section_path: War in Israel and Gaza/Renewed Israeli offensive (May 2025–present)
section_name: Renewed Israeli offensive (May 2025–present)
paragraph_text: Renewed Israeli offensive (May 2025–present)
  
  On 3 May, Israel announced its plans to expand the Gaza offensive and mobilized thousands of reservists. On 7 May, World Central Kitchen said it was forced to stop food distribution in Gaza because it ran out of supplies. On 8 May, two Israeli airstrikes on the last restaurant in Gaza City and a simultaneous strike on a crowded nearby market killed at least 33 people. At least 143 people were killed in Gaza on 15 May, making it the deadliest day of the war since the end of the ceasefire in March. On 13 May 2025, Israeli airstrikes struck the compound of the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis and the surrounding area, killing at least 28 people and injuring at least 40 others. Israel claimed to have killed Mohammed Sinwar and Muhammad Shabana in the strike, although this was denied by Hamas.
  
  On 16 May, Israel announced the launch of Operation Gideon's Chariots, a military offensive aimed at taking control of the entire Gaza Strip. The move was widely condemned by several of Israel's allies, a number of whom threatened sanctions. On 25 May, an Israeli airstrike on the Fahmi al-Jawjawi school in Daraj, Gaza City, killed at least 36 people—including 18 children and six women—and injured over 55. In late May a new militia in Gaza, Popular Forces, began operating under the authority of the Abu Shabab clan in opposition to Hamas. Avigdor Lieberman accused Netanyahu and the Israeli government of funding and arming this militia. On 27 May, the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operations in Tel al-Sultan to deliver humanitarian aid. As thousands of starving Palestinians overwhelmed the distribution center, Israeli forces fired into the crowd, killing ten and injuring at least 62 Palestinians. In a series of subsequent attacks on aid seekers, more than 400 were killed.