The Israeli occupation military campaign against Gaza continues unabated, now in its 581st day overall and 53rd day since resuming war after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu withdrew from ceasefire negotiations. The offensive proceeds with American military and political backing amid what observers describe as international and regional inaction.
Palestinian sources report dozens of airstrikes across Gaza as food shortages worsen following March restrictions on basic supplies, creating famine conditions throughout the enclave.
The civil defense crews survived after a building, which had been bombed by the occupation, collapsed while they were trying to retrieve the bodies of martyrs and rescue the wounded from underneath it in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/U1LXY3ZhHf
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) May 9, 2025
In the last 24 hours, attacks claimed multiple lives including Sami Nasr Abu Asr in Gaza City’s Shuja’iyya neighborhood, following the earlier deaths of his brother and son. Additional casualties occurred in Nuseirat refugee camp and Az-Zawayda in central Gaza.
Multiple fatalities were reported near Palestine Mosque in western Gaza’s Al-Rimal neighborhood. Three Palestinians died when Israeli forces targeted Samir Al-Za’anin’s home in northern Beit Hanoun, while four others, including two girls, were killed at a household appliance store near the entrance to Nuseirat camp.
Child Ayman Muhammad Hamdan Khafaja died when a tent housing displaced persons was bombed in western Khan Yunis. Seven Palestinians were killed in western Gaza City, with seven more dying when aircraft struck the Abu Hasira family fish market behind Al-Amal Hotel.
A number of Palestinians were injured and others were killed in an air strike that targeted them in Gaza city. pic.twitter.com/SeICPU0ZFu
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) May 8, 2025
Recovery teams retrieved the bodies of Basil Al-Quraan and Bahaa Attia Abu Al-Hussain, killed in previous strikes in Al-Nasr town, north of Rafah. Helicopter fire and artillery targeted Rafah, Shuja’iyya, and Al-Tuffah neighborhoods.
Additional casualties include Izz Al-Din Muhammad Mustafa Abu Jahl near Lababidi Junction, Ammar and Nahed Al-Sousi in Shuja’iyya, Muhammad Ghazi Al-Yaziji from wounds sustained in the Al-Wahda Street market attack, and 13-year-old Nour Hindi Raja Abu Ta’ima killed by artillery fire on displacement tents near Khan Yunis.
Breaking | An Israeli airstrike has just targeted a motorcycle in Abasan Al-Kabira town, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing a Palestinian and injuring others. pic.twitter.com/OJDQcjHEGx
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 8, 2025
Gaza’s Health Ministry documented 106 deaths and 367 injuries in the past 24 hours alone. The ministry reports the total casualty count since October 7, 2023, has reached 52,760 dead and 119,264 wounded, with the recent resumption of fighting adding 2,651 fatalities and 7,223 injuries. The 18-month total stands at 172,024 casualties, with additional victims trapped under rubble or in areas inaccessible to emergency responders.
Source: Agencies (edited and translated by Al-Manar English Website)
