Tuesday, May 12, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
General
1. Testimonies, reports and articles on sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention facilities:
‣ “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians” / Nicholas Kristof - The New York Times (or in PDF format here);
‣ “The backlash to revelations of sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners aims to raise the cost of speaking out” / Yuli Novak - The Guardian;
‣ “Another Genocide Behind Walls” - report by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
2. The law to place Palestinian participants in the October 7, 2023 massacre before a special tribunal in a military court, with the option of the death penalty, passed by an overwhelming majority of 93 Knesset members (out of 120), including members of The Democrats party. 250 prisoners are defined as such.
3. A Nakba commemoration rally is being held in Gaza City.
Casualties
| During the past 24 hours | Since October 11, 2025 | Since October 7, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | 2 | 856 | 72,742 |
| Injured | 10 | 2,463 | 172,565 |
| Bodies retrieved | 770 |
Northern Strip
1. A drone bombed Jabalia refugee camp while opening fire simultaneously.
Gaza City
Central Strip
1. A drone bombed east of Al Bureij refugee camp.
2. Artillery fire on Al Maghazi refugee camp.
3. Bombing on Salah Al Din Road east of Nuseirat refugee camp, one person killed and others injured.
Khan Yunis District
1. East:
‣ Heavy machine-gun fire on homes;
‣ Airstrike.
Sources
Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War
