Brief version of the news
- Israel carried out strikes throughout the Gaza Strip during a meeting between Jake Sullivan and Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Massive shelling killed at least 28 Palestinians.
Today, White House National Security Advisor Sullivan tried to persuade the Israeli Prime Minister to limit his operation in the Gaza Strip. Washington is concerned about the large number of Palestinians killed as a result of IDF strikes and therefore insists that Tel Aviv inflict more targeted strikes on Hamas militants.
Massive Shelling of Gaza
It was during this discussion of the Israeli campaign against Hamas that the IDF launched strikes throughout the Gaza Strip. This was reported by local residents.
In particular, according to Gaza and Hamas health officials, at least 28 Palestinians were killed today, May 19. Most were killed in the strike on a house in Nuseirat in the central enclave.
Gaza's Civil Emergency Authority said rescue teams had so far recovered the bodies of 150 Palestinians killed in recent days , and 300 houses were damaged by Israeli air and ground fire.
Previously, media wrote that during the conversation between Sullivan and Netanyahu, the former will try to dissuade the latter from a full-scale attack on the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. Let us recall that on the night of May 7, the Israel Defense Forces destroyed more than 150 Hamas targets and captured the Rafah checkpoint. After this, Israeli troops made significant advances and took control of a large part of the city.
Amid disagreements over further fighting in Gaza, the United States stopped supplying Israel with ammunition. This was officially confirmed by the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin. We are talking about stopping the supply of one batch of high-power ammunition, namely 1800 bombs weighing 907 kilograms and 1700 bombs weighing 227 kilograms.
