News roundup for Sunday, May 10, 2026, Day 947 since Israel began its 2023 genocide on the Palestinian people.
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM GAZA:
For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.
On Mother’s Day, it is dangerous to be a woman in Gaza: According to UN Women, more than 22,000 women and nearly 16,000 girls have been killed in Gaza since October 2023.
Data from Gaza’s Government Media Office and the UN Population Fund show that more than 22,000 women have lost their husbands during the war, while around 55,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women face severe health risks amid the collapse of Gaza’s health care system and worsening malnutrition.
At least three Palestinians, including the head of the Khan Younis police investigations unit, were killed and four others wounded on Sunday in latest Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, authorities and medical sources said.
“Israeli attacks on police forces in Gaza represent a continuation of the occupation’s crimes and terrorism against our people to perpetuate the state of lawlessness, sow chaos, and hinder any efforts to recover and restore normalcy to Gaza,” Hamas said in a statement.
DEATH TOLL – GAZA GENOCIDE (tentative):
- At least 850 since ceasefire began Oct. 11, 2025
- 72,736 killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls) since October 2023
- More statistics below
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM:
Every day, Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem endure dozens of incidents like the ones below, at the hands of Israeli soldiers and/or settlers. For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)
Israeli Colonizers (i.e. Settlers) Steal 80 Sheep from Kafr Malik, Ramallah
Colonizers Destroy Agricultural Property, Seize Land in West Bank
Israeli ٍSoldiers Abduct Many Palestinians in Occupied West Bank
Army Invades West Bank Areas, Seizes Equipment
DEATH TOLL – WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM (tentative):
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM ISRAEL:
Israel is a tiny country, about the size of New Jersey, with a population smaller than the US state of Georgia – about 10 million (of which about 20 percent are Palestinians), yet it is in the news constantly. As has been demonstrated again and again, however, mainstream media rarely covers Israel news accurately. IAK gets the facts – sometimes from Israeli media sites, where we can get a glimpse inside this country that is rife with turmoil and contradictions, and that receives $63 million a day from America.
Israeli forces raided Palestinian women prisoners’ section 10 times in 2 months, group says: Women prisoners in Damon Prison faced beatings, strip searches and solitary confinement in March and April, according to Palestinian Prisoners Society.
Israeli army chief says more recruits needed ‘immediately’: “I am not preoccupied with political or legislative processes, but rather focused on the multi-front war and on defeating the enemy,” Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said. “To continue doing this, the Israeli army needs more soldiers immediately.”
Just Like Clockwork: Police Violence Is Exposed, Officers Play the Victim: An Israeli former public defender recalls how police routinely used assault claims to justify brutality, arguing the recent beating of Palestinian prosecutor Saleh Na’ameh reflects a wider culture of impunity fueled by political backing. (Original story here.)
Netanyahu concedes he bears some responsibility for Oct. 7, but says ‘everyone’ shares it
ISRAEL-US WAR/CEASEFIRE ON IRAN – NEWS & HEADLINES:
It can not be overemphasized that Israel is the impetus behind US policies and actions vis-a-vis Iran. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the US to attack Iran for decades, using lies and deception. Under President Trump, he got his wish.
The American people have made clear that they do not want the US embroiled in a war with Iran, but Israel partisans and the Israel lobby use their massive political clout to bring about whatever is beneficial to Israel – including putting the US military in harm’s way. For more background on Israel’s role in American wars, watch IAK’s short film, “The Israeli Hit List.“
Iran’s response to Trump’s offer is “totally unacceptable”: According to the Wall Street Journal, the Iranian counter-proposal suggested a shorter moratorium than Trump’s offer, the export of part of the highly enriched uranium stockpile and the dilution of the rest, and refusal to accept the dismantling of facilities. Trump responded: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘representatives’. I don’t like it – totally unacceptable.”
RELATED: Iran war ‘not over’ until enriched uranium removed: Netanyahu
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON IRAN (tentative):
- United States: 13 (or more)
- Iran: at least 3,636 (1,701 civilians, 254 children)
- Israel: 35 (16 Israeli soldiers, and 1 friendly fire – including both Iran and Lebanon-related deaths; another count shows 20 Israeli civilian deaths)
- Arab states (including Palestine, excluding Lebanon), at least 154
ISRAEL’S WAR/CEASEFIRE ON LEBANON – NEWS & HEADLINES:
Israel has invaded Lebanon seven times in the last half century. Between 1978 and 2000, Israel maintained an 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon — Hezbollah was formed to fight that occupation.
