Event · Land & rights14 May 2018

Gaza demonstrations on 14 May 2018

مظاهرات غزة في 14 مايو 2018

Exact day14 May 2018

Gaza Strip · Gaza separation-fence protest sites

OCHA documented mass casualties during the 14 May Gaza demonstrations. Its same-day flash update and later period report are retained as separate reported accounts below.

Context & smaller events

Containment does not imply causation.

Connected people & places

Scope and evidence

This entry records only the account described in its cited sources. Read the precise references and the connected dossier for wider context; absence of a detail here is not evidence that it did not occur.

Link to this chapter

Chapter evidence

  1. Fifty-five Palestinians killed and thousands injured in Gaza ↗

    OCHA — occupied Palestinian territory · section: First paragraph: report as of 20:30 on 14 May 2018

    Link to this citation
  2. Protection of Civilians Report, 8–21 May 2018 ↗

    OCHA — occupied Palestinian territory · section: Biweekly highlights: first item, 14 May casualties

    Link to this citation

Sources & evidence

Every trace has a source.

Contextual sources are further reading. Precise supporting passages appear alongside the chapters.

document · OCHA — occupied Palestinian territory

Fifty-five Palestinians killed and thousands injured in Gaza

Contextual reference; inspect the precise citation for what is supported.

Published: 2018-05-14Consulted: 2026-09-18

Reference metadata and original summary only. No permission to copy, host, edit or autoplay source text, photographs, audio or video is asserted.

document · OCHA — occupied Palestinian territory

Protection of Civilians Report, 8–21 May 2018

Contextual reference; inspect the precise citation for what is supported.

Published: 2018-05-24Consulted: 2026-09-18

Reference metadata and original summary only. No permission to copy, host, edit or autoplay source text, photographs, audio or video is asserted.

Dates & remembrance

14 May 2018 · day

FROM THE WIDER CONTEXT TO THE PARTICULAR MOMENT

Events within events.

A larger event can contain smaller events. Follow a record, or inspect the evidence for its place in the sequence. Containment does not imply causation.

01 · Wider context

Event

Gaza demonstrations: the 2018 inquiry period

مظاهرات غزة: الفترة التي شملها تحقيق 2018

30 March–31 December 2018 · inquiry coverage

A bounded record of the Gaza demonstrations during the UN inquiry’s 2018 coverage. The closing date describes the investigation’s scope; it does not say that the demonstrations ended then.

Follow this record

02 · Closer detail

Event · YOU ARE HERE

Gaza demonstrations on 14 May 2018

مظاهرات غزة في 14 مايو 2018

14 May 2018

OCHA documented mass casualties during the 14 May Gaza demonstrations. Its same-day flash update and later period report are retained as separate reported accounts below.

Follow this record

Part of Gaza demonstrations: the 2018 inquiry period · why this link?

03 · Closer detail

Event

The shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani

إصابة طارق لوباني بالرصاص

14 May 2018 · exact time not established

Human Rights Watch reported that Tarek Loubani was shot near the Gaza separation fence on 14 May. This incident record also connects the reported rescue and subsequent documentation.

Follow this record

Part of Gaza demonstrations on 14 May 2018 · why this link?

04 · Closer detail

Event

Assistance to Loubani by Mousa Abu Hassanein

موسى أبو حسنين يُسعف لوباني

14 May 2018 · exact time not established

Loubani told Human Rights Watch that Mousa Abu Hassanein helped rescue him after he was shot. The source’s relative timing is not converted into an invented clock time.

Follow this record

Part of The shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani · why this link?

Showing a bounded neighborhood, up to three steps from this event. This is not a complete historical timeline.

EVERY RECORD IS PART OF A LARGER STORY

Follow the connections.

Back to the map ↗