The Daily File

So that we won't say we didn't know

Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Monday, August 18, 2025 – The Gaza Strip

General

In the past 24 hours:

◦ 5 more cases of death by starvation, 2 of them children;

◦ 60 persons killed (27 of them aid seekers), 344 wounded (281 aid seekers);

Since March 18, 2025 – 10,460 persons killed, 44,189 wounded;

Since May 27, 2025 – 1,965 persons killed, 14,701 wounded, all aid seekers;

◦ So far, 263 persons have died of starvation, 112 of them children.

Since October 7, 2023 – 62,004 persons killed, 156,230 wounded.

‣ In 3 days, 260 aid trucks have been let into the Gaza Strip, out of 1,800 trucks needed;

‣ In 22 days, 1,937 aid trucks have been let into the Gaza Strip, out of 13,200 needed:

◦ Namely, Israel lets the entry of less than 15% of the aid trucks needed.

‣ Most of these aid trucks are looted or robbed.

Northern Strip

1. An aid package falls on a displaced persons tent, one person killed.

2. Massive aerial bombing in the eastern part of Jabalia Al Balad.

3. Shots fired at people waiting for aid in the north-west, 2 persons killed, 53 wounded.

Gaza City

1. West:

‣ Helicopter fire in Al Shati refugee camp.

2. East:

‣ Explosion and destruction of houses by booby trapped robots in Shuja'iya;

Al Tuffah:

◦ Bombing, one person killed;

◦ Another bombing, 3 persons killed.

3. South:

‣ Artillery fire at Al Zeitoun;

Al Sabra:

◦ Artillery fire in the south;

◦ Explosion and destruction of houses by booby-trapped robots;

◦ Aerial bombing near Abu Bakar Mosque, wounded persons;

◦ Aerial bombing, 2 persons killed, a journalist among them;

◦ Another aerial bombing, one woman killed;

◦ Artillery fire.

4. Center:

‣ Bombing of Al Daraj, 3 persons killed, including a girl.

Central Strip

1. Al Bureij refugee camp:

‣ Massive aerial bombing during the day.

2. Deir al-Balah – shots fired at aid seekers in the east, 2 persons killed.

3. Nuseirat refugee camp:

‣ Helicopter attack, one woman killed, wounded persons;

‣ Shots fired at aid seekers in Wadi Gaza, 10 persons wounded;

‣ Another shooting at aid seekers in Wadi Gaza, 22 persons wounded.

Khan Yunis district

1. West:

Al Amal:

◦ Aerial bombing during the day;

◦ Artillery fire, one person killed.

2. Center:

‣ Aerial bombing.

Rafah district

1. Shots fired at aid seekers in the north, 5 persons killed.


Sources

Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War