In the West Bank, Israeli settlers bring their livestock to graze on Palestinian crops in Khallet al-Daba’a in the Masafer Yatta area, causing damage. Israeli settlers also throw stones at Palestinian vehicles traveling west of Hebron. Elsewhere, Israeli settlers shoot and kill a camel and steal 4 calves during a raid in Kafr al-Labad. Israeli forces, guarding Israeli settlers, shoot and injure a Palestinian man in Qusra. Israeli forces also assault several Palestinians during a raid in Husan. Elsewhere, Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian shepherd and seize several sheep in Bani Na’im. In East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers tour the Haram al-Sharif compound, including a man waiving an Israeli flag. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Nuseirat refugee camp, Jabalia refugee camp, Rafah, Gaza City, and Beit Lahiya, killing at least 82 people, including 29 people sheltering in a residential building in Nuseirat refugee camp. The Israeli military orders Palestinians to evacuate the Gaza City neighborhoods of al-Karama, Sultan, and al-Zuhur. An Israeli soldier is killed in combat. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb a car near Tyre, killing 2 people, including Hezbollah commander Hussein Ibrahim Makki. Israeli forces also bomb Odaisseh, Kfar Kila, and Khiam. Hezbollah forces fire an anti-tank missile at Adamit, killing an Israeli and injuring 4 soldiers. (AJ, AJ, AP, HA, HA, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 5/14; HA, UNOCHA 5/15; UNOCHA 5/17)
More than 35,173 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 14,520 children and 10,000 women, and around 79,061 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 10,000 people are missing in rubble, including 1,700 children. 488 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, 272 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 1,712 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. The UN says 450,000 people have fled Rafah in the past week and more than 100,000 have fled areas in northern Gaza in the past days. The European Gaza Hospital in Rafah goes out of service after depleting its fuel reserves. (AJ, AJ, AP, HA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 5/14; AJ, NYT, UNOCHA 5/15)
Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani says the ceasefire negotiation have not stopped but that they have reached a stalemate and that the Israeli invasion of Rafah has set the negotiations back. (AJ, AJ, AP 5/14)
Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calls for the resettlement of Gaza and for Israel to “encourage the voluntary departure of the [Palestinian] residents of Gaza.” Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan says the UN “has become a terrorist body.” (AJ, AP, HA, HA 5/14; AJ 5/15)
The Wall Street Journal reports that Egypt is considering downgrading its diplomatic ties with Israel due to its invasion of Rafah. (HA, WSJ 5/14)
At the UN Security Council, the Libyan, Algerian, and Russian ambassadors demand that ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan take action against Israeli leaders. (AJ 5/15)
The U.S. State Department moves a $1.2 billion military aid package to Israel to the congressional review process. The aid includes $700 million in tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles, and $60 millions in mortar rounds. U.S. president Joe Biden tells Israeli president Isaac Herzog in a letter that the U.S. support for “Israel’s security is ironclad.” (HA, NYT 5/14; AJ, AJ, HA 5/15)
EU high commissioner for foreign affairs Josep Borrell calls on Israel to end its operation in Rafah immediately, saying the continuation of the operation “would inevitably put a heavy strain” on the EU’s relationship with Israel. (AJ, AP, HA 5/15)
The ICJ says it will hold hearings on 5/16 and 5/17 on new emergency measures requested by South Africa in its genocide case against Israel. (AJ, HA 5/14)
Germany’s ban on Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta entering Schengen countries is overturned. Abu Sitta has also been denied entry to France and the Netherlands after Germany decided to ban him from entering. (AJ 5/14)
Student protesters at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley end their encampments after university administrations agree to meet with students to discuss their demands. (AJ, NYT 5/14; AJ, AP, HA, HA 5/15; NYT 5/17)
The Norwegian government proposes a revised budget which includes a quadrupling in aid to Palestinians from $24 million to $92.5 million. (AJ 5/14)