Timeline of the Israel–Hamas war (7 May 2024 – present)

Timeline of the Israel–Hamas war
Initial attacks    (7 October – 27 October 2023) Invasion of the Gaza Strip    (28 October – 23 November 2023) First ceasefire    (24 November 2023 – 11 January 2024) Yemen airstrikes    (12 January 2024 – 6 May 2024) Rafah offensive    (7 May 2024 – present)

May 2024

7 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 54 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,789. ^[1]
• Israeli ground forces seized control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, starting the Rafah offensive. ^[2]
• Hamas announced the death of an Israeli captive from injuries they sustained from an Israeli air raid a month ago. ^[3]
• The Bahamas officially recognized the State of Palestine. ^[4]
• Unspecified Palestinian fighters detonated IEDs against IDF troops in Jalbun. ^[5]

8 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 55 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,844. ^[6]
• Israel rejected a ceasefire deal with Hamas and stated that it would continue its offensive in Rafah. ^[7]
• The US paused its weapons delivery to Israel to limit its operations in Rafah. ^[8]
• One person was killed and many were injured by Israeli shelling in Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis. ^[9]
• Israeli forces bombed an apartment complex in Zeitoun, east of Gaza City, killing seven people. ^[10]

9 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 60 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,904. ^[11]
• The IAF targeted a house in the al-Jnaina neighbourhood in Rafah, causing an unknown number of casualties. ^[12]
• Syria claimed to have shot down Israeli missiles heading towards Damascus from the occupied Golan Heights. ^[13]
• Israel announced that a soldier from the 869th Battalion was killed in Malkia by a Hezbollah mortar and missile attack. ^[14]
• An Israeli police officer died of wounds he sustained during a raid in Deir al-Ghusun on 4 May. ^[15]
• Four Hezbollah members were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a car in southern Lebanon. ^[16]
• The IAF bombed the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, killing four people and injuring 16. ^[17]
• Israeli forces shot a 15-year-old boy on the leg in Qalqilya. ^[18]
• The Houthis claimed to have launched missiles at the Panamanian-Flagged MSC Diego and MSC Gina which they said were "affiliated with Israel". ^[19]
• A seventh mass grave was uncovered near the Al-Shifa hospital. ^[20]
• The Islamic resistance in Iraq claimed two drone attacks targeting Eilat and the Nevatim base in Beersheba, and a cruise missile attack targeting the oil port of Ashkelon. ^[21]

10 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 39 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,943. ^[22]
• The headquarters of UNRWA in occupied East Jerusalem was set on fire by Jewish extremists. ^[23]
• An Israeli air strike hit a home in Abasan al-Kabira at the eastern outskirts of Khan Yunis, killing eight residents living there. ^[24]
• At least three people were killed and five more injured after the IAF bombed a house in the central part of Gaza City. ^[25]
• 12 Israeli soldiers of the Gaza Division were stung by wasps in southern Gaza and evacuated to Israel for treatment. ^[26]
• Four Israeli soldiers of the Nahal Brigade were killed in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza strip to 271. ^[27]
• Hamas fired two rocket barrages from Rafah to Beer Sheva, injuring one person. ^[28]

11 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 28 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 34,971. ^[29]
• Hezbollah claimed to have hit Israeli "spy installations" at the Jal al-Alam site along the border. ^[30]
• The IDF told residents of Jabalia and Beit Lahia to evacuate to western Gaza City, and issued new evacuation orders in Rafah. ^[31]
• Hamas said that a British-Israeli hostage succumbed to wounds sustained from an Israeli airstrike. ^[32]
• Israel announced that a soldier of the Nahal Brigade was killed in a gunfight with Hamas fighters in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza the day prior, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza Strip to 272. ^[33]

12 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 63 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,034. ^[34]
• Israeli forces started bombing Jabalia, killing and injuring several Palestinians. ^[35]
• Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man during a raid on the Balata Camp. ^[36]
• An Israeli air strike on Deir al-Balah killed multiple people, including a paediatric surgeon and his son. ^[37]
• Illegal Israeli settlers set a house on fire in the village of Duma, south of Nablus. ^[38]
• Three people were injured after a rocket attacks from Gaza hit Ashkelon. ^[39]
• A spokesperson from the Palestinian Civil Defence said that all hospitals in northern Gaza are "out of service". ^[40]
• An IDF Brigade General was injured while in combat in the Gaza Strip. ^[41]
• The Wafa news agency claimed illegal settlers protected by Israeli soldiers attacked the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, injuring some Palestinians. ^[42]
• The Palestine Red Crescent Society said that Israeli shelling in the central Gazan town of al-Zuwaida killed four children, including an infant. ^[43]
• The Al-Qassam Brigades claimed multiple attacks on Israeli forces in eastern Jabalia, including an attack where they blew up a boobytrapped house with Israeli soldiers inside, causing an unknown amount of casualties. ^[44]