Although Israel signed a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon in November 2024, Israel has attacked Lebanon almost every day since, committing over 10,000 air and ground violations – the most violated ceasefire deal in recorded history – and killing at least 397. (Read about UNIFIL, the UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, here.)
Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours have killed 51 people, including two medical workers, the Lebanese Health Ministry says.
Israeli Drone Kills Man and 12-Year-Old Daughter in ‘Barbaric’ Double-Tap Strike: The pair were among the at least 24 people killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Saturday despite a nominal ceasefire.
Israeli forces have continued to directly target Lebanese ambulances, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, and those attacks resulted in at least two paramedics killed Sunday and five others wounded.
The US will host the third round of talks between Israel and Lebanon on 14 and 15 May, a state department official and an Israeli official told The Times of Israel.
DEATH TOLL – WAR ON LEBANON (tentative):
- Lebanon: at least 2,846 people have been killed since “ceasefire” began on March 2, 2026
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
Palantir AI technologies used in Israeli attacks, say reports
Filmmakers slam BBC after Gaza documentary wins award despite being dropped: Filmmakers behind Gaza: Doctors Under Attack used their BAFTA TV Award win on Sunday to publicly rebuke the BBC, accusing it of silencing a documentary that lays bare Israel’s assault on Gaza’s medical sector throughout the genocide. The film, originally commissioned by the BBC before being dropped last June, went on to win best current affairs program after Channel 4 stepped in to broadcast it.
Southern Cypriot EU lawmaker warns ‘Israel is buying Cyprus’ through growing land acquisitions: “The problem is that we are dependent on Israeli investment for our economy to go well,” he said, arguing that concentrated property purchases were creating “closed residential circles in specific areas.”
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Israeli soldiers say orders were to kill any man encountered in Gaza
Israeli bill seeks to scrap Oslo Accords*, block Palestinian state
Israel’s Smotrich orders the uprooting of 3,000 Palestinian trees in West Bank
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – MAY 10, 2026*:
- At least 73,892 Palestinians killed, 184,235 injured – including:
- Gaza: at least 72,736*** killed (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls), 172,535 injured
- West Bank/East Jerusalem: at least 1,156 killed (~240 children), 11,700 injured
*NOTE: Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 8,000 more are still buried under rubble (some sources put the number of missing as high as 14,000); 3,000 more are reportedly missing. Only the dead who are brought to hospitals are included in the official fatality count. Additionally, the numbers of injured are very conservative estimates.
***NOTE: The Health Ministry stated that 103 additional fatalities were recently added to the cumulative statistics after their data were verified and officially recognized by the Committee for the Accreditation of Martyrs earlier this month.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – May 10, 2026: ~1,661 – including ~1,139** on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 472 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, about 52 military and civilians (by one count, there have been 59 victims) in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel (these numbers do not include deaths from the conflicts with Lebanon or Iran).
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 282 Palestinian journalists and media workers (most recent March 9, 2026; other groups have tallied between 215 and 356 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used). Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (all on October 7, 2023).
**NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
- Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
- Group indicted for insider trading allegedly used ‘going to Israel’ as code for illegal sales
- A Conservative’s View: Trump’s War on Iran Is Destroying America
- Israel’s war on the West Bank comes for Palestinian greenhouses
- New $270 million Israeli-only roads project in the West Bank is Netanyahu’s latest bid to impose de facto annexation
- Gaza investigation: A family’s fight to find their missing relatives
- MSF: Israel’s deliberate restriction of food and aid led to alarming malnutrition levels in Gaza
- WATCH: Two Supreme Court Justices were secret agents who helped Israel cover up its attack on the USS Liberty
- Bari Weiss ‘Meddles’ With ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Story on Palestine
- Zionists Are Gunning for Your Freedom of Speech
- The horrors in Gaza continue: Here are the facts
- Israeli General Is Running a Sophisticated, Sociological Engine of Violence
- Israel has stolen $4.8 billion from Palestinians
- The pro-Israel political consensus is collapsing in both parties
- Prominent Christian Zionist Group Is Lobbying U.S. Lawmakers on Israel—Without Revealing It’s Funded by Israel
