On May 14, 2025, Palestinians mourned before the bodies of their relatives at a hospital in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip. Since Israel resumed attacks on northern Gaza on the night of May 14, Jabalia in the Gaza Strip has become the site of one of the bloodiest assaults. Hospital corridors overflowed with bodies, including women and children, killed in airstrikes, while the cries of relatives filled the compound. In addition to the 50 victims in the northern enclave, 13 people were killed in the bombing of the southern town of Khan Yunis. According to data from the Gaza Ministry of Health, since the start of the war in October 2023, more than 52,900 people, mainly children and women, have lost their lives in Gaza, and another 119,700 have been injured by the Israeli military's relentless bombardment.
Hassan, one of the victims from the Mekbel family, said that no one survived after an Israeli shell hit his sister's house. Hassan's sister and several relatives, including four children, were killed in one of the houses destroyed by Israeli bombs. Hassan stood at the door of the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, his pain and anger evident.
Emergency teams are transporting the bodies of victims from Jabalia, a northern town that has been the focus of the attacks. They have no connection with Fatah or Hamas, the secular parties that govern the Palestinian Authority. Jihad, another survivor of the Mekbel family, stood in front of the Indonesian Hospital gate, holding the body of his young nephew.
“My cousin and his children are dead,” he said, showing me the body of little Adam, who had died in the bombing along with his mother and brother. I was surprised by this news, as I had thought the situation in Gaza would improve after the release of American hostage Ethan Alexander on May 12. A boy of about five was crying because he had not been given a sedative injection. Many people waiting for treatment in the hospital were suffering the same fate.
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