13 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 57 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,091. ^[45]
• An Indian UNDSS staff member was killed and another was wounded in an attack on their vehicle near Rafah. ^{[46] [47]}
• Israeli activists attacked a Gaza aid convoy at the Tarqumiyah checkpoint, setting vehicles ablaze and throwing packages of food onto the road. ^{[48] [49]}
• The IDF announced that five soldiers were seriously injured in separate incidents throughout Gaza, including two from the elite Yahalom unit. ^[50]
• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that over 1,000 Hamas members were being treated in Turkish hospitals. ^[51]
• The Palestinian Authority reportedly rejected an Israeli offer to take control of the Rafah Border Crossing. ^[52]

14 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 82 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,173. ^[53]
• Israeli airstrikes on a building and a UNRWA school in Nuseirat killed 40 people. ^[54] The IDF said that the strike on the UNRWA school targeted a Hamas command room based in the building and killed 15 militants. ^[55]
• Heavy clashes between Israeli forces and Hamas were reported in Gaza City, Jabalia, and Nuseirat, while fighting continued in and around Rafah, with Israeli ground forces advancing into the Brazil and Jneina neighborhoods. ^{[56] [57]}
• The IDF issued an evacuation notice in the al-Atatra and Salatin areas of Jabalia after it said it expanded operations in the city. ^[58]
• Hamas claimed a missile attack on an Israeli troop carrier in the al-Salam neighborhood of eastern Rafah, allegedly killing and wounding its crew members. ^[57] They also claimed to have blown up an IDF bulldozer in eastern Rafah. ^[59]
• Hezbollah claimed to have downed an Israeli spy balloon over the Israeli settlement of Adamit near the border with Lebanon and fired rockets at the balloon's launch base and "management crew". ^[60]
• Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa complex and raised the Israeli flag. ^[61]
• An Israeli soldier of the 7th Armoured Brigade was killed in Rafah, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza Strip to 273. ^[62]

15 May

• An Israeli air strike hit the home of the Brash family in the Bureij refugee camp, killing five people. ^[63]
• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 60 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,233. ^[64]
• A 20-year-old Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces in Al-Bireh, West Bank. ^[65]
• Israeli forces shelled an UNRWA clinic in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza city, killing at least 10 displaced Palestinians. ^[66]
• Israeli forces targeted a group of people in al-Jalaa Street and al-Oyoun Street in central Gaza city with a drone strike, at least three people were killed and more were injured. ^[67]
• Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian nurse at the Jabalia refugee camp. ^[68]
• An Israeli military contractor, who was working for the Israeli Ministry of Defense died of wounds sustained in a Palestinian mortar attack in the southern Gaza Strip two day prior. ^[69]
• The IDF said it began operations against militants in the center of Jabalia and had engaged in intense battles over the past day, killing "a large number" of militants. Hamas claimed responsibility for anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli soldiers in the camp, killing a dozen in its Block 4 area, but the IDF did not report casualties. ^[70]
• The UN estimated that around 600,000 people fled Rafah since Israel began its offensive in the city, including 150,000 in the past 48 hours. ^[71]
• Two people, including Hezbollah commander Hussein Makki, were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Tyre, southern Lebanon. ^[72]
• Five Israeli soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade were killed in an alleged friendly fire incident after an Israeli tank mistook them for Palestinian fighters in Jabalia, bringing the IDF death toll to 278. ^[73]
• Israeli forces attacked an internet access point in Gaza City, killing at least four people and critically injured more. ^[74]
• Israeli settlers attacked commercial trucks with Palestinian drivers thinking that they were humanitarian aid trucks near the illegal settlement of Giv'at Asaf, The drivers were beaten. ^[75]
• Hezbollah claimed to have launched a successful drone attack west of Tiberias. ^[76]

16 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 39 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,272. ^[77]
• Israeli forces shot a Palestinian man dead in Salah al-Din Street in East Jerusalem after allegedly attempting to stab Israeli soldiers. ^[78]
• The US completed construction for the Gaza floating pier and said that humanitarian aid would soon arrive to it. ^[79]
• An Israeli soldier of the Bislamach Brigade was killed by a "munitions accident" on the border between Israel and Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll to 279. ^[80]
• Canada imposed sanctions on four Israeli individuals accused of violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. ^[81]
• Israeli forces shelled a family home in Khan Yunis, killing at least five people. ^[82]
• An Israeli airstrike on the al-Faluja area of Jabalia killed four people including a pregnant woman. ^[83]

