1. Introduction / Background
The current situation in Gaza remains dire amid ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas since October 7, 2023. Over 52,908 Palestinians have been killed, mostly civilians including women and children, with more than 119,721 injured. The Israeli military continues intensive operations aiming to destroy Hamas and free hostages, with reports of forced displacement of nearly all Gaza's 2.3 million residents and widespread destruction of infrastructure, hospitals, and homes.
Israeli forces intensify attacks on Gaza, killing at least 51 Palestinians since midnight, medics say. Victims include 45 who were killed in north Gaza.
2. Key Highlights – Israel Hamas war updates
- Killed 51 (52,959)
- Injured not updated yet (119,721)
- Home Destroyed
3. Governments’ Response
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is “no way” Israel will halt its war on Gaza, even if there were a deal to free 10 or more captives from the besieged enclave.
Gaza’s Ministry of Interior and National Security announced today that it is mourning Brigadier General Ahmed Al-Qudra, chief of the anti-narcotics police and member of the police command council, after he was assassinated in an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis early this morning, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.
4. Military Developments
Israel has released nine more Palestinian detainees arrested after October 7, following last week’s release of 11 prisoners.
The men, aged 30-60, were transferred via the Red Cross to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah where they reported having experienced torture and severe dehydration.
The bombing of the European Hospital is the latest in a series of Israeli assaults on medical facilities in Gaza.
Israel has bombed and burned at least 36 hospitals across the Strip since the war began, according to officials, despite the fact that such attacks are considered a war crime under the 1949 Geneva Convention.
5. Militants’ Activity
Yemen’s Houthis have claimed a ballistic missile attack on the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, but the Israeli military says it intercepted the projectile.
6. Impact On the Trade and Travel
7. International Response
US President Donald Trump, who is visiting Saudi Arabia, says he is working to end the conflict in Gaza as soon as possible, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that “there will be no situation where we stop the war”.
Russia, China and the UK have rejected a US-Israeli plan for distributing aid in Gaza, instead urging Israel to lift its two-month blockade on Gaza.
China’s envoy, too, has criticised the US-Israeli plan for Gaza aid distribution. Fu Cong, speaking at the UN Security Council, said that Gaza “has become a living hell” and noted that the global hunger monitor, known as the IPC, has warned that the entire population of the enclave are suffering from severe food shortages.
The United Kingdom’s envoy to the UN, Barbara Woodward, told journalists outside the meeting that Israel must lift its blockade on Gaza, which is now in its 10th week, noting that the world’s leading hunger monitor has warned that the whole of the territory is at risk of famine.
UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has called on the UN Security Council to “act now” and “prevent genocide” in the Gaza Strip, while French President Emmanuel Macron says Netanyahu’s policy in Gaza is “shameful”.
8. Comment.
Gaza is experiencing ongoing intense conflict, severe humanitarian deprivation, and political stalemate, with international concern growing over the escalating crisis and civilian suffering.
9. latest news in two lines
(https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250513-israel-assassinates-gazas-anti-narcotics-police-chief/)
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