In the West Bank, Israeli settlers assault and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in Arab al-Milehat. Israeli settlers also set fire to farmland in al-Mughayyir, destroying crops. Elsewhere, Israeli settlers set up an outpost near Bayt Ta’mer. Israeli settlers also throw stones at Palestinian vehicles near al-‘Awja. Israeli forces fire RPGs at a house in Nablus, killing Islamic Jihad member Noor Beitawi and another Palestinian man. Israeli forces also shoot and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in Tuqu’. Elsewhere, Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinians in al-Khader. Israeli forces also continue raids in Jenin and Jenin refugee camp for the 109th day in a row. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue raids in Tulkarm, Tulkarm refugee camp, and Nur Shams refugee camp for the 103rd day in a row. Israeli forces also arrest 4 Palestinians during a raid in Hebron. In East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities issue a demolition order for an apartment building where 85 Palestinians live in Wadi Qaddum. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Gaza City, Nuseirat refugee camp, Jabalia refugee camp, Khan Yunis, Rafah, and Beit Lahiya, killing at least 22 Palestinians. Off the coast of Gaza, Israeli forces shoot and kill 1 Palestinian fisherman and injure another. In Yemen, Houthi forces fire a ballistic missile at Ben Gurion Airport, which is intercepted before making impact. (AJ, AJ, HA, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 5/9; UNOCHA, UNOCHA 5/14)
More than 52,787 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 18,000 children and 12,749 women, and around 119,349 have been injured since 10/7/2023. In addition, 14,222 Palestinians who have been missing are presumed dead. 962 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 192 children. More than 8,000 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 413 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,634 injured in Gaza since the ground invasion began on 10/27/2023. Over 1.93 million Palestinians, nearly 85% of the population of Gaza, have been displaced since 10/7/2023. There has been a complete electricity blackout in Gaza since 10/12/2023 due to the Israeli blockade. 92% of all housing units in Gaza have been destroyed or severely damaged since 10/7/2023. (WAFA 5/9)
PA president Mahmoud Abbas meets with Chinese president Xi Jinping, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and OIC secretary general Hussein Ibrahim Taha on the sidelines of the 80th Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. (WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 5/9)
The UN Special Committee on Israeli practices in occupied territories warns that Israel’s actions of inflicting “unimaginable suffering on the people living under its occupation, whilst rapidly expanding confiscation of land as part of its wider colonial aspirations” could be signs of a second Nakba. (AJ, UNOHCHR 5/9; WAFA 5/10)
U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says President Donald Trump has ordered humanitarian aid be brought into Gaza as soon as possible, regardless of a ceasefire deal. (AJ, AP, HA, HA, REU 5/9)
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with newly elected German chancellor Friedrich Merz in a phone call, discussing Gaza. (HA 5/9)
Haaretz reports that the Trump administration is pressuring the Israeli government to reach a ceasefire deal with Hamas before he arrives in the Middle East on 5/13, threatening that the U.S. will leave Israel out of a potential deal with Saudi Arabia. President Trump reportedly met with Israeli strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer at the White House on 5/8, discussing Iran and Gaza. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt calls the meeting between Dermer and Trump “private.” (REU 5/8; AX, HA 5/9)
Former EU high commissioner for foreign affairs Josep Borrell accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and attacks the EU for not using all its means to stop Israel. (GDN 5/9)
A federal judge in Vermont orders the Trump administration to release Turkish Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk from ICE custody. Ozturk has been custody in Louisiana for 6 weeks over an op-ed she wrote criticizing her university and its ties to Israel. Ozturk is released on 6/10. (AX, HA 5/9; HA 5/10; AJ 5/11)
Columbia University suspends 65 students and bars 33 others from its campuses in relation to a pro-Palestine demonstration on 5/7 where New York City Police arrested 81 people. (HA 5/9)
Norway’s largest trade union, Landsorganisasjonen Norge, votes to push the Norwegian government to fully boycott Israel if the occupation of Palestinian territories does not end by September this year. (NRK, WAFA 5/9)