Israel's Attacks on Gaza and Developments Regarding Gaza (2026)

Israel’s Attacks on Gaza and Developments in Gaza (2026) encompass military humanitarian and demographic developments in the Gaza Strip during the third year of the large-scale offensive launched by the Israeli military in October 2023.

^{Daily life in Han Yunus 5 January 2026 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

The Israeli military launched large-scale air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip on 7 October 2023. These attacks have continued for more than two years resulting in the extensive destruction of civilian settlements health facilities and infrastructure. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported in its report dated 31 December 2025 that since October 2023 a total of over 72000 Palestinians have lost their lives in Gaza the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Ninety-eight percent of these fatalities occurred in the Gaza Strip.

The year 2025 was marked by intensified hostilities. It was reported that 90 percent of homes in Gaza had been destroyed and over 1.5 million Palestinians were forced to survive in makeshift tents. During the same period over 100000 Palestinians were compelled to flee Gaza.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics end-of-year 2025 report only 19 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remained partially operational due to Israeli attacks. Approximately 18000 injured in Gaza are awaiting medical treatment and 60000 pregnant women face severe risks in accessing healthcare. Ninety-five percent of Gaza’s population lacks access to clean drinking water. Educational institutions were largely destroyed: 179 schools were completely demolished and 218 schools were bombed or damaged. All 63 universities in the region were destroyed. In Israeli attacks 18979 students lost their lives of whom 18863 were killed in Gaza.

It was reported that the total bed capacity of Gaza’s hospitals was approximately 2000 and insufficient to meet the region’s healthcare needs. Access to basic necessities such as clean water electricity food and medicine was nearly completely cut off.

^{Homes destroyed in Israeli attacks in Nuseyrat 3 January 2025 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

A ceasefire came into effect in Gaza on 19 January 2025 implemented one day before U.S. President Donald Trump assumed office following pressure from the United States on Tel Aviv. During the ceasefire period mutual prisoner exchanges took place for six weeks. Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their areas within Gaza. During the ceasefire weeks mass graves were discovered in the courtyard of Shifa Hospital and in the northern area of Beit Lahiya. Evidence was found indicating that some victims had their hands bound and were shot at close range. Some corpses were recorded as having been crushed by armored vehicles.

Israel refused to participate in negotiations for the second phase of the ceasefire scheduled to begin on 3 February 2025. On 2 March 2025 it completely halted humanitarian aid entry into Gaza and on 18 March it broke the ceasefire and launched renewed attacks on Gaza. In the first 48 hours of these attacks over 500 Palestinians lost their lives most of them women and children.

^{Daily life in Gaza 2 January 2026 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

The Israeli military expanded its ground occupation from 18 March 2025. Regional evacuation threats were issued forcing civilians to relocate to smaller areas within Gaza. Simultaneously Israel’s suspension of humanitarian aid triggered famine and scarcity in Gaza. According to UN data between May and October 2025 2615 Palestinians attempting to access aid at Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) centers lost their lives.

The GHF centers established through a joint initiative by Israel and the United States were presented to the international community as humanitarian aid points yet incidents were recorded of attacks using tanks and rifles near these centers. Armed attacks on aid trucks and civilians gathered outside food distribution points were also documented. Israel was reported to have monopolized aid distribution. In August 2025 the UN officially declared the city of Gaza a famine zone.

^{Hot meals are distributed to displaced people in Gaza 2 January 2026 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

On 23 March 2025 an Israeli air strike in the Rafah area killed 15 healthcare workers. After no contact could be established with the first team the Palestinian Red Crescent sent a second ambulance group which also came under attack. Footage showed workers in medical vests being directly targeted as they exited their vehicles. Israeli forces buried the ambulances and medical personnel in mass graves. Autopsy findings confirmed that some healthcare workers were killed by close-range gunfire to the head and chest.

Throughout 2025 international media access to Gaza was denied and only Palestinian journalists reported on developments on the ground. During this period journalists were targeted and numerous media personnel were killed.

• On 24 March 2025 Al Jazeera correspondent Husam Shabat was killed in northern Gaza.
• On 10 August 2025 Al Jazeera correspondent Enes Sharif was killed in an attack on the tent where he was stationed in the courtyard of Shifa Hospital. In the same attack four journalist colleagues and two civilians also died totaling seven fatalities.
• At Nasser Hospital Reuters cameraman Hussam el-Masri was killed. A second attack was carried out on the same location during rescue operations resulting in the deaths of five additional Palestinian journalists.
• Israel acknowledged that “a mistake was made” in some of these attacks and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted the Nasser Hospital attack was “a mistake.”

A total of over 50 Palestinian journalists were killed. It was reported that from 7 October 2023 to the end of 2025 over 250 media workers lost their lives.

On 10 October 2025 a ceasefire agreement was signed under the guarantees of Turkey Egypt and Qatar. Despite the ceasefire remaining in force Israel violated it approximately 1000 times during this period. These violations resulted in 414 Palestinians killed and over 1100 injured.

During the ceasefire process the area known as the “Yellow Line” covering 52 percent of Gaza came under Israeli occupation. On 13 October mutual prisoner exchanges took place with Hamas releasing 20 Israeli prisoners and Israel releasing 1900 Palestinians. However Palestinian political leaders Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat and Dr. Husam Abu Safiye Chief of Staff at Kemal Adnan Hospital were not released.

By the end of this period the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsened due to infrastructure destruction and winter conditions. Over 1.5 million of the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza continued to live in tents.

^{Thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians return from the south to their northern lands 2025 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

Throughout 2025 Israel carried out numerous targeted assassination operations against military and political figures in Gaza. On 24 March 2025 Hamas political bureau member Ismail Berhum was killed in an Israeli air strike on Nasser Hospital in Han Yunus. On 15 July 2025 Hamas member of the Palestinian Legislative Council Muhammad Faraj al-Goul was killed in a targeted assassination in Gaza. On 19 July 2025 Colonel Omar Said Akl Director of the Nuseirat Police Center in central Gaza was killed in another Israeli attack. On 13 December 2025 Kassam Brigades commander Raid Saad (Abu Muaz) was killed in an Israeli air strike that violated the ceasefire.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics end-of-year 2025 report over 72000 Palestinians have lost their lives since 7 October 2023 in Gaza the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Ninety-eight percent of these deaths occurred in the Gaza Strip. Among those killed in Gaza were 18592 children and 12400 women. Additionally over 171000 Palestinians were injured and approximately 11000 were reported missing. Due to Israeli attacks over 100000 Palestinians were forced to flee Gaza. As a result of forced displacement and fatalities Gaza’s population declined by 10.6 percent. At the end of 2025 the Palestinian population stood at approximately 5.56 million of whom 3.43 million lived in the West Bank and 2.13 million in Gaza.

According to 2025 statistics released by the Gaza government’s Media Office direct economic losses across 15 vital sectors exceeded 33 billion U.S. dollars. Agriculture livestock and fishing sectors were nearly entirely wiped out. Approximately 178000 dunums of agricultural land representing over 80 percent of total farmland were damaged. 1000 water wells and 500 agricultural and livestock farms were destroyed.

In infrastructure terms over 700 water wells 3080 kilometers of power lines and 400 kilometers of water and sewage networks were destroyed. Throughout 2025 the Israeli military conducted attacks on Gaza using over 112000 tons of explosives. As a result 90 percent of Gaza’s infrastructure was destroyed and 55 percent of the territory was occupied by military force.

^{Water crisis in Gaza under Israeli attacks 1 January 2026 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

During Israeli operations in Gaza throughout 2025 106400 homes were completely destroyed 66000 homes rendered unusable and 41000 homes partially damaged. 213000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes. In total approximately 2 million people were displaced in Gaza. The Israeli military also targeted 87 shelters.

As a result of Israeli attacks 22 hospitals in Gaza have been taken out of service. 211 ambulances and 23 civil defense vehicles were targeted. The remaining hospitals have a capacity of approximately 2000 beds which is insufficient for the over 18000 injured in the region. In the attacks over 1000 students 88 teachers and 45 academics lost their lives. Ninety-five percent of educational institutions were damaged; 30 educational buildings were completely destroyed and 39 partially destroyed.

In Gaza 34 mosques were completely destroyed and 100 mosques partially damaged. Three churches were targeted multiple times. Additionally 21 of 60 cemeteries were completely obliterated in the attacks.

^{Daily life in Gaza 2 January 2026 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

The ceasefire agreement signed on 10 October 2025 under the guarantees of Turkey Egypt and Qatar remained in effect. It was announced that U.S. President Donald Trump would reveal his “Day After Gaza” plan on 15 January 2026. Initial public information about the plan focused on deploying an International Stability Force in Gaza and reorganizing the region’s administrative structure. The composition of military forces and governance model remain unclear. Uncertainty persists regarding the transition process the mechanism for implementing the ceasefire and the governance structure of Gaza.

According to a statement by the Gaza Ministry of Health on 1 January 2026 the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 reached 71271 and the number of injured reached 171233.

Since the ceasefire began 416 people have been killed and 1153 injured in attacks. On 1 January the Ministry reported that in the previous 24 hours two Palestinians were killed and six injured. The eastern part of Gaza City the Bureij Refugee Camp the eastern part of Rafah and the neighborhoods of Zeitoun and Shuja’iyya were subjected to artillery and aerial bombardment. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles conducted reconnaissance flights in tandem with the bombardments.

Cibaliya al-Nazla region saw the death of a child named Ahmed al-Shindaghi from Israeli gunfire. Several other civilians were reported injured. According to military sources the Israeli military continues to maintain control over areas in the north east and south of the Gaza Strip. This indicates that more than 50 percent of Gaza’s territory is effectively under occupation. Local authorities in Gaza reported that Israeli aerial attacks have focused particularly on residential areas infrastructure and main transportation routes making evacuation and humanitarian access more difficult.

On 2 January 2026 the Israeli military targeted the northern part of the Gaza Strip the Bureij Refugee Camp in the central region and the eastern areas of the city of Han Yunus with aerial and ground attacks. According to eyewitnesses Israeli artillery units conducted heavy bombardments on the Zeitoun and Shuja’iyye neighborhoods in eastern Gaza City. At the same time Israeli fighter jets carried out two aerial attacks on the eastern side of the Bureij Refugee Camp.

Han Yunus’ eastern districts were also subjected to Israeli artillery fire with explosion sounds heard across different parts of the city. No information on casualties or injuries was available because the targeted areas were under Israeli military occupation.

Gaza government officials announced that the Israeli military had violated the ceasefire agreement that entered into force on 10 October 2025 969 times. These attacks resulted in 418 Palestinians killed and numerous injuries.

On the same days an Israeli Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) targeted a tent housing displaced Palestinians in the Beit Lahiya area. The Gaza Civil Defense General Directorate reported that four people were injured three of whom were in critical condition. Other injured individuals were also reported at the site.

On 1 January 2026 Israeli authorities decided to suspend the operations of 53 international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for failing to renew their registration. Under this decision these organizations were required to close their offices in Gaza and East Jerusalem and submit personal information of their staff to Israeli authorities for a “security investigation.”

The United Nations Spokesperson’s Office responded to this decision stating “The Secretary-General expresses deep concern over the Israeli authorities’ decision to suspend the operations of various international NGOs operating in occupied Palestinian territories.” The statement emphasized that humanitarian aid work is “indispensable” and warned that such restrictions could “undermine the fragile progress in Gaza.”

