Thursday, October 9, 2025 – The Gaza Strip
- Adi Ronen Argov
- Oct 8
- 3 min read
‣ In the past 24 hours:
◦ 11 persons killed (2 of them aid seekers), 49 wounded (13 aid seekers).
‣ Since March 18, 2025 – 13,598 persons killed, 57,849 wounded;
‣ Since May 27, 2025 – 2,615 persons killed, 19,177 wounded, all aid seekers;
‣ Since October 4, 2025 - (when “fire lessened” was declared) – 150 persons killed;
‣ Since October 7, 2023 – 67,149 persons killed, 169,890 wounded.
‣ During the day, 25 persons reported killed.
General
1. The Guardian report documents the names of 18,457 children killed (as of the end of July 2025).
2. Some time past midnight, President Donald Trump declared the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, in which hostages of both sides (48 Israelis and migrant workers, and 1,700 Palestinians uninvolved in October 7, 2023) in addition to 250 other Palestinians sentenced to long prison terms would be exchanged, Rafah crossing on both sides would be opened to let in aid, and Israeli forces retreat from Gaza City and Khan Yunis.
3. During the day the Israeli cabinet is still in discussion sessions. Forces have begun retreating, but the shelling and bombing continue as detailed below.
Northern Strip
1. Michael Mordechai Nahmani, 26-years-old from Dimona, D9 driver on military duty, killed by a sniper.
Gaza City
‣ 3 soldiers wounded in an accident of military vehicles.
1. North:
‣ Aerial bombing in Al Nafaq Street;
‣ Houses exploded in the north-west.
2. East:
‣ Artillery fire at Shuja'iya;
‣ Al Tuffah:
◦ Artillery fire;
◦ Tank fire;
◦ Aerial bombing.
3. South:
‣ Al Zeitoun:
◦ Residential building bombed in Al Sham’a;
◦ Aerial bombing.
‣ Al Sabra:
◦ Booby-trapped armored cars exploded;
◦ Artillery and machine-gun fire;
◦ Helicopter fire;
◦ Multi-story residential house bombed. 4 persons killed including 2 women, 9 wounded, 40 buried in the rubble.
4. West:
‣ Shelling from the sea of Al Rasheed Road (the shore) at people returning to Gaza City;
‣ Drone fire at Al Yarmouq School in Al Rimal, wounded persons;
‣ Al Shati refugee camp - aerial bombing during the day;
‣ Tel El Hawa:
◦ Artillery fire west of the neighborhood;
◦ Aerial bombing;
◦ Artillery fire.
5. Center:
‣ Artillery fire at Al Daraj.
Central Strip
1. Al-Musaddar – aerial bombing east of town.
2. Al Mughraqa – the army ignites a temporary base during its retreat.
3. Nuseirat refugee camp:
‣ Artillery fire at northern part of the camp;
‣ GHF center in Wadi Gaza began dismantling.
Khan Yunis district
1. North:
‣ Bombing of Hamad, one person killed.
2. West:
‣ Flares fired at Al Mawasi, wounded persons.
3. Center:
‣ Aerial bombings;
‣ 4 bodies rescued from the rubble.
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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