In the West Bank, Israeli forces raid Beit Umar, causing tear-gas related injuries. Israeli forces also order Palestinians in Nahalin to stop cultivating their land. Elsewhere, Israeli forces place barbed wire at the entrance to Shufa, preventing movement in and out of the village. Israeli forces also arrest 15 Palestinians during late-night raids in and around Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron, Qalqilya, and Jerusalem. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Rafah, Gaza City, Jabalia refugee camp, Beit Lahiya, Nuseirat refugee camp, and Dayr al-Balah, killing at least 28 people. Israeli forces also order Palestinians in more neighborhoods of Rafah to evacuate to al-Mawasi while residents of Jabalia and Beit Lahiya are ordered to evacuate to the western part of Gaza City as Israeli forces reinvade Jabalia. Rockets are fired at Ashkelon, injuring 3 people. An Israeli soldier is killed in combat. In Lebanon, Hezbollah forces attack a military base in Beit Hillel. (AJ, AJ, HA, HA, NYT, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 5/11; UNOCHA 5/13)
More than 34,971 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 14,520 children and 10,000 women, and around 78,641 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 10,000 people are missing in rubble, including 1,700 children. 487 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 117 children. More than 5,000 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 have been injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 271 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 1,610 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. At least 79,000 housing units have been destroyed and 370,000 have been damaged in Israeli airstrikes since 10/7/2023. 6 trucks carrying aid enter Gaza. The UN says 150,000 people have fled Rafah since 5/6. UNOCHA says food supplies at UN facilities will be depleted on 5/11. Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended operations at the Indonesian Hospital. Israel claims it is establishing a new field hospital for Palestinians in Dayr al-Balah. (AJ, AJ, HA, NYT, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 5/11; UNRWA 5/22)
The Gaza Health Ministry says that an additional 80 bodies have been exhumed from mass graves at al-Shifa Hospital. More than 520 bodies have been found in mass graves at al-Shifa, Nasser, and Kamal Adwan hospitals. (AJ, HA, WAFA 5/11)
Hamas says that the UK-Israeli captive Nadav Popplewell has succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike last week. (AJ, AJ, HA, REU 5/11)
The Washington Post reports that the U.S. offered Israel intelligence that would help locate Hamas leaders and to help create tent cities near Rafah in exchange for Israel not conducting a full-scale invasion of Rafah. (HA, WP 5/11)
German chancellor Olaf Scholz warns Israel against expanding the offensive in Rafah, calling it “irresponsible.” France calls on Israel to end its Rafah invasion, reopen border crossings, and return to ceasefire talks. (AJ, HA, WAFA 5/11)
6,000-8,000 people demonstrate against the participation of the Israeli contestant outside the Eurovision Song Contest venue in Malmo, Sweden. (AJ, AJ, HA, NYT 5/11)