MAP aid worker and baby son injured during Israeli strikes on Gaza City

A staff member at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and her baby son have been injured in an Israeli military airstrike on a residential area of Gaza City.

On the evening of Tuesday 26 May, a MAP programme officer sustained minor injuries when Israeli forces struck a residential building adjacent to her home. The attack also injured her baby son. Both are now in a stable condition.

On the same evening, simultaneous Israeli military attacks targeted residential apartments and other civilian sites in Gaza City. They reportedly killed six people and injured several others.

Mai Elawawda, MAP’s communications officer in Gaza, said:

These attacks come at a time that should have been marked by Eid celebrations, yet instead they are overshadowed by ongoing attacks during the so-called ‘ceasefire’.

This includes repeated ‘pre-strike warnings’ and forced evacuation orders targeting almost entire residential blocks. They are forcing dozens of families to flee their homes under extreme fear, only for these areas to be left in widespread destruction.

This pattern has continued throughout the past week, once again underscoring a stark reality: the war on Gaza has not ended.

Israeli forces have intensified strikes across multiple areas of Gaza in recent weeks. They reportedly killed 24 Palestinians between 12 and 20 May. This includes attacks on both sides of the so-called “Yellow Line”. This is the demarcation of the deployment line to where Israeli forces withdrew in accordance with the ceasefire agreement.

This shifting boundary has reached an estimated 58% of the territory. This raises serious concerns over de facto annexation and the continued shrinking of safe space for civilians and humanitarian operations.

MAP calls for genuine ceasefire

Despite the “ceasefire” agreement in October 2025, the Israeli military has since killed at least 906 Palestinians in Gaza and injured more than 2,600, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

These ongoing violations have brought the cumulative number of Palestinians Israel has killed since October 2023 to more than 72,700. This includes more than 1,700 healthcare workers and 594 aid workers.

MAP calls for urgent action to ensure the ceasefire is upheld and becomes permanent, and for civilians to be protected in line with international humanitarian law.

Governments, including the UK, must maintain meaningful pressure on Israel to bring a permanent end to its genocide. That should include halting arms transfers and ensuring accountability.

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