Saturday, October 18, 2025 – The Gaza Strip
- Adi Ronen Argov
- Oct 17
- 2 min read
‣ In the past 24 hours:
◦ 29 persons killed (23 of them rescued from the rubble), not including the members of the two families, killed yesterday and the bodies not yet rescued. 143 wounded;
‣ Since October 11, 2025 (date ceasefire agreemen went into effect) – 27 persons killed, 143 wounded;
‣ Since October 7, 2023 – 68,116 persons killed (including 120 whose registration is now complete), 170,200 wounded;
‣ 404 dead bodies rescued from the rubble so far.
General
1. The body of Eliyahu (Churchill) Margalit from Nir Oz was returned.
‣ Two more unidentified bodies were returned in the evening;
‣ The number of dead Israeli captives still remaining in the Gaza Strip is 16.
2. Israel has returned 15 more Palestinian bodies to the Gaza Strip. The number of bodies returned is now 135. Identification is very difficult.
3. Netanyahu announces that Rafah crossing will remain closed until further notice.
‣ Since October 10th, a total of 153 aid trucks entered the Strip. The daily recommended number of trucks is 600.
Gaza City
1. Shelling from the sea of fishermen in the Gaza Port.
2. A drone bombs houses in Al Tuffah.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, 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 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, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, yNet, Zirat War.
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