Saturday, July 18, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
- Adi Ronen Argov
- Jul 18
- 2 min read
Casualties
Past 48 Hours | Since October 11, 2025 | Since October 7, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Killed | 14 | 1,144 | 73,269 |
Wounded | 60 | 3,703 | 173,811 |
Bodies recovered | 2 | 802 |
Northern Strip
1. Gunfire in the north-west of Beit Lahia: one killed.
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Al Tuffah:
◦ Gunfire while forces advance beyond the Yellow Line.
◦ Artillery fire.
2. South:
‣ Al Zeitoun:
◦ Artillery fire: 3 killed and several wounded.
◦ Airstrike.
◦ Further artillery fire: one woman killed and wounded reported.
3. West:
‣ Airstrike on an apartment in the Al Nasser neighborhood: 5 killed — parents and three of their children. A fourth child survived, having gone out to the market.
4. Center:
‣ Illumination flares struck a home in Al Daraj.
Central Strip
1. Intermittent artillery fire on the north-east of Al Bureij refugee camp.
2. Deir al-Balah:
‣ Gunfire towards the east of the city.
‣ A home bombed.
Khan Yunis District
1. North:
‣ Gunfire in Hamad: one wounded.
2. East:
‣ Massive explosions east of the city.
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, Matan Golan, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, Reuters, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Rosa News, Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, West Bank Notifications, yNet, Zirat War.
