manipulate the public.”

GAZA CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS: Civil society organizations in the Gaza Strip stated that no local or international body is prepared to deal with the new US aid mechanism. They described the new US aid mechanism as “security-oriented and enshrining the concept of food for security guardianship.”

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE:

The Gaza Government Media Office reported 300 miscarriages due to a lack of essential nutrients. They also recorded the deaths of:

58 Palestinians due to malnutrition.
242 due to lack of food and medicine.
26 kidney patients who lost their lives due to the absence of nutritional and medical care.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli shelling targeted the Bir an-Na’aja area in northern Gaza Strip left two people dead and several injured.

AL-JAZEERA: Intensive Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire targeted the town of Abasan al-Jadeeda, east of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip.

UNRWA: Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, stated that he does not believe the new humanitarian aid plan for Gaza, proposed by Israel and supported by Washington, will succeed. Lazzarini added that “the new humanitarian aid plan for Gaza appears to have been developed for a military rather than a humanitarian objective.”

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The number of casualties from the Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023, has risen to 53,901 martyrs and 122,593 injured. The ministry added that the toll of martyrs and injuries since March 18, 2025, has reached 3,747 martyrs and 10,552 injured.

AL-AQSA TV: an Israeli shelling of a group of residents at the Al-Sanafir intersection in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, resulted in 4 fatalities and a number of injured.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli shelling on the Strip since dawn today, Sunday.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 12 reported that an Israeli soldier was injured in a stabbing operation near the settlement of Kiryat Arba, confirming the death of a young Palestinian man suspected of carrying out the operation.

AL-JAZEERA: An injured person by Israeli drone fire in the Al-Saftawi area of Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated that the current situation in Gaza is unacceptable, and they will not remain silent. He added that “indifference is not an option, and we will continue to raise our voice against the blatant violation of international law in Gaza.”

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: From arms embargoes to diplomatic pressure, Spain’s Sánchez is redefining Europe’s stance on Israel’s war. Is this a turning point or just a symbolic shift?

Read the latest article by John McAuley for the Palestine Chronicle.

‘A Unique Opportunity’: What the EU Can Learn from Spain’s Increasing Pressure on Israel

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli Channel 12 reported that there is a consensus within Israeli security agencies on the possibility of reaching a deal with Hamas to release captives from the Gaza Strip, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardening stance and withdrawal of the negotiation delegation from Doha.

Channel 12, citing unnamed informed sources, revealed that Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir stated in closed discussions that military pressure has created favorable conditions for the return of captives, and that Israel should seize this window of opportunity to move forward with a deal.

AP: The Associated Press, citing the “Breaking the Silence” organization, reported that former Israeli soldiers have provided testimonies regarding the army’s use of Palestinians as human shields. The organization emphasized that the soldiers’ testimonies are not isolated accounts and indicate a systemic failure and moral collapse within the army

AL-JAZEERA: Three fatalities and several injuries in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: Knesset member Ofer Cassif stated, “We must resist the government of death and rejection, and we will not be a tool in the hands of the tyrant.” He added that “there is an exchange deal on the table that could lead to the release of all hostages at once.” Cassif concluded, “Netanyahu kills every solution.”

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Dr. Alaa Al-Najjar, a pediatrician in Gaza, was on duty when the bodies of her nine children—killed in an Israeli airstrike—were brought to the hospital.

Gaza Pediatrician’s Nine Children Killed, Bodies Brought to Her Hospital

AL-JAZEERA: The director of Medical Relief in Gaza told Al Jazeera that the health, water, and food situation in the Strip is very difficult. He noted that only 92 aid trucks have entered the Strip in 3 days, compared to 500 per day before the war.

Only 92 aid trucks entered Gaza in 3 days, down from 500 daily before the war. Medical Relief director tells Al Jazeera the health, water, and food situation is dire, as Israeli procedures continue to restrict access. pic.twitter.com/apz3mdvqA0

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 24, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media reported demonstrations outside the homes of the Israeli President and the head of the Knesset Security Committee, demanding a prisoner exchange deal.

AL-JAZEERA: The Hind Rjab Foundation announced a criminal investigation in Peru against an Israeli soldier who participated in the genocide in Gaza, following a complaint filed by the foundation. The Israeli soldier served in a combat engineering unit and contributed to the systematic destruction of residential areas in Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Scant aid is entering Gaza amid complex Israeli procedures.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 11 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli shelling on the Strip since dawn today.

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AL-JAZEERA: Artillery shelling was reported around Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza, with shrapnel falling in its courtyards.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli airstrike on a home west of Khan Yunis city.

Hasnaa Abu Shaqra was playing on her phone when an Israeli missile struck the neighboring Al-Sharif house in Khan Younis without warning.
“My mom was washing dishes when the bombing started. She flew and hit the wall,” Hasnaa said. Her mother, siblings, and grandfather were all… pic.twitter.com/a8Ay0J9XtD

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 24, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Yedioth Ahronoth quoted Likud MK Amit Halevi saying, “We have been fighting a war for 20 months with failed plans, and Israel is not succeeding in destroying the Hamas movement.”

He added, “In all wars, we knew how to subdue our enemies, but now we are unable to subdue Hamas.” He described this as a “war of deception,” and that “they lied to us about the achievements they made.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted sources reporting disputes between Likud MK Amit Halevi and Defense Minister Israel Katz during a Knesset meeting.

Halevi reportedly told the Defense Minister that he “understands nothing” and that there is no plan confirming the possibility of destroying Hamas. Defense Minister Gallant reportedly told Likud members that Halevi had become “like Yair Golan.”

STATEMENT: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, affirming that Palestinians in the Strip are facing the most brutal period in this cruel conflict.

Guterres asserted that Palestinians in Gaza are suffering what may be the most brutal phase of this cruel conflict as Israel intensifies its military offensive.

He noted the escalation of the Israeli military assault to horrifying levels of death and destruction.

He also pointed out that of approximately 400 trucks allowed into Gaza via the Kerem Abu Salem crossing, supplies from only 115 trucks were collected.

Guterres stressed that all aid permitted to enter so far represents a mere fraction of what is needed, at a time when the situation demands a massive influx of assistance.

For nearly 80 days, Israel blocked the entry of life-saving international aid into Gaza.

The entire population is facing the risk of famine.

Families are being starved and denied the very basics.

All with the world watching in real time. pic.twitter.com/d6bpp7zxzT

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) May 23, 2025