Thursday, October 16, 2025 – The Gaza Strip
General
‣ In the past 24 hours:
◦ 29 persons killed (22 bodies rescued from the rubble, 3 died of wounds),
10 wounded.
‣ Since the October 11, 2025 cease fire agreement:
◦ 23 persons killed;
◦ 122 wounded;
◦ 381 bodies rescued.
‣ Since October 7, 2023 – 67,967 persons killed, 170,179 wounded.
General
1. The bodies of hostages Inbar Heiman and Mohammad Al Atrash were identified. 19 hostage bodies remain in the Gaza Strip.
2. 30 bodies of Palestinians were returned. So far, 120 bodies have been returned without a name list and unidentified, and only 4 were identified.
Reports include signs of abuse and starvation, amputations as a result of lengthy shackling, shackled hand and foot, blindfolded, signs of hanging and close-range shots fired after their arrests, fractures, some of the bodies trampled by tanks. The Guardian writes about this.
3. The military court extended the detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, for additional 6 months as an “illegal combatant”, without an indictment sheet or trial.
‣ Most of the shootings during the day are near the “yellow line” defined by Israel as uncrossable.
Gaza City
Central Strip
1. Shooting at the eastern part of Al Bureij refugee camp, one person killed.
Khan Yunis district
1. Drone fire at Bani Suheila during the day, one person killed, wounded persons.
2. Abasan Al Kabira – bombing, 2 persons killed, impossible to rescue.
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
