Thursday, April 9, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

Adi Ronen Argov
Apr 9
2 min read

General

1. Fourteen detainees released from detention facilities in Israel through Kerem Shalom Crossing were transferred by the Red Cross to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

Casualties

	Over the past 24 hours	Since October 11, 2025	Since October 7, 2023
Killed	2	738	72,317
Injured	21	2,056	172,158
Bodies retrieved		759

Northern Strip

1. Gunfire during classes at a tent being used as a school in Beit Lahia - a 9-year-old girl killed.

2. Jabalia refugee camp:

‣ fire toward a vehicle in the Halawa displaced persons camp, injured, including a woman in critical condition;

‣ drone strike, 2 killed.

Gaza City

1. Artillery fire on the east of the city.

Central Strip

1. Artillery fire on Al Bureij refugee camp.

2. Fire in the east of Al Maghazi refugee camp, injured.

3. Homes set on fire in areas the army advanced into recently.

Khan Yunis District

1. East:

‣ homes blown up.

2. West:

‣ Al Mawasi, Khan Yunis - drone fire, one person killed while hunting birds.

3. Center:

‣ bombing in Hamed Square, one person killed.

Rafah District

1. Drone strike, one person killed.

Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, 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), Rosa News, Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, West Bank Notifications, yNet, Zirat War.