Despite the ongoing ceasefire the Israeli military carried out aerial bombardments and artillery attacks on many areas of the Gaza Strip on 7 January 2026. According to eyewitness accounts Israeli artillery targeted neighborhoods in eastern Gaza City while military vehicles simultaneously opened fire on the area. The southern Gaza city of Han Yunus and the central city of Deir al-Balah were also bombed by warplanes.

The Israeli military carried out an airstrike on the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City. Local sources reported that two Palestinians were killed and three injured in an attack on a house. The Israeli military claimed in its statement that “Hamas-affiliated forces fired at Israeli troops stationed in the northern Gaza Strip.” The statement further asserted that in a joint operation with the Israeli internal intelligence service Shin Bet a “leading figure in Hamas was targeted and was planning attacks against Israeli soldiers.”

A person was injured by a bomb dropped from a Quadcopter-type Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle in the Tuffah neighborhood of eastern Gaza City. Health sources confirmed the injured person was taken to Baptist Hospital. Eyewitnesses stated that the bomb struck a home belonging to the Battash family and that after the attack civil defense teams intervened to extinguish the resulting fire.

It was reported that the area where the attack occurred was one of the zones from which the Israeli military was supposed to withdraw under the ceasefire agreement that entered into force on 10 October 2025. The Gaza Ministry of Health announced that as of 7 January the death toll had risen to 71391 and the number of injured to 171279. On the same day the Israeli military also demolished numerous buildings in areas under its control in eastern Gaza City.

On 8 January 2026 the Israeli military launched attacks targeting tents and schools in various areas of the Gaza Strip. According to eyewitnesses and health sources the attacks were concentrated in the Han Yunus and Cibaliya regions. In the Cibaliya Refugee Camp in northern Gaza Israeli fighter jets struck an area where displaced civilians were sheltered. Seven Palestinians including two children were killed and 11 injured. The injured were transported to local hospitals.

Han Yunus’ eastern tent areas were also hit by aerial attacks resulting in widespread destruction. Gaza Ministry of Health officials stated that civil defense teams were working to reach people trapped under rubble. On the same day 11-year-old Hamsa Nidal Husu was killed by Israeli gunfire in the city of Cibaliya. The area where the incident occurred lies within northern neighborhoods previously targeted by Israeli ground operations.

As of 8 January the Gaza Ministry of Health reported a total death toll of 71395 and 171287 injured. The ministry stated that in the previous 24 hours four people were killed and eight injured.

9 January 2026 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke at the opening session of the 13th term of the Fatah Movement Revolutionary Council in Ramallah. In his address Abbas rejected any division of Gaza and emphasized that the Palestinian state is a single and indivisible geographical and political entity encompassing Gaza the West Bank and East Jerusalem. He stated that his priorities were ensuring a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and immediate access for humanitarian aid.

The Palestinian leader noted that the second phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan must be implemented and that this phase envisages Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza Hamas transferring governance and the establishment of a temporary administrative committee under the Palestinian Authority. Abbas explained that this process aims for “reconstruction without forced displacement” and to “launch a political process based on the Arab Peace Initiative with international legitimacy.”

Abbas also declared that 2026 would be the “Year of Palestinian Democracy” and announced that local elections would be held in April and that elections for the Fatah Congress and the Palestinian National Council would take place later in the year. He stated that general elections would be held simultaneously in Gaza the West Bank and East Jerusalem “when suitable conditions are established.”

On the same day Jonathan Fowler Senior Communications Manager of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) commented on Israel’s restrictions on international NGOs’ access to Gaza. Fowler said “There was great hope at the start of the ceasefire. (...) This did not happen and it is tragic shocking and unacceptable.”

Fowler stated that the situation in Gaza remains “still catastrophic” and that Israel’s new registration rules for international organizations have “complicated humanitarian operations rather than facilitated them.” Fowler emphasized “This is not Israeli territory but an occupied territory.”

Fowler also addressed the plight of children in Gaza noting that “The situation of children in Gaza continues to be horrifying in every respect.” He stated that children are the most affected group under famine-like conditions and that “Gaza is the region in the world with the highest number of children suffering limb loss.”

Fowler further noted that UNRWA’s direct operations were not affected by Israel’s new registration rules for international NGOs but added “This is part of a broader context aimed not at facilitating humanitarian operations but at making them more complex.” He stressed the importance of international NGOs on the ground stating “What Gaza needs now is not restrictions but an increase in humanitarian aid as hoped for at the start of the ceasefire.”

UNRWA officials warned that such restrictions could have “global consequences” and stated that Israel’s continued application of these measures “constitutes a critical turning point in terms of international law.”

9 January 2026 morning saw the Israeli military continuing aerial and artillery attacks targeting the northern part of Gaza City the eastern part of the Bureij Refugee Camp in the central region and the eastern areas of the city of Han Yunus. It was reported that Israeli fighter jets attacked the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City and that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were flying intensively in the area. Two separate aerial attacks were also carried out on the eastern side of the Bureij Refugee Camp where agricultural land is located.

Han Yunus’ eastern areas were subjected to intense artillery fire in the early morning. A series of explosions were heard in the region and Israeli military vehicles were observed firing intermittently. The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that in the previous 24 hours 14 Palestinians were killed and 17 injured. Including bodies recovered from the rubble the total death toll rose to 71409 and the number of injured to 171304. Since the ceasefire began it was reported that 439 people have been killed 1223 injured and 688 bodies recovered from the rubble.

On 10 January 2026 a large demonstration was held in Stockholm Sweden protesting Israeli attacks on Gaza and U.S. military intervention in Venezuela. Hundreds gathered at Odenplan Square condemning the Israeli military’s violations of the ceasefire that began on 10 October 2025. The protest was organized at the call of numerous civil society organizations.

Demonstrators carried banners reading “Children are being killed in Gaza” “End food shortages in Palestine” “No war in Venezuela yes to peace” and “Stop American imperialism.” Participants demanded an end to Israeli attacks on Gaza and the release of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. Swedish activist Sigrun Meder told Anadolu Ajansı “While a so-called ceasefire exists in Gaza we see bombs falling and many people dying.” She added “While we witness this horrific genocide unfolding before our eyes in Palestine we see tents being destroyed in storms.

In her assessment of international law Meder said “We are living in a period where international law is not respected. (...) The only country ever forced to comply with international law is Russia but when it comes to the U.S. the West or Israel they do whatever they want.

In the same statement Meder declared “We are the ones who defend international law in the streets and squares. We defend democracy and human rights. We stand with Palestine and we stand with Venezuela.

During the demonstration participants called for an end to Israeli attacks in Gaza and protested U.S. policies regarding Venezuela. The event was organized with support from various human rights groups and solidarity platforms and ended peacefully in the evening.

On 11 January 2026, the Israeli military launched simultaneous air, land and sea attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian official agency WAFA, the neighborhoods of Tuffah and Zeytun in eastern Gaza City were targeted by artillery fire. On the same day, Israeli warplanes bombed areas east of the Bureyc Refugee Camp in central Gaza, and carried out air strikes in the southern town of Refah and the northern areas of Jabalia and Beit Lahiya. Additionally, Israeli naval vessels fired numerous artillery shells at the northern coastline of Gaza.

^{Israel continues its attacks on Gaza despite the ceasefire, 11 January 2026 - (Anadolu Ajansı)}

In these attacks across different parts of the Gaza Strip, four Palestinians were killed and many others were injured. According to health sources, in the southern Gaza area of Beni Suheyla, Muhammad and Enes Abu Asi were killed in an Israeli drone strike. In the eastern Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, 31-year-old Muhammad Majid al-Jabari was shot in the chest and killed by Israeli soldiers. In an attack on the Megazi Refugee Camp, Palestinian Muhammad al-Harazin was killed and four others were injured.

Despite the ceasefire that came into effect on 10 October 2025 in Gaza, Israeli military operations have continued. Between October 2025 and 11 January 2026, 439 Palestinians were killed and 1,223 were injured.

With the onset of winter in Gaza, extreme cold conditions have intensified. The Government Media Office reported that since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza, 21 people have died due to cold, 18 of whom were children. The same statement warned that due to the ongoing fuel shortage in the Gaza Strip, lack of shelter materials and restrictions on humanitarian aid, the risk of death is rising. The government also warned that upcoming cold weather fronts could “increase mortality, especially among children, the elderly and the sick”.

On 12 January 2026, the Israeli military launched new attacks targeting the southern areas of Khan Yunis and Refah and regions in central Gaza. According to local sources, the eastern part of Khan Yunis and the southern part of the Mevasi area west of Refah were hit by artillery fire. On the same day, the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City was bombed by warplanes. Israeli military vehicles opened fire toward the east of the Megazi Refugee Camp, while artillery units targeted eastern Gaza City.

In attacks by the Israeli military that violated the ceasefire, three Palestinians were killed and one woman was injured. According to hospital sources, the Beled area in central Khan Yunis was targeted by a “Quadcopter” type drone; the bodies of those killed were taken to Nasser Hospital. Additionally, it was reported that a woman was injured in the Batn Semin area of Khan Yunis after Israeli soldiers opened fire. The Gaza Strip’s Ministry of Health announced that in the past 24 hours, the bodies of seven Palestinians had been recovered, five of whom were pulled from under rubble, and four injured persons had been transported to hospitals.

^{Daily life in Jabalia, destroyed by Israel, 12 January 2026 - (Anadolu Ajansı)}

Since the ceasefire entered into force on 10 October 2025, as of 12 January 2026, 442 Palestinians have been killed and 1,236 injured.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) spokesperson Stephane Dujarric reported during his daily press briefing that severe weather conditions are endangering humanitarian aid efforts. Dujarric stated, “Harsh weather conditions are jeopardizing progress in meeting the massive shelter needs”.

Dujarric also noted that 1,600 tents and 27,000 blankets have been distributed to 28,000 families, yet 1.1 million people still require urgent assistance. UN humanitarian partners reported that in December, more than 76,000 children were screened for health, and 4,900 cases of acute malnutrition were identified, 820 of them severe. A total of 95,000 cases of acute malnutrition were recorded throughout 2025.

According to UN data, 440 temporary learning spaces have been established to serve approximately 268,000 children in Gaza. However, Israeli authorities have continued to block the entry of educational materials into the area, claiming they were not considered critical activities during the first phase of the ceasefire.

As of 13 January 2026, a polar storm has affected the Gaza Strip. Heavy rain and strong winds have caused fatalities and destroyed tents in areas inhabited by displaced Palestinians. The Government Media Office in Gaza reported that since the onset of winter until 13 January, the number of people who died from cold has risen to seven, and since October 2023, the total has reached 24, 21 of whom were children.

^{Severe rainfall and storms in Gaza are negatively affecting Palestinians living in tents, 13 January 2026 - (Anadolu Ajansı)}

The Gaza Civil Defense Administration reported that four Palestinians were killed due to partially collapsed buildings caused by heavy rain and wind. Health sources confirmed that an elderly Palestinian man living in a tent in Gaza City died after being buried under debris from a fallen mosque minaret.

Gaza City spokesperson Husni Muhenna stated, “Strong winds and heavy rainfall have blown away and submerged thousands of tents housing displaced families who lost their homes, especially in western areas and low-lying regions.” Muhenna further noted that due to the extensive destruction of infrastructure, water and sewage networks and roads, every storm has turned into a secondary humanitarian crisis.

