Monday, January 5, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
General
‣ Over the past 24 hours:
◦ 2 persons killed and 5 injured.
‣ Since October 11, 2025:
◦ 422 persons killed;
◦ 1,189 persons injured;
◦ 684 bodies recovered.
‣ Since October 7, 2023 - 71,388 persons killed and 171,269 injured.
General
1. 10 detainees were released from detention in Israeli detention facilities and transferred via the Red Cross to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
Northern Strip
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Artillery fire, several persons injured;
‣ Machine-gun fire near Al-Sharfa Square, a girl injured;
‣ Tank fire in Al Tuffah, a 14-year-old boy killed.
Central Strip
1. Machine-gun fire in Al Zawaida.
2. A house that was previously shelled in Al Maghazi collapsed, a father and his 8-year-old son killed.
Khan Yunis District
1. North:
‣ Drone shoots and then bombs Al-Qarara (north-west of Khan Yunis). 3 persons killed, including a girl, and several injured, girls aged 5 and 7 among them.
2. East:
‣ Tank fire;
‣ Aerial bombing;
‣ Drone attack in Bani Suheila, A minor was injured;
‣ Buildings blown up.
Rafah District
1. Artillery fire in the east.
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
