Sunday, October 19, 2025 – The Gaza Strip

‣ In the past 24 hours:

◦ 18 persons killed (10 of them bodies rescued from the rubble), 3 wounded.

‣ Since October 11,2025:

◦ 25 persons killed;

◦ 146 wounded;

◦ 414 bodies rescued from the rubble.

‣ Since October 7, 2023 – 68,159 persons killed, 170,203 wounded.

‣ 45 persons killed since daybreak.

General

1. Another 15 bodies returned from Israel to the Gaza Strip via the Red Cross. The total number of bodies returned to the Gaza Strip has risen to 150. Some of the bodies show signs of beatings, shackling and blindfolding.

2. The families of doctors incarcerated in Israeli prisons have begun protest and demand of international organizations to help free their family members.

3. The Communications Bureau of Gaza reports that since signing the ceasefire agreement on October 11^th, Israel has violated it 47 times, killing 38 persons and wounding 143.

4. Following anti-tank fire at an Israeli army force in Rafah in which 2 Israeli soldiers were killed (report below in Rafah district section), the Israeli army has launched an attack from Beit Lahia in the north to Rafah in the south. The Israeli government has instructed closing the crossings and preventing the passage of aid to the Strip. Closure of the crossings and prevention of aid were annulled thanks to American pressure, and the Israeli army ceased its attacks around 9 p.m.

Northern Strip

1. Beit Lahia – aerial bombings near Kamal Adwan Hospital, 2 persons killed.

2. Jabalia refugee camp and town – 3 aerial strikes, 2 persons killed and several wounded.

Gaza City

1. East:

‣ Artillery fire at the eastern part of town;

‣ Shuja'iya – shots fired at inhabitants trying to return home;

‣ Al Tuffah – aerial bombing.

2. West:

‣ Shelling of the Israel military navy at the western parts of town;

‣ Al Rimal:

◦ A drone attacks a group of inhabitants near Al-Shifa Hospital compound, 2 persons killed;

◦ Bombing of a residential apartment, 2 persons killed, several wounded.

Central Strip

1. Al Bureij refugee camp:

‣ Artillery fire;

‣ House bombed near the Great Mosque, 4 persons killed, several wounded and missing;

2. Deir al-Balah – aerial bombing, 3 persons killed, many wounded.

3. Al Zawaida:

‣ Aerial bombing of a group of inhabitants, 6 persons killed, several woundedl

‣ Aerial bombing in the western part of town, 2 persons killed including a journalist, several wounded;

‣ House bombed near Al Sawarha School, 3 persons killed, several wounded.

4. Al Maghazi refugee camp:

‣ Artillery fire;

‣ Aerial bombing.

5. Nuseirat refugee camp:

‣ Several air strikes, wounded persons;

‣ Aerial attack of a cell phone charging station inside Al Ahali Clun at camp, 2 persons killed and several wounded;

‣ Aerial bombing of displaced persons in Al Saradi School at camp, 4 persons killed, several wounded including women and children;

‣ Displaced persons encampment bombed near Nawairi Hill;

‣ Artillery fire at garbage dump in the western part of camp, a child killed, several wounded;

‣ Displaced persons encampment bombed near Hamza Mosque, 6 persons killed, several wounded;

‣ House bombed on Court Street at camp. Fire breaks out, persons caught in it, killed and wounded.

Khan Yunis district

‣ Drones fly over works of digging and rescuing bodies throughout the district.

1. North:

‣ Displaced persons encampment bombed, 3 persons killed - 2 children and a woman, several wounded.

2. East:

‣ Abasan Al Kabira – artillery fire;

‣ Fire belt at dusk.

3. West:

‣ Al Mawasi – drone attack.

Rafah district

1. Anti-tank fire at Israeli soldiers. 2 killed:

◦ Major Yaniv Kula, 26-years-old from Modi'in;

◦ First Sergeant Itai Yabetz, 21-years-old from Modi'in.

‣ Another soldier was badly wounded in the same event.

2. Aerial bombing in the evening.

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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.