On 14 January 2026, the Israeli military launched new air and artillery strikes against central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military targeted areas in the southwest of Refah with air strikes and eastern areas with artillery fire.

Local sources reported that Israeli helicopters opened machine gun fire on northern Refah. On the same day, the northeast sections of the Bureyc Refugee Camp were also hit by artillery fire.

^{The body of Palestinian health worker Hatem Abu Salih, killed in an Israeli drone strike in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, 14 January 2026 - (Anadolu Ajansı)}

Following these attacks that violated the ceasefire agreement that came into force on 10 October 2025, the Israeli military reported that “two Palestinians were killed and two Israeli soldiers wounded in clashes in Refah.” In an Israeli drone strike conducted in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, Palestinian health worker Hatem Abu Salih was killed. According to health sources, the attack occurred in the Beni Suheyla area, and Abu Salih’s body was taken to the Nasser Medical Center in Khan Yunis.

On the same day, intense air and artillery strikes were carried out against Refah, with machine gun fire from helicopters targeting the northern part of the city.

As of 14 January 2026, a total of 71,424 Palestinians have been killed and 171,324 injured in the Gaza Strip. Approximately 90 percent of civilian infrastructure has been destroyed, and around 70 million tons of rubble have accumulated.

The ceasefire process in Gaza entered its second phase as of 15 January 2026. This development was announced in a press briefing conducted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration via teleconference.

^{Daily life in the Jabaliya Refugee Camp, destroyed by Israel, 20 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

A U.S. official described Türkiye’s role in facilitating the process as follows: “President (Recep Tayyip) Erdoğan, Foreign Minister (Hakan) Fidan, and Intelligence Director (Head of the National Intelligence Organization) Ibrahim Kalın were deeply involved in this process and did an incredible job alongside us. We believe their participation was crucial.” The same official also stated: “President Trump is very grateful on this matter.”

In the statement from the Trump administration, in addition to acknowledging Türkiye’s contribution to the Gaza ceasefire plan, it was emphasized that the process of rebuilding relations between Türkiye and Israel was being supported.

 ^{Farah, who lost her parents and one leg in an Israeli attack, 20 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for the Middle East, announced in a written statement on the same day that the process had moved into its second phase and defined this phase as follows: “Today, on behalf of President Trump, we announce the initiation of the second phase of the President’s 20-point plan to end the conflict in Gaza. This phase includes disarmament, technocratic governance, and reconstruction following the ceasefire.”

Witkoff’s statement indicated that the second phase includes the establishment of a Gaza Administration National Committee (GANC) as a temporary technocratic Palestinian administration in Gaza, the complete disarmament of Gaza, and the region’s reconstruction.

Following these announcements, the Palestinian government in Gaza released data regarding the first phase of the ceasefire. According to the report issued by the Gaza Government Media Office, Israel committed 1,244 violations during the first phase of the ceasefire between 10 October 2025 and 15 January 2026, resulting in 449 Palestinian deaths, 1,246 injuries, and 50 detentions.

The report further stated that humanitarian aid deliveries were obstructed during the ceasefire process, with only 24,611 of the 57,000 trucks stipulated in the agreement reaching Gaza. While a daily average of 600 trucks was required, the number was limited to 259 trucks, meaning that compliance with the ceasefire reached only 43 percent.

Regarding fuel deliveries, only 601 trucks entered Gaza instead of the planned 4,750 trucks, representing a compliance rate of only 12 percent. As a result, most hospitals, bakeries, and water purification centers in Gaza were rendered non-operational, according to the report.

^{A baby who died due to cold weather conditions in Gaza, 20 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

As winter conditions worsened, it was reported that numerous tents collapsed due to cold weather, more than 127,000 shelters became unusable, and over 1.5 million displaced people were left without minimum shelter conditions.

The details of the local and international governance structure established under the Gaza peace plan were finalized on 17 January 2026. According to diplomatic sources, the configuration process is proceeding on the basis of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803, dated 17 November 2025. This resolution endorsed the “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict”, announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on 29 September 2025.

The new governance model has three main organs: Board of Peace, Executive Board of the Board of Peace, and Gaza Administration Council.

The Board of Peace is defined as the highest political body established for Gaza. U.S. President Donald Trump serves as its chair. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been invited as a founding member responsible for Gaza’s reconstruction and security. Burhanettin Duran, Head of the Presidency Communications Directorate, stated on his social media account: “The United Nations Security Council, through Resolution 2803, has decided to endorse the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. In this framework, the Board of Peace has been established to restore security in Gaza.”

The members of the Executive Board, tasked with formulating the strategic vision of the Board of Peace, have been disclosed. The board includes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Trump’s Special Representative for the Middle East Steve Witkoff, former Trump advisor Jared Kushner, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, businessman Marc Rowan, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga, and U.S. National Security Advisor Robert Gabriel.

The chair of the Gaza Administration National Committee (National Committee for the Administration of Gaza – GANC) has been appointed as Dr. Ali Shaas, former Deputy Minister of Transport of Palestine. The committee consists entirely of 15 Palestinian technocrats from Gaza. The structure will operate with the support of Türkiye, the United States, Qatar, and Egypt, alongside the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Palestinian Authority, and other Palestinian political entities.

The High Representation Office, established to coordinate the transition process in Gaza, has been headed by former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov. Mladenov is also a member of the Executive Board of the Board of Peace. The command of the International Stability Force, deployed to ensure security in Gaza, has been assumed by U.S. Major General Jasper Jeffers.

The Gaza Administration Council is responsible for monitoring activities between the High Representation Office and the Gaza Administration National Committee. Its members include Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Qatari diplomat Ali Al-Thawadi, Egyptian General Hassan Rashad, Tony Blair, Marc Rowan, UAE Minister of State Reem Al-Hashimy, Nikolay Mladenov, Yakir Gabay, and UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Sigrid Kaag.

^{Fishermen fishing under difficult conditions in Gaza, 20 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

On 17 January 2026, the Israeli military launched air and ground attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip. According to local sources, the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, the Jabaliya Refugee Camp in northern Gaza, and the city of Deir al-Balah in the central region were targeted by Israeli warplanes. Additionally, helicopter and ground fire was directed at the eastern part of Khan Yunis and the northern part of Rafah.

According to ministry data, between October 2023 and 17 January 2026, 71,548 Palestinians were killed and 171,353 were injured in these attacks. It was also announced that 92 newly confirmed deaths have been added to the total by the government-affiliated Martyr Accreditation Committee.

A 27-day-old baby living in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza died due to extreme cold. Health sources reported that with this death, the number of children killed by the cold since the start of winter has risen to eight.

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz, in a post on the U.S.-based X platform, referenced satellite images from The New York Times showing over 2,500 buildings destroyed in Gaza despite the ceasefire, and stated: “I congratulate Israeli soldiers for their operations.” Katz added in his statement: “Israel will continue to ensure its security against all immediate and distant threats.”

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem, in a written statement, described Katz’s boasting about the destruction in Gaza as “an unprecedented level of audacity against international law and humanitarian norms.” Qassem stated: “What is happening in Gaza is a genocide war and ethnic cleansing.”

On 19 January 2026, the Israeli military launched further air and artillery attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip. According to local sources, parts of eastern Khan Yunis, the city of Deir al-Balah, and the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City were targeted by artillery fire. Additionally, indiscriminate firing occurred in the Jabaliya area.

Health sources reported that three Palestinians were killed in the attacks on this date. In the Mevasi area of Rafah, a child named Hussein Ziya Abu Armana died; in Khan Yunis, 17-year-old Hussein Tawfiq Abu Sible was killed by a drone strike; and in the Sheikh Nasir region, 20-year-old Shahir Adem Abu Hadid lost his life.

^{Daily life in the Jabaliya Refugee Camp, destroyed by Israel, 20 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

On 19 January, 7-month-old Sheza Abu Jarrad, a resident of Gaza City, died due to extreme cold. With this death, the number of children who have died from the cold during the winter months has risen to nine

According to data released by the Gaza Ministry of Health on 20 January 2026, the number of Palestinians killed in attacks since October 2023 has risen to 71,551, and the number of injured to 171,372. The ministry also reported that 466 people were killed and 1,294 injured since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025. It was further stated that thousands of bodies remain buried under rubble in the Gaza Strip.

On 21 January 2026, the Israeli military targeted Gaza City in northern Gaza and Deir al-Balah in the central region with aerial attacks, despite the ceasefire that came into effect on 10 October 2025. It also destroyed remaining buildings and facilities in the northern city of Sheikh Zayid. Explosions were felt in Gaza City and northern areas. Israeli naval vessels fired machine guns toward the shoreline of Gaza City, and eastern districts of the city were targeted both from air and ground. In southern Khan Yunis, eastern areas were struck by intense fire from military vehicles.

^{Daily life in the Shu’aiyya neighborhood of Gaza, 20 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

According to hospital sources, on the same day, the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza was targeted by artillery fire, resulting in the deaths of three Palestinians, including one child. Three Palestinians were killed in a bombardment targeting the southern part of Gaza City. Munir al-Bursh, Director General of the Gaza Strip Ministry of Health, stated that “the three Palestinians killed in the bombardment of southern Gaza City were journalists”. It was announced that the total number of journalists killed had reached 260 with these deaths.

In a statement on 22 January, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported that 11 Palestinians were killed and 7 injured in the last 48 hours. The statement noted that “since the ceasefire came into effect, 477 people have been killed and 1,301 injured in Israeli attacks.” It further recorded that “the number of Palestinians killed since the Israeli offensive began in October 2023 has risen to 71,562, and the number of injured to 171,379.”

^{Daily life in the Shu’aiyya neighborhood of Gaza, 20 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

On 24 January 2026, the Gaza Strip Ministry of Health announced that, since the start of winter, 10 children have died due to cold weather caused by Israel’s obstruction of fuel and humanitarian aid deliveries. The statement included: “Three-month-old Ali Abu Zur died of extreme cold at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.” It was also stated that 6-month-old Yusuf Omar Abu Hamala, who lived in the Mevasi area of Khan Yunis, also died due to cold weather. The number of children unable to be protected from the cold since winter began has reached 10.

On the same day, the Israeli military bombed the Jabaliya area in northern Gaza despite the ceasefire, injuring many Palestinians in an attack targeting Gaza Street. Additionally, Palestinian Mecdi Ibrahim Belavi was injured by gunfire in the Salatin area of Beit Lahiya, and Palestinian Muayyid Abu Muammer was injured in southern Khan Yunis.

Eyewitnesses reported that an explosion occurred near the Ammara Casir intersection in central Khan Yunis due to fire from a drone. Aerial attacks were launched against areas in the southeast of Khan Yunis, and Israeli naval vessels targeted the city’s coastal strip. On the same day, artillery fire was directed at the eastern side of the Meghazi Refugee Camp, and eastern areas of Gaza were struck.

Health sources reported that in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, 14-year-old Selman Zakaria and 15-year-old Muhammad Yusuf were killed when a bomb exploded near Kemal Advan Hospital. Eyewitnesses stated that a bomb was dropped from an Israeli drone onto the location where children were present. It was also recorded that the Kiz el-Neccar area in southern Khan Yunis was targeted in a bombardment, resulting in the death of one Palestinian.