17 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 31 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,303. ^[84]
• An Israeli aircraft bombed the al-Jaouni School housing displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing four people. ^[85]
• Three Israeli soldiers were injured by Israeli extremists who had set a truck on fire and injured its driver near the illegal settlement of Kokhav HaShahar, east of Ramallah. ^[86]
• Israeli forces stormed the town of Anabta, shooting a 16-year-old in the thigh, in Qalqilya a man was shot while riding his bicycle as Israeli forces stormed the city, a man was also shot near the Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah. ^[87]
• Israeli forces shot and killed one Palestinian and injured another during a raid on the town of Bal'a, near Tulkarem. ^[87]
• Three people, including a Hezbollah fighter and two Syrians, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the villages of Najjariyeh and Addousiyeh in southern Lebanon. ^[88]
• An Israeli soldier of the Paratroopers Brigade was killed in violent clashes in Gaza's Jabalia neighbourhood amid a new Israeli offensive into the area, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza strip to 280. ^[89]
• The IDF recovered the bodies of three hostages killed on 7 October, including Shani Louk, from a tunnel in Gaza. ^{[90] [91]}
• Hamas official Sharhabil al-Sayed, who was in charge of the group's operations in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his car in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon. ^[92]
• Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) senior leader Islam Khamayseh was killed and several other members of the organization were wounded in an Israeli air raid in Jenin. ^[93]

18 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 83 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,386. ^[94]
• Israeli forces bombed a residential block across from the Kamal Adwan Hospital, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 30. ^[95]
• Four people were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Khuzaʽa, Khan Yunis ^[96] and one person was killed by Israeli shelling at a house in Abasan al-Kabira, east of the city. ^[97]
• At least eight people, including women and children, were killed and 10 were wounded after Israeli shelling targeted a group of Palestinians filling water containers in the al-Faluja area of Gaza City. ^[98]
• Two people were killed by an Israeli attack near Nuseirat camp, and two others were killed in an attack in Wadi Gaza. ^[99]
• Witnesses in Jabalia refugee camp stated the IDF was demolishing homes while people were still in them. ^[100]
• An Israeli drone attack in western Rafah hit a car trying to leave the city, killing one person. ^[101] Two people were killed in central Rafah after Israeli forces bombed a home. ^[102]
• A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker was hit by a missile in the Red Sea, no group claimed responsibly. ^[103]
• Two Israeli soldiers of the Givati Brigade were killed and two others seriously injured by an explosion in a booby-trapped tunnel in Rafah, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza Strip to 282. ^[104]

19 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 70 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,456. ^[105]
• An Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat camp killed at least 31 people and injuring 20. ^{[106] [107]}
• The Al-Quds Brigades claimed to have targeted a Merkava 4 tank near the Tamraz station in the Jabalia refugee camp and launched rocket attacks in the settlement of Sderot. ^[108]
• Six people were killed by Israeli bombing of a house in the Daraj neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, while three people were killed by Israeli bombing of a school in the same neighborhood. ^[109]
• Israeli forces bombed a residential building in the Jabalia al-Balad area of Central Rafah, killing at least three people. ^[110]
• A group of illegal Israeli settlers attacked a humanitarian aid truck from Jordan near the town of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron. The group destroyed boxes of food and threw them on the road. ^[111] Illegal Israeli settlers also attacked Palestinian vehicles on the Marajat road, northwest of Jericho, while another group of settlers with IDF protection attacked the archaeological site of al-Mas'udiyya in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus. ^[112]
• An Israeli soldier of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion who was injured on 15 May during fighting in northern Gaza died of his wounds, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza Strip to 283. ^[113]

20 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 106 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,562. ^[114]
• At least eight Hezbollah fighters were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Al-Qusayr, Syria. ^[115]
• The International Criminal Court announced its decision to file applications for arrest warrants for three Hamas officials, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh along with Israeli officials, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, for charges in war crimes and crimes against humanity. ^{[116] [117]}

21 May

• At least seven Palestinians, including a school boy, were shot dead by Israeli forces during a raid in Jenin. ^[118]
• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 85 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,647. ^[119]
• The Qassam Brigades claimed to have killed an unknown number of Israeli soldiers at the Tel al-Zaatar neighbourhood in northern Gaza. ^[120]
• Three children were among five civilians killed by an Israeli drone strike in the Yibna refugee camp in Rafah. ^{[121] [122]}
• A soldier of the Givati Brigade and a soldier of a logistics group suffered serious injuries in southern Gaza. ^[123]
• Illegal Israeli settlers unsuccessfully tried to block a humanitarian aid truck in occupied East Jerusalem. ^[124]
• Israeli officials confiscated equipment of the Associated Press in Sderot and shut down its live feed on the Israel-Gaza border, saying that it had violated media laws by providing content to Al Jazeera. The shutdown and confiscation was later reversed following a massive outcry. ^[125]

