Overview

• Israeli airstrikes on the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in Gaza City on May 26 killed at least 36 people, including 18 children, as displaced families slept.
• The Israel Defense Forces asserted the school had been repurposed as a command and control center for Hamas and Islamic Jihad without providing supporting evidence.
• Hamas engaged with a US special envoy’s proposal offering a 70-day truce in exchange for the release of ten Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees.
• An army spokesperson announced plans for an “unprecedented attack” aimed at destroying militant capabilities and expanding Israeli control over Gaza.
• The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed by Israel and the United States, is set to launch an aid distribution system despite opposition from UN agencies and persistent shortages of food, medicine, and fuel.