^{Journalists killed in Israeli attacks despite the ceasefire in Gaza, 21 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

In a written statement issued by the Gaza Ministry of Health as of 24 January, it was reported that “four Palestinians were killed and 12 injured in the last 48 hours.” The statement noted that “since the ceasefire came into effect, 481 people have been killed and 1,313 injured in Israeli attacks.” Total fatalities have risen to 71,654 and injuries to 171,391.

On 25 January, the Israeli military launched aerial attacks and artillery fire on various areas of the Gaza Strip from early morning. In the eastern part of Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, particularly around El-Battish Cemetery, numerous buildings were destroyed by explosives. Demolition activities occurred simultaneously with aerial bombardments.

On the same day, the eastern side of the Jabaliya Refugee Camp in northern Gaza and the Beni Suheyla village in eastern Khan Yunis were targeted by artillery fire. In the Khan Yunis area, fire was opened against Palestinian fishermen, with no casualties reported. Health sources reported that in Israeli attacks violating the ceasefire, three Palestinians were killed and six injured.

^{Journalists killed in Israeli attacks despite the ceasefire in Gaza, 21 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

On 26 January, the Gaza Ministry of Health stated in its statement that “in the last 24 hours, the bodies of three Palestinians, one of whom was recovered from under rubble, and 20 injured were brought to hospitals.” The statement noted that “since the ceasefire came into effect, 486 people have been killed and 1,341 injured.” Total fatalities have reached 71,660.

On 21 January, the foreign ministers of Türkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates issued a joint statement. The statement read: “The ministers announce their countries’ joint decision to join the Board of Peace. Each country, including Egypt, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates, which have already announced their participation, will sign the relevant documentation in accordance with their own legal and other necessary procedures.” The statement further indicated that this mission aims to “strengthen a lasting ceasefire, support the reconstruction of Gaza, and enable the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination and statehood under international law.”

^{Signing ceremony of the Board of Peace Charter for Gaza in Davos, 22 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

On 22 January, at the “Board of Peace Charter for Gaza” signing ceremony held in Davos, Switzerland, U.S. President Donald Trump stated in his speech: “We have carefully maintained the ceasefire in Gaza and will continue to do so.” In the same speech, Trump announced that “59 countries are participating in the Gaza Peace Board” and added: “Fifty-nine countries have joined the peace process in the Middle East. Most are not from the Middle East but from nearby regions, not within it.”

On 26 January 2026, the Israeli military announced that it had located the body of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili during a search in a cemetery in eastern Gaza City. The statement read: “During a search in eastern Gaza City, the body of the Israeli hostage was found and identified through testing.” It was reported that the remains would be transported back to Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: “We recovered the body of the last hostage in Gaza. Thus, we have retrieved all 20 living hostages and all deceased ones! An incredible job. Most people thought this was impossible.”

Hamas, in its written statement on the matter, said: “In accordance with our commitment to the ceasefire that came into effect in October and our national obligations, we made efforts to locate the body of the last Israeli hostage.” The statement added: “Thus, as Palestinian resistance fighters, we have fulfilled our commitment to the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.”

Hamas also called on Israel to “fully implement all provisions of the ceasefire agreement” and demanded the opening of the Rafah Crossing in both directions. The statement said: “Since the issue of the Israeli hostage’s body has been resolved, we demand full implementation of all provisions Israel has failed to fulfill.”

On 27 January 2026, the Israeli military targeted eastern Khan Yunis, western Rafah, and the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza. On the same day, helicopters fired on areas around the Bureyc Refugee Camp in central Gaza, and a series of explosions occurred in parts of Rafah city.

^{Hot meals are distributed to displaced Palestinians in Gaza, 22 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

Gaza Ministry of Health, in its written statement, reported that “in the last 48 hours, eight Palestinians were killed, two of them children, and 19 injured.” The statement noted that “since the ceasefire came into effect, 494 people have been killed and 1,377 injured in Israeli attacks.” Total fatalities have risen to 71,662, and injuries to 171,410.

On the same day, the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza, the western side of the Jabaliya Refugee Camp, and eastern areas of Khan Yunis were targeted by artillery fire. Eyewitnesses reported that tents housing displaced civilians in northern Rafah were also hit. Civilian casualties occurred in Israeli attacks, with children among the dead.

In another statement on the same date, the Gaza Ministry of Health announced that “the number of children who have died from the cold during winter in Gaza has risen to 11”. The statement noted that “a 12-day-old baby died due to lack of fuel and heating materials”. The ministry also reported that “more than 20,000 patients are waiting for treatment abroad and 1,268 patients have died while awaiting permission to leave”.

On 28 January, the Israeli military conducted intense aerial attacks around Jabaliya in northern Gaza, Deir al-Balah in the central region, and Khan Yunis in the south. The Bureyc and Meghazi refugee camps were also subjected to bombardment.

On 29 January, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported in its statement that “71,667 people have been killed and 171,458 injured”. According to the statement, since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 499 Palestinians have been killed and 1,393 injured.

On the same day, the Zeytun neighborhood in eastern Gaza, the Rimal area, Shu’aiyya, and the Esda neighborhood in western Khan Yunis were hit by aerial attacks. Israeli artillery units targeted Beit Hanun and its surroundings in northern Gaza. The wounded and dead from these attacks were transported to Shifa, Nasir, and Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospitals in Gaza.

On the same day, European Union officials issued a statement regarding the Rafah Crossing. El Anouni, speaking on behalf of the EU Rafah Aid Mission (EUBAM Rafah), said: “We are ready to move immediately as soon as the crossing opens.”

On 30 January 2026, the Israeli military, in attacks targeting the eastern side of the Meghazi Refugee Camp in central Gaza, reported the deaths of 21-year-old Yasir Muhammad Abu Shahadeh and 20-year-old Walid Hasan Darwish. According to eyewitnesses, the attack was carried out by a drone near the Abu Namus Intersection. On the same day, three Palestinians were killed in another aerial attack in Rafah city.

On the same date, two Palestinian children, aged 15 and 16 respectively, were injured in the El-Celezon Refugee Camp in northern Ramallah due to Israeli gunfire. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli forces conducted raids on the camp area and carried out operations in several villages around Ramallah.

On the morning of 31 January 2026, the Gaza Civil Defense Directorate announced that 37 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks launched from early morning across various areas of the Gaza Strip. The statement indicated that children and women were among the dead. The deaths of 32 people were confirmed in the initial hours, and the total number rose to 37 in subsequent hours.

The Israeli military targeted a tent housing displaced civilians in the Esda area of Khan Yunis with a drone. Health officials from Nasir Hospital reported that “seven members of the same family were killed and six injured in the attack.” On the same day, an apartment building in the Rimal neighborhood in western Gaza City was targeted, killing five people, including three children and two women.

One person was killed in Israeli attacks in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, and the police station in the Sheikh Rizwan neighborhood was also targeted. Thirteen people were killed in the attack on the police station, with many others injured.

In a bombing targeting an apartment in the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, several Palestinians were injured. The central street of Gaza City, Cela Street, and the eastern side of the El-Bureyc Refugee Camp were also targeted in aerial attacks. Injured individuals from these areas were taken to hospitals.

^{Daily life in the destroyed Jabaliya area, 22 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

In its statement as of 31 January, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported that “in the last 48 hours, 28 bodies and 49 injured were brought to hospitals, 12 of the dead being from today.” The statement noted that “since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 509 people have been killed and 1,405 injured”. Total fatalities have risen to 71,769, and injuries have exceeded 171,480.

In its written statement regarding the attacks, the Israeli military claimed that “Hamas has violated the ceasefire.” On the same day, the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City—Tuffah, Rimal, Zeytun, and Nasir—and the western areas of Khan Yunis—Esda—and the surrounding areas of Rafah were subjected to successive bombardments.

The bodies of those killed in the attacks were transported to Shifa and Nasir hospitals. Palestinian sources reported that women and children were among the dead.

Among the bodies brought to hospitals after the attacks were those of seven members of the same family from the Rimal and Esda areas. Health officials reported that the occupancy rate of Nasir Hospital in Khan Yunis had reached 140 percent and that morgues had exceeded their capacity.

European Union (EU) officially condemned Israel on 1 February 2026 for repeatedly violating the ceasefire in Gaza. EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib stated on her account on the U.S.-based X platform: “We condemn the repeated violations of the ceasefire in Gaza, where hundreds of Palestinians were killed and injured over the weekend due to Israeli attacks.”

Lahbib further emphasized that “international humanitarian law must be respected and civilians must be protected everywhere and at all times.”

On the same day, the foreign ministers of Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s repeated ceasefire violations that have resulted in over a thousand Palestinian deaths and injuries.

^{Daily life in the destroyed Jabaliya area, 22 January 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

The statement further noted: “These actions risk undermining the efforts of regional and international actors who are working together to advance the second phase of the plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803, thereby escalating tensions and weakening the consolidation of calm and the restoration of stability.”

The statement emphasized that these repeated violations directly threaten the political process and obstruct ongoing efforts to create a conducive environment for transitioning to a more stable phase in terms of both security and humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip. It stressed that full adherence to Trump’s Peace Plan is essential for its second phase to succeed.

The statement added: “The ministers further call on all parties to fully fulfill their responsibilities and exercise maximum restraint during this critical period, in order to preserve and sustain the ceasefire, avoid any action that could undermine the current process, and create favorable conditions to advance early recovery and reconstruction, in line with international law, relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and the Arab Peace Initiative, toward the promotion of a just and lasting peace based on the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and statehood.”

Israel’s military unit responsible for coordinating government activities in the Palestinian territories, the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), announced that the Al-Rafah Crossing was opened on a “pilot” basis under the ceasefire agreement, following instructions from Israel’s political leadership.

^{Ambulances affiliated with the Egyptian Ministry of Health, at the Refah Border Crossing, 1 February 2026 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

It was stated that the pilot initiative is being carried out under the coordination of the European Union Border Assistance Mission for Rafah (EUBAM Rafah), in collaboration with Egypt and other relevant parties. All parties have prepared for the commencement of crossings during the pilot phase, and it is noted that once these preparations are completed, the actual two-way movement of Gaza residents will begin.

Hamas Spokesperson Hazem Qassem, in a video message, stated that the opening of the Al-Rafah Crossing is a fundamental right of the people of Gaza. Qassem said, “The opening of the Al-Rafah Crossing is the right of the Palestinian people in Gaza. It was intended to open at the beginning of the first phase of the agreement. However, the occupier delayed this process and arbitrarily tied the opening of the crossing to the handover of the last detainee’s body in Gaza.”

Qassem further stated, “Palestinians have the right to enter and exit the Gaza Strip with full freedom. This right is guaranteed under international law.” Hamas has called on international mediator countries to monitor Israel’s practices at the Al-Rafah Crossing.

The Egypt-based Al-Qahera News television channel announced that the Al-Rafah Crossing was activated on the Palestinian side on 1 February for pilot purposes, with official crossings scheduled to begin on 2 February. The report noted that “patients from Gaza will begin being transferred to Egypt for medical treatment on Monday, and mobile intensive care units under the Egyptian Ministry of Health are being held in readiness at the border.”