22 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 62 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,709. ^[126]
• The IDF claimed it conducted a strike in Khan Yunis that killed three militants, including a key Hamas member, while another strike killed five militants operating from a school. ^[127]
• An Israeli soldier of the Battalion 222 was injured in Northern Gaza. ^[128]
• Israeli forces attacked the Zawaida neighborhood in central Gaza, killing at least 10 people, including women and children. ^{[129] [130]}
• An Israeli attack hit a house belonging to the Abu Zaida family in the Bir an-Naaja area in northern Gaza, killing at least six people. ^[131]
• Ireland, Norway and Spain announced that they would recognize the State of Palestine. ^[132]
• Three Israeli soldiers, one of the elite Yahalom unit and two of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, were killed in northern Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza strip to 286. ^[133]
• A further five Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during an ongoing raid in Jenin, bringing the overall Palestinian death toll since 21 May to 12. ^[134]

23 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 91 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,800. ^[135]
• Three US soldiers were injured, one critically, in a noncombat incident at the Gaza floating pier. ^[136]
• The IDF said it conducted a raid against militants in Beit Hanoun and announced the killing of Hamas' Beit Hanoun Battalion commander in Jabalia. ^[137]
• Israeli airstrikes reportedly killed 12 people in Deir Al-Balah and ten others in Gaza City. ^[137]

24 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 57 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,857. ^[138]
• An Israeli attack on the central Gazan town of az-Zawayda killed two people. ^[139]
• The IAF attacked a house in the al-Fakhoura neighbourhood near the Jabalia refugee camp, killing at least five people. Another house was struck in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City, killing two people. ^[140]
• At least 10 people were killed in the Shabiyah area of Gaza City after Israeli forces targeted an apartment complex. ^[141]
• Twelve people were killed after the IDF bombed an aid storage warehouse in Deir al-Balah. ^[142]
• Three hostages' bodies were recovered by Israeli forces in northern Jabalia. ^[143]
• The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah following a petition by South Africa, but did not order a ceasefire. ^[144]

25 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,903. ^[145]
• Four people were killed after an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in the Nuseirat refugee camp. ^[146]
• Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Mustafa shared an image of an Israeli soldier reading a book in the library of the Al-Aqsa University in Gaza while a bookshelf burns behind the soldier. Mustafa stated that "Israel has targeted all universities in the Strip, with some being completely destroyed". ^[147]
• A young Palestinian was injured during a gun fight with illegal Israeli settlers with IDF protection in Qusra, south of Nablus. Another attack occurred in Dhahr al-Abad, southwest of Jenin, where illegal Israeli settlers cut down 15 olive trees belonging to Palestinians using electric saws. ^[148]
• The Al-Qassam Brigades claimed to hit an Israeli Merkava tank with a Yassin-105 rocket near the Salah al-Din Gate in Rafah. ^[149] and two Israeli tanks in the Jabalia refugee camp, one behind the Abu Zatoun school and another at al-Burai junction. ^[150]
• The Al-Qassam Brigades claimed that one of its snipers shot and killed an Israeli soldier in Jabalia. ^[151]
• The IDF said that a soldier of the Bislamach Brigade was seriously injured while fighting in northern Gaza. ^[152]
• One person was killed by Israeli artillery fire in the Khirbet al-Adas area of Rafah. ^[153]
• Hezbollah claimed to have destroyed an Israeli tank and killed its crew using a missile in the al-Marj military site. ^[154]
• Ten people were killed and over 17 people injured in Israeli attacks on a school in the Saftawi neighbourhood in northern Gaza. ^[155]
• Four vessels at the Gaza humanitarian dock were separated from their moorings by strong waves and ran aground at separate locations in the Gaza Strip and Israel. ^[156]
• Three people, including a Syrian man working for Hezbollah, were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Al-Qusayr. ^[115]

