Wednesday, May 13, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

1. UN Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Gilles Michaud was briefly detained upon his arrival yesterday at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv and questioned by Israeli authorities for approximately 45 minutes regarding a previous official visit conducted in August 2025 that had been coordinated in advance with Israeli authorities. Shin Bet personnel confiscated his passport and transferred him to a waiting area, treatment he later described as “exceptional” for a UN official. In response, he canceled his planned meetings in Israel and said he had never encountered such treatment from the authorities of any country during his UN service.

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2. Approximately 50 patients and their companions who were supposed to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad have been stranded since noon near the Rafah crossing due to obstacles imposed by the Israeli army to their passage. The European team accompanying them left the area, and they remained without care or food.

3. Thirteen detainees released from detention facilities in Israel were transferred by the Red Cross to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

‣ No casualty figures reported over the past 24 hours.

1. Beit Lahia - gunfire, five injured, most of them children.

2. Jabalia refugee camp:

‣ drone strike, injured;

‣ sniper fire, one injured;

‣ artillery fire before midnight.

1. East:

‣ tank fire in the evening.

2. South:

‣ Al Sabra - drone strike, a minor injured.

3. West:

‣ artillery fire, injured.

1. Al Bureij refugee camp:

‣ recycling wooden planks from aid pallets to make desks and chairs for Abu Hilu School, affiliated with UNRWA;

‣ artillery fire in the evening.

2. Juhor Ad-Dik - artillery fire.

3. Deir al-Balah - hundreds of displaced people fled due to clashes between militias cooperating with the Israeli army and Hamas south-east of the city.

1. East:

‣ artillery fire on Bani Suheila.