It was stated that Egypt is on 24-hour alert to receive the injured and sick, with numerous ambulances deployed at the border, and patient transfers to be conducted under a mechanism agreed upon by the parties. Israeli media reported that the crossing was opened only for “pilot” purposes, that actual crossings would commence on 2 February, and that “150 people per day would be permitted to leave Gaza and 50 people to return.”

On 2 February 2026, the Al-Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Gaza was partially opened for two-way pedestrian movement. Israeli security sources reported that after the arrival of European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) personnel, the crossing was opened to pedestrians in both directions. Egyptian media reported that the crossing had become operational and that on its first day, 50 Palestinians were scheduled to enter Gaza and 50 to enter Egypt.

According to Israeli media, daily permits will allow 150 people to exit Gaza and 50 people to return. All crossings will require Israeli approval.

^{Ambulances affiliated with Egypt’s Ministry of Health, at the Refah Border Gate, 3 February 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

Ali Shaas, Chairman of the Gaza Administration National Committee, in a written statement, assessed the reopening of the Al-Rafah Crossing not merely as an administrative procedure but as “the beginning of a long process that will restore broken ties and open a genuine window of hope for the people of Gaza.” Shaas noted that the operation of the crossing is one of the key elements of the 20-point plan for Gaza initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump, and described it as a success based on cooperation among determined parties.

Shaas emphasized that with the cooperation of mediators, the Palestinian National Authority, and the Peace Council under President Trump’s leadership, they are working to ensure that this step serves as a gateway to a broader stability arrangement, the restoration of essential services, and the initiation of humanitarian aid, recovery, and reconstruction. Shaas stressed that registration mechanisms, priority criteria, and travel dates will be announced through official channels to ensure transparency, order, and equal opportunity for all citizens. He commended Egypt, particularly President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, for the “responsible and decisive role” it played in opening the Al-Rafah Crossing in both directions. Shaas also thanked the mediators for their contributions to implementing the process.

The Gaza Administration National Committee has assessed that the opening of the border crossing would serve as a vital lifeline for humanitarian cases, particularly those awaiting medical evacuation abroad, students, individuals seeking family reunification, and others with urgent humanitarian needs.

^{Ambulances affiliated with Egypt’s Ministry of Health, at the Refah Border Gate, 3 February 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

Gaza Ministry of Health has announced that there has been no update regarding the departure of patients and injured from Rafah, and that these individuals will continue to exit the region via the Kerem Abu Salim Border Crossing.

The Egypt-based Cairo al-Iskandariyya television station reported that the first group of Palestinians wishing to return from Egypt to Gaza has arrived at the Rafah crossing, and footage shows Palestinians approaching the border to enter Gaza. The report also stated that ambulances have reached the Red Cross Hospital in Khan Yunis for the transfer of patients and injured to Egypt, and that Egypt has prepared 300 ambulances, 150 hospitals, and 12,000 doctors for this process.

Egyptian Ministry of Health Spokesperson Hussam Abdelgaffar stated during a coordination meeting that “the opening of the Rafah Border Crossing has been accompanied by an increase in the preparedness level of health facilities,” and announced that 150 hospitals across the country have been incorporated into the operation.

It was also reported that 250 to 300 ambulances have been kept on standby, and that personnel consisting of more than 18,000 nurses and 30 rapid response teams have been deployed. A 24/7 control room has been established at the Ministry of Health headquarters, coordinating with 27 emergency services and over 90 medical points.

European Commission Spokesperson for External Relations Anouar El Anouni stated that “EUBAM Rafah is on duty to support the regulation of passenger traffic and to monitor the operations of Palestinian border personnel under the framework of the Gaza Plan.” El Anouni described the mission’s redeployment as “a significant step toward implementing the plan to end the Gaza conflict.”

The Egyptian press reported that with the opening of the Rafah Border Crossing, the first group of injured and sick individuals from Gaza have received medical treatment in Egypt, while Palestinians waiting in Egypt have also crossed into Gaza. The crossings have been carried out under strict surveillance due to Israel’s continued control over the Palestinian side of the border.

Israel permitted the return of only 12 Palestinians to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egyptian border on 3 February 2026, after nearly two years

Of those who crossed, nine were women and three were children. They arrived at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza via a minibus accompanied by United Nations vehicles.

^{Twelve Palestinians returning to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing are heading to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, 3 February 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

Palestinian families gathered in front of the hospital to meet their returning relatives. The returning Palestinians described the treatment they encountered at Israeli checkpoints at the border. Some Palestinians stated that they were subjected to mistreatment by Israeli soldiers, threatened with detention, and had their personal belongings and their children’s toys confiscated.

Health sources reported that all individuals who reached Gaza were patients and companions who had received medical treatment in Egyptian hospitals. Egyptian and Israeli media reported that 50 Palestinians were planned to cross into Gaza, but only 12 were able to do so.

^{Twelve Palestinians returning to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Crossing are traveling to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, 3 February 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

Israeli and Egyptian media reported a disagreement between the two countries regarding the daily number of crossings. Israel seeks a higher number of people exiting Gaza than returning, while Egypt has expressed concern that this imbalance could lead to the forced displacement of Palestinians.

Director General of the Gaza Ministry of Health Munir al-Bursh stated on a social media platform: “Yesterday, only five patients exited from Rafah. If the departure of five patients takes 20 hours, how long will it take to evacuate 20,000 people?”

Bursh said: “Late Monday night, the first bus in over a year and a half entered Gaza through the reopened Rafah Border Crossing. It carried only 12 passengers: three children and the rest were patients or female companions who had received treatment in Egyptian hospitals. What should have been a humanitarian return turned into a 20-hour ordeal.”

It has been reported that women and children have been subjected to harsh and degrading interrogations, and that some Palestinians have been held bound for hours. The Egyptian press reported that on 2 February 2026, 50 patients and 84 attendants crossed into Egypt from Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing. The Cairo administration has not issued an official statement regarding the number of people who have entered Egypt from Gaza via Rafah.

On 4 February 2026, despite the ceasefire being in effect, Israeli forces carried out attacks in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 21 Palestinians killed and 38 Palestinians injured.

On 5 February 2026, in attacks conducted by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip, 27 Palestinians were killed and 18 Palestinians were injured. The statement noted that since the ceasefire declared on 10 October 2025 until 5 February, a total of 574 Palestinians have lost their lives, 1,518 Palestinians have been injured, and 717 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble.

According to data released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, since the start of Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the total death toll has reached 71,851 and the number of injured has reached 171,626.

In a written statement issued by Hamas on 4 February 2026, it was stated that Israeli military attacks targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths of more than 20 Palestinians, constitute a violation of the ceasefire agreement. The statement emphasized that these attacks are part of the continuation of military operations against the Palestinian population.

^{Israel continues its attacks on Gaza despite the ceasefire, 5 February 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

A statement dismissed claims that an Israeli soldier had been targeted in Gaza as “fabricated pretexts designed to justify Israeli attacks.” It stressed that this situation represents an attempt to disregard the ceasefire agreement and impose a permanent policy of pressure and terror in Gaza.

In an appeal to the mediator and guarantor countries of the ceasefire, the statement included the assertion that “a firm stance must be taken against Netanyahu’s efforts to restart genocide, massacre and starvation in Gaza.” It was stated that the Israeli military’s continued attacks despite the ceasefire’s second phase and the opening of the Rafah Border Crossing amount to the deliberate sabotage of efforts to strengthen the ceasefire.

The statement further noted that the attacks are part of Israel’s policy of killing and blockade, pursued by the Israeli government to avoid responsibility under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan. It emphasized that international pressure must be applied to the Tel Aviv administration to end its ceasefire violations and fulfill its responsibilities.

^{Israel continues its attacks on Gaza despite the ceasefire, 4 February 2026 - (Anadolu Ajansı)}

According to a written statement issued by the Gaza government’s Media Office, the ceasefire that came into effect on 10 October 2025 in the Gaza Strip has been violated 1,520 times by the Israeli military within 115 days. The statement indicates that these violations during this period were systematic and widespread.

According to data shared by the Media Office, during the ceasefire period the Israeli military carried out 522 instances of firing, 73 instances of military vehicles entering civilian settlements, 704 bombardments, and 221 demolitions of homes and buildings. It was stated that all these actions violated the terms of the ceasefire.

The statement reports that as a result of these violations, a total of 556 Palestinians lost their lives, including 228 women, children and elderly persons. It also states that 1,500 Palestinians were injured, of whom 900 were women, children and elderly persons, and 1,488 were civilians. It was noted that all injuries occurred within civilian settlements outside the designated Red Line, where the Israeli military was required to withdraw.

The Media Office statement further noted that 50 Palestinians were detained by the Israeli military during the ceasefire period. The statement assessed that these ceasefire violations clearly breached international humanitarian law and that the terms of the ceasefire were deliberately not implemented.

Palestinian Red Crescent Spokesperson Raid en-Nims announced in a press statement on 4 February 2026 that the third group of patients and injured persons scheduled for evacuation through the Rafah Border Crossing had been suspended. En-Nims stated that preparations for evacuating patients and injured persons from the Rehabilitation Hospital in Khan Younis, located in southern Gaza, had been completed, but that they were informed the evacuation had been postponed.

In his statement, En-Nims affirmed that Palestinian Red Crescent teams had completed all necessary technical and logistical preparations, with ambulances and medical personnel standing by. Nevertheless, it was reported that the evacuation of the third group did not take place on the planned date.

Regarding the reason for the postponement, En-Nims said they received information from the World Health Organization (WHO) that the evacuation had been delayed, but no official reason was provided to them. The statement also noted that the exact number of patients and injured persons planned for evacuation was not disclosed.

In the continuation of his statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent Spokesperson affirmed that his organization remains ready to receive patients and injured persons again, ensure a safe evacuation process appropriate to their medical conditions, and transport them via ambulances.

In a statement issued on 4 February 2026 by the Israeli military’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), it was claimed that the Rafah Border Crossing remained open in accordance with the agreement and Israel’s commitments. The statement was published via the official account on the US-based X platform.

COGAT’s statement indicated that coordination for the movement of Gaza Strip residents through the Rafah Border Crossing is carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO), and it alleged that the reason for the postponement of evacuations was the WHO’s failure to provide the necessary procedural coordination details. While reiterating that the Rafah Border Crossing is not physically closed, Israel stated that crossings occur under specific rules and restrictions.

On February 5, 2026, a limited number of Palestinians were permitted to return to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing. According to information provided by health sources to the Anadolu Agency, 25 Palestinians, including women and children, were transported by a United Nations bus to Al-Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis.

Between February 4 and 5, 2026, limited and restricted crossings from Gaza to Egypt were permitted through the Rafah Border Crossing. According to security sources, a total of 40 Palestinians, 14 of whom were patients and 26 their companions, crossed into Egypt via the Rafah Border Crossing during these dates.

In a statement by the Palestinian Red Crescent, it was reported that Israeli authorities did not permit 29 patients and 50 companions out of the 45 patients and 90 companions planned to leave Gaza for Egypt. Israeli authorities were said to have imposed strict restrictions on belongings and transportation for Palestinians passing through the Rafah Border Crossing. According to these restrictions, Palestinians leaving Gaza were allowed to carry only a bag containing personal documents, a mobile phone, and a limited amount of cash. The passage of water, liquids, toys, and other items was not permitted, and some belongings were reportedly confiscated at the border.

