The Daily File

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Adi Ronen Argov2 min read

Thursday, April 17, 2025 – The Gaza Strip

General

In the past 24 hours – 40 persons killed, 73 wounded;

Since March 18, 2025 – 1, 691 persons killed, 4,464 wounded;

Since October 7, 2023 – 51,065 persons killed, 116,505 wounded.

During the night, drones bearing explosives bombed 3 sites of the Abu Ras family in Al Mawasi Khan Yunis, Al Atal family home in Beit Lahia, and Asalliya family home in Jabalia refugee camp. 24 persons killed, including 17 children (one of them a fetus), 4 women and 3 men.

General

Northern Strip

1. Beit Lahia – night bombing around Kamal Adwan Hospital. 6 persons from a single family killed.

2. Jabalia refugee camp and town:

‣ Drones bomb in the night, 7 persons from a single family killed;

‣ UNRWA school bombed by drones, 6 persons killed, children among them;

Jabalia Al Balad bombed, 3 persons killed.

3. Beit Hanoun – aerial bombing.

Gaza City

1. Al Zeitoun:

‣ Artillery fire during the night;

‣ Displaced persons tents bombed, persons wounded;

‣ Drone fire, one person killed, a girl wounded;

‣ Helicopter fire.

2. Shuja'iya:

‣ Artillery fire night and day;

‣ House demolitions;

‣ Helicopter fire.

3. Al Tuffah:

‣ Bombing, one person killed;

‣ Helicopter fire.

Central Strip

1. Nuseirat refugee camp:

‣ Artillery fire from the north;

‣ Drone fire, one person killed;

‣ Drones bomb a house.

2. Al Bureij refugee camp – night bombing.

3. Deir al-Balah – vegetable stand east of town bombed. 2 persons killed, including a girl.

Khan Yunis district

1. Al Mawasi – night bombing of displaced persons tent, 11 members of a single family including 7 children burnt alive.

2. West – displaced persons bombed in the night, 2 persons killed.

3. Abasan Al Kabira:

‣ Helicopter fire during the night;

‣ Heavy artillery fire.

4. South:

‣ Bombing in Al Salam neighborhood;

‣ Bombing in Al Manar neighborhood, 2 persons killed;

‣ Forces advance toward the town from the south.

Rafah district

‣ The city is surrounded and actually emptied of people. Houses are bombed or bulldozed.

1. North:

‣ Durin 48 hours, 12 persons were killed, including 6 children. In Khirbet Al Adas they could not be rescued due to massive shelling;

‣ Helicopter fire;

‣ Drone fire, one person 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