26 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 81 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 35,984. ^[157]
• At least people 40 were killed and over 65 injured in an Israeli airstrike at a camp in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood. It was reported several people were burned alive in the attack. ^{[158] [159]}
• The Al-Qassam Brigades claimed to have injured and captured an unknown number of Israeli soldiers in an ambush by luring them into a tunnel in Jabalia. The IDF denied the claim. ^[160]
• Hezbollah claimed to have struck an Israeli technical system at the Al Abad military post on the Lebanese border. ^[161]
• Hamas fired eight rockets towards the Tel Aviv area. Several missiles were intercepted. The remaining caused damage to buildings and public spaces. No injuries were reported. ^[162]
• An Israeli reservist in Gaza called for a mutiny against the Israeli government but was dismissed by the IDF and later interrogated by Israel Police. ^[163]
• An Israeli soldier of the Givati Brigade's Rotem Battalion was killed in northern Gaza, while a soldier of the Eilat lieutenant unit was injured in southern Gaza. A sergeant of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion died of injuries sustained in Gaza on 22 May, bringing the IDF death toll to 288. ^{[164] [165] [166]}
• Twelve people were killed and more than 20 were injured after Israeli forces bombed a house in Jabalia al-Nazlh. ^[167]

27 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 66 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 36,050. ^[168]
• Israel banned the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to residents of the Palestinian Authority. ^[169]
• The IAF bombed a house belonging to the bombed the home of the al-Batran family in the Zarqa area, north of Gaza City, killing five people including a pregnant mother and her child. Another person was killed in a separate attack in the Bureij refugee camp. ^[170]
• A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Sa'ir, northeast of Hebron. ^[171]
• Israeli and Egyptian soldiers clashed near Rafah, resulting in the death of one Egyptian. ^[172]
• Three Palestinian police officers were killed by an Israeli air raid in Nuseirat refugee camp. ^[173]
• One person was killed and ten others were injured by an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle outside a hospital in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon. ^[174]

28 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 36,096. ^[175]
• An Israeli tank shelling of the Al-Mawasi tent camp, resulting in 21 deaths, was denounced by the Gaza health authorities and denied by Israel. ^[176]
• Israeli airstrikes in western Rafah killed seven people. ^[177]
• The Al-Quds Brigades claimed to have shot down an Israeli quadcopter in the Jabalia Camp. ^[178]
• Six people were killed near the Kamal Adwan Hospital after Israeli forces continued their attacks on the area. ^[179]
• Three Israeli soldiers of the Nahal Brigade were killed and three others were injured by an explosion in a booby-trapped building in Rafah, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza Strip to 291. ^[180]

29 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 75 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 36,171. ^[181]
• One person was killed after Israeli forces attacked the western part of Deir el-Balah. ^[182]
• Hamas operatives opened fire at the Israeli settlement of Bat Hefer from the Tulkarm Governorate in the West Bank, causing damage. ^[183]
• An Israeli soldier of the Paratroopers Brigade was killed fighting Hamas in northern Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza Strip to 292. ^[184]
• The IDF said it gained operational control of the Philadelphi Corridor. ^[185]

30 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 53 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 36,224. ^[186]
• Two Israeli soldiers of the Kfir Brigade died of their injuries after they were run over in a car-ramming attack outside Nablus the evening prior. ^[184]
• Nine people were killed after Israeli forces bombed a family home in Beit Hanoun. ^[187]
• Seven people were killed after an Israeli drone attack hit a populated area where displaced people take shelter in Northern Gaza. One person was killed after an Israeli drone strike in the Al-Shati refugee camp. ^[188]
• Israeli snipers killed three Palestinian civilians in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City. ^[189]
• The government of Slovenia announced its intention to recognize the State of Palestine. ^{[190] [191]}
• Israeli air defense mistakenly took down an IDF drone in the settlement of Shlomi. ^[192]
• Two Israeli soldiers were killed by Hamas whilst fighting in Gaza, bringing the IDF death toll in the Gaza strip to 294. ^[193]
• A vegetable market was set alight after Israeli forces raided Ramallah. ^[194]

31 May

• The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 60 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 36,284. ^[195]
• Four people were killed in the Bureij camp after an Israeli airstrike hit a house belonging to the al-Hur family. ^[196] Five people were killed after Israeli forces bombed a house belonging to the al-Sous family in the same camp. ^[197]
• Three people were injured after an Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City. ^[198]
• At least 14 people were killed and 42 injured after US and UK airstrikes hit the Houthi-controlled Al Hudaydah Governorate in Yemen. ^[199] In response the Houthis launched a missile attack on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. ^[200]
• Three people were killed after an Israeli airstrike targeted a car in the Nuseirat camp. ^[201]
• An Israeli airstrike on an ambulance killed a medic and wounded another in Naqoura, southern Lebanon. ^[202]
• Two people were killed by an Israeli attack near a university in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City. ^[203]
• The IDF announced their withdrawal from Jabalia after weeks of intense fighting. ^{[204] [205]}

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