Israel Kills Seven Palestinians in Gaza City Air Strikes on Nakba Day

On Nakba Day, Al Jazeera reported that at least seven Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in two Israeli air strikes on a residential building and a civilian vehicle in Gaza City.

“At least seven Palestinians have been killed and dozens injured in two Israeli air strikes on a residential building and a civilian vehicle in Gaza City, according to medical sources”

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz targeted “one of the architects” of the October 7 attacks, while their statement did not say whether Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed.

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza, Ibrahim Al Khalili, said the attack involved at least four missiles and that a “massive fire” engulfed the residential building.

Al Jazeera also reported that Mahmoud Basel, Gaza’s civil defence spokesman, said the missile was fired without any pre-warning or notification and that hundreds of people were living inside the residential building that was targeted.

The same Al Jazeera report tied the attack to the 78th anniversary of the Nakba and the estimated 750,000 Palestinians expelled from their homes during the 1948 war due to the creation of Israel.

Al Jazeera said that since the “ceasefire” was established last October, close to 850 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

Al Jazeera quoted Al Khalili saying many Palestinians thought the ceasefire would bring “relief”, but it continues to bring nothing but “tragedy”.

Amnesty International

In a separate account of Nakba Day, Amnesty International said the forced displacement of nearly two million Palestinians and the massive destruction of civilian property and infrastructure in the occupied Gaza Strip are highlighting Israel’s “horrific record on the displacement of Palestinians”.

Amnesty International also said that in recent days, more than 150,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip as Israel intensifies its ground and air operations in the area.

Amnesty International’s Executive Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas, said: “On this Nakba Day, the fate of Palestinians is more perilous than ever”.

Amnesty International said Nakba Day commemorates the displacement of more than 800,000 Palestinians after the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 and argued that Israel has a persistent refusal to respect their right of return for 76 years.

Amnesty International also stated that “An immediate and durable ceasefire must also be established by all parties to Gaza,” linking the call to the risk of further forced transfers of Palestinians.

In Washington, D.C., House.gov said Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) re-introduced a resolution recognizing the 78th anniversary of the Nakba and Palestinian refugees’ rights, with May 15, 2026 marking the 78th anniversary.

House.gov quoted Tlaib saying: “The Nakba never ended. Today, the Israeli apartheid regime is committing genocide in Gaza”.

House.gov further said the resolution calls on Congress to reinstate support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides live-saving humanitarian assistance to Palestinian refugees.