Israel begins Gaza ground operation, kills at least 135 in relentless bombardment
By Lyndal Rowlands 19 May 2025 AJ
Israeli forces kill 151 in Gaza, lay siege to Indonesian Hospital
- Israel’s military begins what it calls a large-scale ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 151 Palestinians on Sunday.
- In northern Gaza, the director of the Indonesian Hospital, Dr Marwan al-Sultan, says Israeli forces are “directly targeting” and laying siege to the facility, trapping some 55 people inside.
- Israel says it will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza, but it’s not clear when the supplies will enter the enclave.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 53,339 Palestinians and wounded 121,034, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
- The Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
Israel bombs Khan Younis hospital amid widespread bombardment
Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent is reporting that Israeli forces have bombed the pharmaceutical laboratory of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, as the bodies of Palestinians killed in other attacks were being brought to the hospital.
More wounded Palestinians were also being brought to the hospital at the time of the attack on the hospital, which occurred as Israeli forces launched about 30 air attacks on several areas of the city in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Photos: Palestinians pull survivors from the rubble in Jabalia [Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu]