According to a statement by a US official to Axios, the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Peace Council and the donors conference, established under the second phase of the ongoing ceasefire, are planned for February 19, 2026. The official noted that the planning is still in an early stage and may change in the coming period.

The same statement indicated that the meeting is expected to be held under the auspices of the US Peace Institute. The US administration is reported to be in contact with various countries to secure their participation in the meeting.

Despite the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, 2025, the Israeli military continued military attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip on February 7, 2026. According to eyewitness accounts, the attacks targeted the eastern areas of the city of Gaza and the eastern part of the town of Jabalia in northern Gaza.

On the same day, it was reported that the Israeli military detonated explosives to destroy remaining buildings and homes in the eastern part of Khan Yunis. The loud explosions from these attacks were reportedly audible across many areas of the Gaza Strip.

^{Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli military levels a building in the Gaza Strip with aerial strikes, 7 February 2026 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

In addition, it was stated that Israeli naval vessels fired shells toward the coastlines of Rafah and Khan Yunis, and that an Israeli helicopter also opened fire over Rafah. These attacks were described as part of daily violations of the ceasefire agreement.

According to data released by Gaza’s Ministry of Health, since the implementation of the ceasefire, 574 Palestinians have been killed and 1,518 injured in Israeli military attacks.

It was reported that the Israeli military has continued its attacks on civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire. On February 6, the building named Abu Shaban in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City was destroyed in an airstrike by Israeli warplanes.

According to a report published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the ceasefire in Gaza remains extremely fragile and the safety of civilians, particularly children, continues to be seriously threatened. The report states that 37 children in Gaza have been killed since the beginning of 2026 up to February 7.

Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli military has issued threat statements suggesting it may launch new attacks on the Gaza Strip. Israeli Defense Forces Spokesperson Avichay Adraee, in a post on his account on the US-based social media platform X, used a map marked in red to indicate the Zeitoun neighborhood in northern Gaza and issued a call for evacuation to Palestinians in the area. Adraee claimed that Hamas infrastructure was located at or near the point marked on the map and stated that the region would be targeted by airstrikes.

In the same statement, civilians in the area were requested to stay at least 100 meters away from the marked zones for their own safety. It has been recorded that, for the first time since the ceasefire with Hamas took effect on 10 October 2025, the Israeli military carried out an airstrike on a designated area following a threat announcement.

^{The Israeli military levels a building in the Gaza Strip with aerial strikes despite a ceasefire, 7 February 2026 – (Anadolu Ajansı)}

Meanwhile, statements have also been made within the Israeli government suggesting that attacks on Gaza could be restarted. Israel’s far-right Settlements Minister Orit Strock stated that if Hamas’s disarmament is not completed within a few weeks, attacks on Gaza will resume. In an interview with the Israeli state television channel KAN, Strock argued that Hamas should be granted only a limited time and that the Israeli military would take necessary steps once that period expired.

In the same statements, it was reported that Strock opposes the 20-point Gaza plan announced by US President Donald Trump, describing the plan as a mistake. It was also noted that Strock acknowledged the idea of Israeli administration in Gaza does not enjoy broad support within the government.

On 8–9 February 2026, despite the ceasefire that came into effect on 10 October 2025, the Israeli military continued airstrikes and artillery shelling on various areas of the Gaza Strip. According to eyewitness accounts, Israeli artillery targeted the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City intermittently, while warplanes conducted airstrikes east of Rafah and Khan Yunis. Israeli helicopters and ground vehicles were reported to have fired randomly at areas east of Khan Yunis.

On 9 February 2026, a 54-year-old Palestinian lost his life after the area around the Abu Temmam School in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza was targeted. In the eastern part of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Palestinian farmer Khalid Berke was killed by Israeli gunfire. In attacks on Rafah, four Palestinians were killed. The Israeli military claimed that individuals who emerged from a tunnel in Rafah opened fire on its soldiers and were killed in return.

Additionally, during the 8–9 February period, it was reported that 20-year-old Naseem Abu Aqin lost his life in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah, and young woman Dalia Halid Asfur was killed on Dahiliya Street in the center of Rafah. In an artillery attack on Beit Lahiya, one Palestinian was killed and another seriously injured. In the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, 16-year-old Muhammad al-Sarhi was killed by Israeli gunfire.

According to data from Gaza’s Ministry of Health, the number of people killed in Israeli attacks has reached 72,032, with 171,661 injured. Since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025, 581 people have been killed and 1,553 injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, with 717 bodies recovered from under the rubble.

The Rafah Border Crossing, closed by Israel for 21 months, was opened on 2 February 2026 for limited crossings. Within a week, 189 Palestinians, 65 of them patients, were allowed to leave Gaza, and 129 Palestinians were permitted to return to the area. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that 44 Palestinians, including 17 patients and 27 attendants, had left Gaza under Israeli restrictions. It was reported that crossings at the Rafah crossing were suspended on weekends and then resumed on a limited basis.

On 11 February 2026, in the latest 24 hours of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, eight Palestinians were killed and 20 others injured. A written statement from the Ministry of Health in Gaza provided updated figures regarding Israeli attacks ongoing since October 2023.

The statement indicated that between the ceasefire declared on 10 October 2025 and 11 February 2026, 591 Palestinians were killed and 1,578 were injured. Since October 2023, the total number of fatalities resulting from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 72,045, with 171,686 injured.

On 13 February 2026, the Israeli military continued its demolition operations by detonating buildings in the city of Han Yunus in southern Gaza Strip. Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles dropped explosives onto the roofs of Palestinian homes in the eastern part of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, areas outside the designated Israeli troop deployment zones under the ceasefire agreement. It was also recorded that the Israeli navy fired indiscriminately off the coast of Gaza City.

^{The bodies of Palestinians under the rubble in northern Gaza, 15 February 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

On 14 February 2026, it was reported that the Israeli military conducted attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire. According to health sources, two Palestinians—one a child and one an elderly person—were injured by Israeli gunfire in Han Yunus in southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces opened intense and indiscriminate fire east of Han Yunus, followed by large-scale destruction in an area densely populated with residential buildings. Israeli soldiers also opened fire in the eastern part of the Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza and in the Zaytoun neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.

It was also recorded that Israeli warplanes carried out a series of air strikes targeting the city of Rafah in the south and the eastern areas of Gaza City.

On 14 February 2026, the Ministry of Health in Gaza issued a written statement providing updated figures on Israeli attacks since October 2023. The statement noted that the bodies of two Palestinians recovered from rubble and 15 injured individuals were transported to hospitals in Gaza within the last 48 hours. Since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have resulted in 591 deaths, 1,598 injuries, and the recovery of 726 bodies from under the rubble.

^{Search operations to recover bodies trapped under rubble in Gaza following Israeli attacks, February 15 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

On 16 February 2026, it was reported that attacks continued. Artillery shelling was directed at various locations in the city of Han Yunus in southern Gaza. Certain areas of the Jabaliya Refugee Camp in northern Gaza were subjected to intense gunfire and occasionally bombarded with artillery fire.

It was also reported that the Israeli Navy targeted specific points along the coast of Gaza City and the Bureij Refugee Camp from the sea. Since the ceasefire entered into force on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have resulted in 601 deaths and 1,607 injuries.

According to data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 2023have resulted in a total death toll of 72,061 and 171,715 injured.

On 13 February, Marta Hurtado Gomez, spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, made statements during the weekly press briefing at the UN Office in Geneva.

Gomez emphasized that despite Israel’s declared “so-called ceasefire” in October 2025, its attacks have continued to claim Palestinian lives, stating: “Since the announcement of the ceasefire, 591 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks. These deaths demonstrate that Israel continues to disregard its obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”

Gomez also recalled that the UN Human Rights Office recently published a report highlighting Israel’s failure to fulfill its obligations as an occupying power in the West Bank and how its policies threaten the two-state solution.

On 13 February 2026, it was reported that 65 Palestinians exited through the Rafah Border Crossing on the border with Egypt. A Palestinian government official confirmed that these individuals, including 28 patients and 37 attendants, had crossed into Egypt. On the same day, 43 Palestinians returned from abroad to the Gaza Strip and were transported to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

^{Palestinians crossing through the Refah Border Gate with limited transit permits return to Gaza, February 12, 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

The Rafah Border Crossing, located as Gaza’s only gateway to the outside world, was opened for limited two-way crossings on 2 February 2026 after a gap of 21 months.

According to a statement issued by the Government of Gaza’s Media Office on 11 February, between 2 and 10 February, 275 Palestinians left Gaza via the Rafah Border Crossing and 213 entered Gaza. It was noted that Israel has only permitted the return of those who left Gaza after October 2023.

Approximately 22,000 patients and injured persons in Gaza remain awaiting evacuation outside the territory for medical treatment under Israel’s blockade and attacks. It has been reported that some Palestinians returning through the Rafah Border Crossing described being subjected to torture and mistreatment by Israeli soldiers and enduring prolonged interrogations at the crossing.

On 11 February, Teresa Zakaria, Head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Risk Reduction, Humanitarian Operations and Climate Change Unit, and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, made statements during the weekly press briefing.

^{Palestinians crossing through the Rafah Border Crossing with limited transit permits return to Gaza, 12 February 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

Zakaria noted that more than 90 patients have been medically evacuated since the opening of the Rafah Border Crossing. She also stated that over 18,000 patients are still awaiting medical evacuation.

Zakaria emphasized that while the opening of the Rafah Border Crossing is significant for delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, the level of aid remains grossly insufficient when measured against needs and weather conditions. The statement highlighted that living conditions inside Gaza remain extremely dire and health risks are at critically high levels.

The Gaza Municipality has launched operations to reduce health and environmental problems caused by solid waste accumulating in the city center due to Israeli attacks. Gaza Mayor Yahya al-Serraj announced that, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), more than 300,000 cubic meters of solid waste accumulated at the historic Firas Market in the city center has begun to be transported to a temporary site in the Abu Jirad area in southern Gaza.

Serraj noted that the waste buildup stems from the blockade of municipal teams’ access to the main landfill in eastern Gaza since the attacks began in October 2023. It was stated that even if operations proceed regularly, the process of relocating waste away from populated areas could take four to six months.

Abdurrahim Abu al-Kumbuz, Executive Director of the Joint Services Council for Solid Waste Management in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates, confirmed that the amount of waste accumulated at Firas Market is approximately 300,000 cubic meters. It was also noted that the daily waste generated within the municipality’s jurisdiction is approximately 2,000 cubic meters, and this waste will be transported directly to the new temporary facility.

Abu al-Kumbuz stated that environmental measures have been taken to minimize pollution at the alternative site, but emphasized that this solution is temporary until the main waste disposal facility in the Juhor al-Dik area in eastern Gaza is reopened.

^{Daily life in Gaza, February 10, 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

According to an announcement from the Government of Gaza’s Media Office, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central part of the Gaza Strip is at risk of ceasing operations due to the failure of its main generators.

The announcement stated that the first main generator failed three months ago and that the necessary spare parts and oil for its maintenance could not be obtained. It was further stated that the failure of the second main generator now threatens the hospital’s ability to continue providing services.

The hospital is currently operating on two small generators in a precarious condition that does not guarantee the sustainability of medical services. It was highlighted that hundreds of patients and injured persons in critical units, including the intensive care and neonatal units and operating theaters, are at risk to their lives.

