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Israeli sniper kills elderly in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood

Gaza, Gaza City, Zaytoun 17 May, 2026
At least 1 martyred
In the early evening, an elderly Palestinian was killed by live fire from an Israeli sniper crane on Abu Arar Street in the Zaytoun neighborhood, southern Gaza City. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Fadl Arafat R'hayem (70 y/o)

Israel strikes people in front of school in North Gaza

Gaza, Jabalia, North Gaza, Abu Hussein school 16 May, 2026
At least 1 martyred
Around 10 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of people inf ront of the Abu Husein school in Jabalia, NOrth Gaza, killing at least one person and injuring several others. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Mahmoud Adnan Abu Sisi

Israeli airstrike on a car in Gaza City

Gaza, Gaza City 16 May, 2026
At least 2 martyred
Around 8 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted a car in a crowded area near Al-Wahda Tower in Gaza City, killing at least two people, while grievously n=injuring at least one child. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Bahaa Zaki Salman Baroud (humanitarian at Qawafil Al Khair) 2. Abdulkarim Mouin Nassar

Summary execution of Nour El-Din Fayyad in Jenin Camp

West Bank, Jenin 16 May, 2026
At least 1 martyred
A teacher at Jenin Boys’ Basic School, resident of Wadi Burqin. He was killed by occupation army bullets during a storming of Jenin camp, where soldiers fired live bullets at him when he tried to enter the camp. A bullet hit him in the thigh, causing his breathing and pulse to stop. Red Crescent crews dealt with his injury at the entrance to the camp. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education mourned the martyr Nour al-Din Fayyad, a teacher at the Jenin Basic Boys School affiliated with Jenin Education. **Name of the martyr:** Nour El-Din Kamal Hassan Fayyad, 34 years old

Deadly coordinated Israeli soldier and settler attacks on Sinjil, Abwein and Jaljaliya

West Bank, Ramallah 13 May, 2026
At least 1 martyred
On May 13, around 8h30, dozens of settlers backed by Israeli military troops and vehicles raided three villages (Sinjil and Abwein, and Jaljulia) in the Ramallah–Al-Bireh area in order to steal their herds of sheep. They attacked families in their homes, stole agricultural equipment, water trackers, and hundreds of heads of livestock. Israeli forces were present at the scene alongside the settler attackers. In one recording, a masked man is seen threatening a resident with a pistol who was trying to document the theft. Four locals who resisted the raid and the looting were injured by the settler assault or by rubber-coated bullets and evacuated to hospital. Youssef Ali Ka’abneh, 16 years old, was shot and killed by gunfire near the town of Jaljulia. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the victim as Yusuf Kaabneh, adding that four others were injured by rubber-coated bullets and during an assault carried out by settlers, protected by the Israeli army. Settlers reportedly stole approximately 700 sheep during their attack. **Name of the martyr:** Youssef Ali Kaabneh, 16 years old - resident of the village of Jaljaliya. **Timeline of the events:** At 08:30, a group of settlers entered the Al-Maqous area, located between the town of Sinjil and the village of Jaljaliya, attacked citizens, and stole 30 heads of sheep belonging to the citizen Rawhi Shabana Al-Sheikh, where the people were able to confront the settlers and recover 10 heads of sheep, and as a result, the Israeli forces intervened and arrested a citizen, Jihad Muhammad Masalma, resident of the town of Sinjil, in the area between the town of Sinjil and the village of Jaljaliya. At 10:00, a group of settlers entered the Dhahrat area between the town of Sinjil and the village of Jaljaliya, attacked citizens and stole 300 heads of sheep belonging to the citizen Abu Maher Al-Kaabneh, and also stole two agricultural tractors belonging to the Al-Kaabneh community. As a result, the Israeli forces intervened and fired live and metal bullets wrapped in rubber, stun grenades and tear gas were directed at citizens while they were trying to confront the settlers in the Dhahrat area, which led to the death of a child and the wounding of 4 others. The martyr as a result of gunfire by the occupation forces in the Dhahrat area between the town of Turmus Ayya and the village of Jaljaliya was Youssef Ali Kaabneh, 16 years old - resident of the village of Jaljaliya.

