Key takeaways: At least five people, including an infant, have died at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City due to power outages caused by heavy bombardment…
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Thousands of Palestinians have been forced to flee from around Gaza City's main hospital due to a series of strikes, with the Palestinian death toll from the war surpassing 11,000. Israel has opened a window for safe passage, allowing thousands of Palestinians to stream onto Gaza's only highway and flee the combat zone, however many are uncertain of what the future holds.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to accept calls for a cease-fire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, despite mounting pressure from the United States and other countries. Israeli ground forces have pushed into the densely populated Palestinian territory, causing immense destruction and loss of life, with the UN estimating 230 Palestinians killed, including 65 children, and 12 Israeli deaths, including two children. Hamas militants have prepared for years to fight street by street using a vast network of tunnels.
A new survey shows that Joe Biden's support has dropped significantly among Muslim and Arab Democrats in Michigan, a key swing state in 2020. This lends credence to warnings from community leaders that Biden's handling of the war in Gaza could cost him the state. In Gaza, the situation is dire with no access to basic necessities and a third total internet outage.
Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip have resulted in multiple civilian casualties, prompting international uproar and calls for an immediate end to the violence. In response, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called it “shocking and crazy” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended Amihai Eliyahu, a member of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, who had suggested dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip. Israel’s military has offered a three-hour window for residents to flee south.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency is providing support to 89 bakeries in Gaza to provide bread to 1.7 million people, as the average Palestinian is living on two pieces of bread. Israel's military recently carried out a deadly strike in Gaza City, resulting in at least 15 deaths and dozens of injuries. The UNRWA's efforts come at a time of increased violence and destruction in the region.
At least 15 people have been killed and 70 injured in an attack on a refugee camp school in Gaza City, according to the Gaza health ministry. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Jordan to meet with key Middle East leaders in an attempt to ease the plight of civilians caught in the fighting, which has killed over 200 people in Gaza and 10 people in Israel since May 10th. The United Nations has called for an immediate ceasefire.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza. Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, has attacked Israeli military positions in northern Israel, raising fears of a regional conflict. Blinken is providing $130 million in additional aid to the Palestinians, including $40 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and $15 million in aid to the Gaza Strip.