The announcement warned that if this situation continues, hospital services could cease entirely, and called for urgent intervention to provide the required oil and spare parts for generator maintenance.

A fire in tents housing displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip city of Deir al-Balah resulted in loss of life. According to health sources, 16-year-old Shahd Mahmoud al-Medhun died at the scene.

It was reported that 2-year-old Adam also lost his life after being transported to the hospital with severe injuries. The fire injured 43-year-old mother Enam al-Medhun and her 1-year-old daughter Sidra, who were taken to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Eyewitnesses reported that the fire broke out while the mother was preparing food for her children and spread rapidly. Flames jumped to a nearby tent, and both tents were completely consumed. It was noted that power outages and fuel shortages have increased fire risks due to the methods used for heating and cooking.

The Israeli military continued violating the ceasefire that came into effect on 10 October 2025, even on the first day of Ramadan. On 18 February, attacks on the Gaza Strip resulted in two Palestinians losing their lives.

According to information provided by Al-Nasser Hospital in the city of Han Yunus in southern Gaza, intense fire was opened from Israeli military vehicles starting in the early morning hours of 18 February in the eastern districts of Han Yunus. Israeli military vehicles fired on the Morag Corridor near the city of Refah, while artillery units bombed the eastern areas of the Bureyc Refugee Camp. Israeli military vehicles also fired on the eastern districts of Beit Lahiya, and artillery units bombed the eastern part of the Zeytun neighborhood in the southeast of Gaza City.

^{Gaza, 18 February 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

On the second day of Ramadan, the Israeli military launched intensive attacks on both the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes carried out heavy airstrikes on the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City, while artillery fire was simultaneously conducted in surrounding areas. The Israeli military fired illumination rounds into the eastern part of the Shuqaiyya neighborhood and conducted at least two airstrikes in the cities of Han Yunus and Refah. The Mevasi area west of Refah was also targeted by artillery units.

According to data from Gaza’s Ministry of Health, from the ceasefire’s entry into force on 10 October 2025 until 19 February 2026, Israeli attacks have resulted in 611 people killed, 1,630 injured, and 726 bodies recovered from under the rubble.

Since October 2023, the total number of casualties from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 72,069 killed and 171,728 injured.

On 20 February, Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirmed his support for the Gaza Peace Council, led by U.S. President Donald Trump and announced that Argentina was ready to deploy a peace force to Gaza. Speaking at the council’s meeting in Washington, Milei stated that lasting peace could only be achieved through an arrangement grounded in fundamental human rights.

Milei emphasized that Argentina’s experience in peace operations serves as a strong reference and that this capacity could be utilized within the framework of an international stability force. It was also announced that Argentina’s “White Helmets” (Cascos Blancos) teams, operating under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are prepared to support humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza.

The Israeli military has carried out air strikes and artillery fire across the northern, central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip. Two air strikes were conducted east of the Shuqaiyya and Tuffah neighborhoods in eastern Gaza City. Intense gunfire has been directed at homes of civilians and tents of displaced persons in the Zaytun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza, alongside intermittent artillery fire.

Buildings and facilities east of the Burayj Refugee Camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip have been destroyed by explosions.

It has been reported that intense fire has been opened from Israeli military vehicles in the eastern areas of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.

In Israeli attacks, one Palestinian was killed and one child was injured. One person was reported killed after being shot while allegedly crossing the area known as the “Sarai Line” in southern Gaza. A child was injured in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, after fire was opened on tents housing displaced civilians. Additionally, it was reported that the body of a Palestinian previously killed in the Netzarim area was located.

UNRWA has stated that humanitarian conditions in Gaza are severe and access to aid remains restricted. The statement noted that health, education, shelter and food assistance continue to be provided to displaced Palestinians, but the amount of aid permitted to enter falls far below needs. It was emphasized that Israel continues to impose restrictions on humanitarian aid deliveries, exacerbating living conditions across Gaza.

It has been reported that approximately 90 percent of homes in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed and over one million Palestinians are forced to live in makeshift tents. Civilians living in tents without electricity or water have been described as enduring the month of Ramadan under extremely harsh conditions. A significant portion of the tents have been erected on top of mosque and home rubble, and families unable to find space have been attempting to shelter among the ruins of demolished buildings. Access to basic necessities such as food, water and fuel has been severely restricted due to imposed limitations on their entry.

The Israeli military has arrested 14 Palestinians, including a child, during raids on the West Bank cities of Jenin, Tulkarm and Salfit. In an attack targeting the village of Malih in the Al-Aghwar region of northeastern West Bank, one Palestinian was injured, vehicles were set on fire and property was damaged.

It was reported that during the attack, Village Council Chairman Mehdi Diragme was beaten and injured. In the Mesafer Yatta region near Hebron, a Palestinian woman was beaten and injured, and in the vicinity of Ramallah, eight container homes belonging to a Bedouin community were set on fire.

Hamas stated that Israel’s attack on the Ayn al-Hilweh camp in the Lebanese city of Sidon targeted the headquarters of joint security forces within the camp. The statement emphasized that the attack constituted a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and called on the international community to take action against Israel.

On 21 February, it was reported that the displaced Palestinian Salman family was sheltering beneath the remaining dome of the destroyed Osman Camii in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah. The family was said to have broken their fast amid the rubble, accompanied by the sounds of warplanes and gunfire. It was stated that the family had been forcibly displaced from Jabalia approximately four months earlier and had no other shelter, forcing them to use the ruined mosque’s dome as refuge.

Across Gaza, civilians are facing severe difficulties accessing basic necessities due to restrictions on food, water and fuel, and it has been reported that even obtaining a single meal for iftar is difficult.

The Israeli military continued its attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip on 21 February, despite the ceasefire agreement that entered into force on 10 October 2025. Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike on the town of Beni Suheyla east of Khan Yunis, an attack that coincided with intense naval fire from Israeli naval vessels off the coast of Khan Yunis.

Additionally, the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza was targeted by artillery fire, and heavy gunfire was directed from armored vehicles toward the northeastern regions. It has been reported that since the ceasefire came into effect, over 600 people have been killed and more than 1,600 injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza.

In Israel’s attacks on Gaza, at least two Palestinians were killed and five others injured. Usama Ahmed al-Najjar (46) lost his life in an airstrike on the Kizan al-Najjar area of Khan Yunis. In the Jabaliya region of northern Gaza, Majid Abu al-Awf was killed by munitions fired from an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle.

In the Shu’ayya neighborhood east of Gaza City, three people were injured, one seriously, following gunfire, and numerous other injuries were recorded in various areas.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, the number of people killed in Israel’s ongoing attacks since October 2023 has risen to 72,070, and the number of injured has reached 171,738. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 612 people have been killed, 1,640 injured, and 726 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble. It has been reported that thousands of bodies remain buried under rubble across Gaza.

The Israeli military has injured and arrested numerous Palestinians, including a child, during raids in various parts of the West Bank. During a raid on the Amari Refugee Camp near Ramallah, two Palestinians were injured, and in the village of Beit Furik east of Nablus, two people, including a 16-year-old child, were injured by gunfire.

Additionally, it was reported that a Palestinian was injured by beating in the Mesafir Yatta area under Hebron and that Palestinian Red Crescent teams were obstructed in their work. It was also reported that the Israeli military issued a demolition order for a football field belonging to children in the village of Hirbet Um al-Hayr in Mesafir Yatta.

Following attacks on the Halayil Bedouin community located around Ramallah in eastern West Bank, 11 Palestinian families were forcibly displaced. It was reported that the families, totaling 55 individuals, were compelled to leave the area due to pressure from the Israeli military and Israeli settlers seizing Palestinian land. It was also stated that this community had previously been forcibly displaced in a similar manner and that settlement activities and daily attacks continue.

The 21st “Ship of Kindness” prepared by the Turkish Red Crescent has arrived at El Arish Port in Egypt with approximately 3,300 tons of humanitarian aid materials and 175,000 food parcels. It has been stated that the shipment is planned to be delivered to Gaza via the Rafah Border Crossing.

Turkey’s Ambassador to Cairo, Salih Mutlu Şen announced that the total amount of humanitarian aid sent by Türkiye to Gaza has reached 110,000 tons. It was also stated that various humanitarian support plans including the provision of 20,000 mobile homes and the establishment of a field hospital are ready.

On 22 February the Israeli military conducted aerial strikes and artillery shelling on various areas of the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire agreement that has been in effect since 10 October 2025. Israeli warplanes targeted the eastern districts of the Rafah city in southern Gaza. In addition, military vehicles belonging to the Israeli army opened fire on the eastern sectors of Khan Yunis, while the Israeli navy launched intense fire toward the Khan Yunis coastline.

In Gaza City, aerial strikes were carried out on eastern districts, and these same areas were simultaneously hit by artillery fire. In the northern town of Beit Lahiya, Besme Azzam Bennat (27) was killed by gunfire from Israeli soldiers. The attacks occurred in an area that, according to the ceasefire agreement, lies outside the Israeli military’s controlled zone.

The Gaza Ministry of Health released updated casualty figures regarding Israeli attacks. The statement indicated that in the past 24 hours, two dead and three injured were transported to hospitals in Gaza. According to this, since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 614 people have been killed and 1,643 injured in Israeli attacks, and 726 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble.

Additionally, it was reported that since October 2023, the total number of casualties resulting from attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 72,072 killed and 171,741 injured. It was stated that thousands of bodies remain buried under rubble in the Gaza Strip.

It has been reported that two-year-old Nidal Abu Rabi, who was scheduled for medical evacuation abroad for treatment in the Gaza Strip, was unable to leave the region due to closed border crossings and limited patient exits, and subsequently died.

According to the family’s statement, Nidal’s evacuation from Gaza for advanced diagnostics and treatment had been approved, but the necessary exit permit was never granted. Nidal’s mother, Iman Hamduna, stated that her child was diagnosed with an enlarged spleen and liver, that evacuation procedures had been ongoing for more than nine months, and yet no exit permit was issued.

Another child from the same family, Rital, is currently receiving treatment at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza. Palestinian Ministry of Health spokesperson Khalil al-Dakran stated that more than 20,000 patients in the Gaza Strip are waiting for medical treatment abroad and that severe difficulties are being faced in evacuating critical patients from the region. Dakran emphasized the vital importance of opening the Rafah Border Crossing. The statement also noted that approximately 22,000 patients and injured persons in Gaza are awaiting permission to leave for medical treatment.

Israeli Security Cabinet Minister Zeev Elkin announced that Israel will not provide financial contributions to the Peace Council established for the reconstruction of Gaza. Speaking to Israel’s state television channel KAN, Elkin said the Tel Aviv administration had informed the United States of this decision. Elkin stated that Israel sees no reason to fund reconstruction activities in Gaza.

The report indicates that this decision was made to appease far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who had objected to Israel’s membership in the Peace Council.

The inaugural meeting of the Peace Council, whose founding members include Türkiye, was held on February 19, 2026, in Washington, under the chairmanship of U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump announced at the meeting that the United States would contribute $10 billion to the Peace Council and that Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Kuwait had collectively pledged more than $7 billion in donations.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Türkiye has called for the suspension of aid payments made through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza.

