Updates: Israel begins ‘preparations’ for new Gaza offensive as 115 killed

By Umut Uras, Virginia Pietromarchi, Urooba Jamal and Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
May 16, 2025

• Israeli air strikes have killed at least 115 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn today, with the military saying the attacks are the initial stages of its new expanded offensive.
• Health authorities say at least one person was killed and nine others were injured in Israeli strikes on the ports of Hodeidah and as-Salif in Houthi-controlled territory.
• Hamas has called on the international community to hold Israel to account for what it described as a “barbaric escalation”.
• Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 53,119 Palestinians and wounded 119,919, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
• 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.

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