Israel bombs mourning house in Nuseirat

Gaza, Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat, Salah al-Din Road 12 May, 2026
At least 2 martyred
Around 6:30 pm, an Israeli airstrike killing a young man near Salah al-Din Road in the Nuseirat camp area. Later reporting indicated that the Israel struck a mourning house. Local sources had claimed that the victim was being threatened by Israel-backed militias in Gaza **Name of the martyr:** 1. Abdurahman Al-Shaafi 2. Majid Atiya Al-Wadya "Abu Majid" (elderly, succumbed to injuries on May 15th)

Israel kills man gathering firewood in Khan Younis

Gaza, Khan Younis, Bani Suheila 11 May, 2026
Around 4: 30 pm, Israeli gunfire killed a young man near the Bani Suheila roundabout in Khan Younis, while he was collecting firewood. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Muhammad Abdurahman Annaba

Young man killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza City

Gaza, Gaza City, Zaytoun 11 May, 2026
At least 1 martyred
In the late afternoon, Israeli gunfire killed a young man in the Laffat Al-Sawafiri area in the Zaytoun neighborhood, eastern Gaza City. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Muhammad Khadr Totah

Brutal eviction and home demolition in al-Deirat (Masafer Yatta)

West Bank, Masafer Yatta, Al-Khalil/Hebron, Ad-Deirat 07 May, 2026
**On May 4, 2026,** Israeli military forces entered Al-Deirat with bulldozers and demolished a large, two-story, 300-square-meter family home belonging to Radi al-Jabarin and his son Munir, displacing approximately 15 people and tearing down surrounding fruit trees. T **In June/July**: Following the initial demolitions, families attempted to stay on their land by erecting temporary structures. Local activists and WAFA reported that the military returned to Al-Deirat to dismantle these emergency structures. They targeted and demolished a residential tent that had been put up to shelter the remaining five-member family of Radi al-Jabareen. During these targeted sweeps in Al-Deirat, Israeli forces also demolished a 200-square-meter home belonging to Mousa Ismail al-Adra (leaving a family of nine homeless) and filled in a 200-cubic-meter community water well. **On July 7, 2026,** Israeli forces demolished two Palestinian homes, a residential tent, and filled in a water well in the town of Yatta, south of Hebron Israeli forces demolished a 200-square-meter home belonging to Mousa Ismail al-Adra in the al-Deirat area east of Yatta. The house was home to a family of nine. They also filled in a water well with a capacity of 200 cubic meters. Israeli forces also demolished a tent erected on the site of a home they had demolished a month earlier. The tent was sheltering the five-member family of Radi al-Jabareen. Meantime, military bulldozers began demolishing a second 200-square-meter home belonging to Mohammad Tayseer al-Adra, which housed a family of five. **On July 14, at 10:20,** the Israeli forces in ad-Deirat, demolished the home of the family of Osama Issa Masaaf using a Hyundai excavator leaving the family only 30 minutes to evacuate a few belongings before everything was destroyed before their eyes. The house had an Israeli court ruling allowing it to avoid this threat. In the same time in the close village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer, the town of Yatta, they demolished the house of the citizen Ammar Shuaib al-Hathalin, without prior warning, under the pretext of not having a license.

Child killed in Israeli strike near Sheikh Radwan police station

Gaza, Gaza City, Sheikh Radwan 05 May, 2026
At least 1 martyred
Around 4:30 pm, an Israeli aristrike targeted a police post near the Bahlool intersection in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, western Gaza City. Israel had already bombed the same location of the Sheikh Radwan police station building. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Mahmoud Muhammad Sahwil (15 y/o)