Sunday, August 17, 2025 – The Gaza Strip
- Adi Ronen Argov
- Aug 16
- 3 min read
‣ In the past 24 hours:
◦ 7 new cases of death by starvation, 2 of them children;
◦ 47 persons killed (14 of them aid seekers), 226 wounded (132 of them aid seekers);
‣ Since March 18, 2025 – 10,400 persons killed, 43,845 wounded;
‣ Since May 27, 2025 – 1,938 persons killed, 14,420 wounded, all aid seekers;
◦ So far, 251 persons have died of starvation, 110 of them children.
‣ Since October 7, 2023 – 51,944 persons killed, 155,886 wounded.
‣ 56 persons killed since dawn, 43 of them aid seekers.
Attacks against Israel
Northern Strip
‣ Shots fired at aid seekers near Ziqim crossing, 2 persons killed, several wounded.
1. Jabalia refugee camp – artillery fire.
Gaza City
1. West:
‣ Shots fired from the sea at the western part of town.
2. South:
‣ Al Zeitoun:
◦ Drones attack the Baptist Hospital area, 7 persons killed, several wounded;
◦ Aerial attack and artillery fire in the morning;
◦ Helicopter fire at residential buildings in the eastern part of town;
◦ House bombed, one person killed, several wounded;
◦ Heavy artillery fire in the evening.
‣ Al Sabra:
◦ House bombed near the Islamic Compound;
◦ Artillery fire, one person killed, several wounded.
Central Strip
1. Al Bureij refugee camp:
‣ Aerial bombing of eastern part of the camp;
‣ Bombing of a group of inhabitants in the camp’s Block 3, killed and wounded persons;
‣ Artillery fire in the evening in the north-east part of camp.
2. Deir al-Balah:
‣ 6 persons released from detention in Israel arrived at Al Aqsa Hospital in town:
‣ Artillery fire in the western part of town, one person killed.
3. Nuseirat refugee camp:
‣ Night artillery fire at the northern part of camp;
‣ Shots fired at aid seekers in Wadi Gaza area, one person killed, 20 wounded, 2 women among them.
Khan Yunis district
1. West:
‣ Displaced persons tents attacked east of the Tayiba Towers, 4 persons killed, several wounded, mostly children;
‣ Bombing of Al Mawasi, a girl killed, a woman wounded;
‣ Al Amal:
◦ Aerial attack;
◦ Artillery fire.
‣ Persons wounded by parachuted aid packages.
2. South:
‣ Shots fired at aid seekers in Morag Road area, 6 persons killed, dozens wounded;
‣ Residential buildings destroyed.
3. City center:
‣ Artillery fire past midnight and all day;
‣ Residential buildings destroyed.
Rafah district
1. Shots fired at aid seekers north of Rafah, 3 persons killed, several wounded;
2. Shots fired at aid seekers north-west of town, one person killed, 25 wounded.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, 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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