At a party congress held in Stuttgart, a motion was adopted calling for the termination of financial support channeled through UNRWA in Gaza. According to the motion, German and European Union funds will not be released until the Palestinian administration meets specified conditions. Furthermore, it was requested that future aid be delivered through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other international organizations.

On 23 February, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union Kaja Kallas stated that the European Union wishes to be part of the peace process in Gaza. Speaking to the press in Brussels ahead of the Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, Kallas emphasized that the European Union seeks a more visible and active role in the Gaza process.

Kallas noted that, in this context, the European Union requires Israel’s approval for the training of Palestinian police officers. The statement constitutes a diplomatic declaration of the European Union’s intent to join the process following the first meeting of the Gaza Peace Council in Washington.

The Gaza Ministry of Health announced that the number of people killed in Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 72,073. According to the ministry’s written statement, one body and eight injured persons were brought to hospitals in Gaza in the past 24 hours. As a result, since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 615 people have been killed and 1,651 injured in Israeli attacks, and 726 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble.

On 23 February, Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi warned that the treatment of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons could trigger a major escalation. In his written statement, Mardawi condemned the treatment of Palestinians detained in prisons, particularly the Negev Prison in southern Israel. The statement asserted that the Israeli government is pursuing aggressive policies aimed at breaking the will and undermining the resolve of Palestinian prisoners, that medical neglect has increased during Ramadan, and that prisoners are being denied basic necessities such as food and water.

Mardawi emphasized that Israel bears full responsibility for the consequences of these developments, particularly for the lives of sick and elderly Palestinian prisoners. He also called on Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank and the broader Islamic world to organize protests and demonstrations in support of the prisoners in Israeli jails.

Palestinians returning to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing have been reported to face prolonged interrogations and delays on the Palestinian side of the border. The Rafah Border Crossing, closed since May 2024, was reopened in a limited manner on 2 February 2026, but movements remain highly restricted. Statements made on 23 February indicated that 50 Palestinians had returned to the Gaza Strip the previous evening.

Among those returning to Gaza, Abu Said al-Hubeyl stated that the Israeli military summoned certain individuals for questioning and that returning Palestinians were kept waiting inside buses for approximately five hours. Hubeyl reported that only one person was called for questioning at a time and that this process lasted between 30 and 45 minutes.

Palestinian Ummu Abdulaziz Sersak said she traveled for nearly 20 hours from Egypt until reaching Khan Younis and noted that the United Nations bus transporting returnees stopped at Al-Nasir Hospital. Sersak described the procedures on the Palestinian side of the border as “provocative,” stating that fasting adults and children were kept waiting in buses for hours.

In the same context, Hamas announced that Israel has carried out systematic violations involving physical and psychological harm along with harsh interrogation methods against those returning to Gaza. The statement emphasized that Israel has violated the operational mechanisms at the Palestinian side of the border and has failed to adhere to the agreed numbers for two-way crossings.

On 25 February, the Gaza Strip’s Ministry of Health announced that the number of fatalities resulting from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip had risen to 72,082. According to the ministry’s written statement, in the past 24 hours, three Palestinians were killed and four others injured in Israeli military attacks. Additionally, it was reported that the bodies of six Palestinians killed in earlier attacks had been recovered, but that bodies still remain buried under rubble. The statement also noted that civil defense teams engaged in rubble clearance operations are experiencing equipment shortages.

According to the data, since October 2023, the total number of fatalities in Gaza has reached 72,082 and the number of injured has reached 171,761. Since the ceasefire declared on 10 October 2025, 618 Palestinians have been killed, 1,663 have been injured, and 732 bodies have been extracted from under the rubble.

On 25 February, during Israeli military operations in various areas of the Gaza Strip, at least three Palestinians were killed. According to hospital sources, a single Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle targeted a group of civilians in the Bir 19 area of Mevasi in Khan Yunis, resulting in one Palestinian death and numerous injuries. The bodies of the deceased and the wounded were reported to have been transported to Nasser Hospital.

In the central part of the Gaza Strip, a civilian was killed during an Israeli military attack in the city of Deir al-Balah. Additionally, it was reported that a Palestinian was injured when gunfire struck near a school housing displaced persons in the Jabalia Refugee Camp.

Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike east of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, and that artillery fire and armed assaults were carried out across northern areas of the Gaza Strip, particularly in the eastern part of Gaza City. It was also stated that Israel targeted areas east of the Bureij Refugee Camp.

London-based independent research organizations Earshot and Forensic Architecture have published a joint report revealing that Israeli forces killed first aid and civil defense personnel in the Tel es-Sultan area of southern Gaza Strip on 23 March 2025 by firing 910 rounds.

The report includes analysis based on audio recordings, mobile phone footage, satellite imagery, and testimonies from two surviving Palestinians. According to the findings, Israeli soldiers fired at least 910 rounds at health and civil defense workers. It was determined that 844 rounds were fired within the first five minutes and 30 seconds, and that 93 percent of the weapon sounds recorded in the initial moments of the two-hour attack were directed specifically at ambulances and fire trucks.

The report notes that Israeli soldiers were positioned on an elevated sand dune beside the road, from which they could clearly see ambulances and fire trucks with their roof lights activated. After firing from this position for some time, the soldiers moved toward the vehicles and killed some aid workers at close range. According to witness accounts, approximately 30 Israeli soldiers were present at the scene, of whom at least five fired simultaneously at health and civil defense personnel.

According to the report, on 23 March 2025 Israeli soldiers killed 14 health and civil defense personnel and one United Nations worker by directly firing on the ambulances and a fire truck transporting them in the Tel es-Sultan area in southern Gaza Strip.

It was stated that eight of those killed were members of the Palestinian Red Crescent six were civil defense officers and one was a United Nations worker. Some of the individuals targeted in Rafah and later found dead had their hands tied, others had been shot in the head and chest, one person’s head had been severed, and others were found with dismembered bodies buried in a deep pit. The Palestinian Red Crescent health worker Esad Nasasra, who survived the attack, was reportedly detained by Israeli soldiers and taken to a detention center.

While international criticism continues over allegations that Israel systematically targets health and civil defense personnel in its attacks on the Gaza Strip, Israeli authorities have maintained their denials and defensive statements regarding these incidents. Israeli Defense Minister Gideon Saar claimed that Israeli soldiers “did not target an ambulance at random” and that the vehicle in question “approached soldiers in a suspicious manner”.

On the other hand, the Israeli military, in a statement that amounted to an acknowledgment of targeting the vehicles, said: “Following the initial investigation, it was determined that some of the suspicious vehicles were ambulances and fire trucks.”

Following Israel’s revocation of operating licenses for 37 international organizations delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, 57 personnel from these organizations left the region through the Kerem Abu Salim border crossing on 26 February. According to information gathered from aid organizations operating in the Gaza Strip, the new conditions imposed by Israel include comprehensive security screenings of staff, requirements to provide additional information, and strict monitoring mechanisms that could impede response times in emergencies. Some organizations have rejected these conditions, describing them as “arbitrary”.

It has been reported that the reduction in the number of international aid organizations is expected to disrupt programs in health, food security, water, hygiene, sanitation, and psychological support at a time when hundreds of thousands of people depend on humanitarian assistance to survive.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Gaza Emergency Coordinator Claire Nicolet stated that Israel has banned MSF from continuing its operations in Gaza, forcing international staff to leave the region. Nicolet highlighted the scale of MSF’s support to Gaza’s health system, noting that it supports one in every five hospital beds in the Gaza Strip, assisted one in every three mothers giving birth in Gaza in 2025, and provided over 800,000 medical consultations. She also stated that more than 7,000 people have undergone amputations, that continued care for these patients is essential, and that Gaza’s health system has been completely destroyed.

Nicolet stated that X-ray devices cannot be brought into the area, that medical supplies have also been severely disrupted in recent days, and that the system is struggling to meet needs due to existing obstacles. Nevertheless, he reported that they will continue seeking ways to sustain support for Palestinians.

Under Israel’s newly enacted law on international civil society organizations, organizations that fail to renew their registration in the country will be required to cease operations as of 1 January 2026 and leave the country by 1 March 2026.

The law adopted in March 2025 requires humanitarian organizations operating in the region to renew their licenses and, in doing so, submit the identity information of all Palestinian staff members for “security screening”. International aid organizations have expressed concerns that Israel may arbitrarily use these lists in violation of principles of personal data protection.

Organizations whose licenses are revoked will be required to close their offices in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem and will no longer be able to send international experts, doctors, or humanitarian aid to Gaza. Among the international organizations affected by this regulation are MSF, Oxfam, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Caritas, CARE, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

The Israeli military launched an attack targeting an area in northern Gaza Strip where civilians had gathered, in violation of the ceasefire, resulting in three Palestinians killed and four injured. According to hospital sources, an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle targeted civilians gathered in a park in the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City. In this attack, two Palestinians were killed and four injured.

On the same day, in an attack carried out by another Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle in the eastern part of Han Yunus town in southern Gaza, one person was killed. The Israeli military stated that the individual killed in southern Gaza was targeted because he was allegedly crossing the “Sarai Line” and was armed and moving toward military units.

On 27 February, despite the ceasefire that came into effect on 10 October 2025, the Israeli military launched attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of seven Palestinians. According to hospital sources, 36-year-old Ahmed Sa’d Gabn, who was wounded in the abdomen and taken to Shifa Hospital, died there. In the central part of Khan Yunis, 37-year-old Iyad al-Attal was killed when a tent set up in the courtyard of a school near Nasser Hospital was bombed; one woman and one child were injured in the attack.

In another attack on the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, another Palestinian lost his life. In the Mevasi area west of Khan Yunis, an air strike targeting civilians gathered for pre-dawn meal resulted in three Palestinians losing their lives and many others being injured.

Additionally, according to a statement by the Gaza Strip Ministry of Interior, an Israeli strike targeted a police checkpoint on Salahaddin Street at the entrance to the Bureij Refugee Camp. One police officer was killed and another was seriously injured in the attack.

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Kassam stated that the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip reflect an open disregard for the efforts of mediators and the role of the Peace Council. In a written statement, Kassam noted that Israel’s war against the Palestinian people has continued with altered methods and forms, and that declarations by the guarantor countries regarding the ceasefire have found no concrete implementation on the ground.

It has been reported that Palestinians living around the “Yellow Line”, an area from which the Israeli military has withdrawn but continues to carry out attacks, are still losing their lives despite the ceasefire.

In this context, 28-year-old Besme Benat Verş Ağa, who lived in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, was seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire after leaving her home to go to work and later died at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Her funeral was carried out under the surveillance of Israeli military vehicles and snipers at the Beit Lahiya cemetery. According to family members, intense gunfire erupted at the time of the attack, and the wounded woman was transported to the hospital with great difficulty but could not be saved. She is reported to have left behind four children.

According to Palestinians living in the same area, the Israeli military continues to fire from behind the “Yellow Line”, conducts artillery shelling, carries out airstrikes, and in some areas demolishes homes. It has been reported that the Israeli military has established military positions on high ground overlooking civilian settlements and monitors and targets Palestinian movements using military vehicles, snipers, machine gun-equipped cranes, and “Quadcopter”-type unmanned aerial vehicles. Palestinians in the area have stated that although these zones were officially designated as “safe areas” after the ceasefire, they remain under constant risk of attack.

Gaza Government Media Office Director Ismail Sevabite stated that Israel is using the ceasefire not to halt attacks but to create a new de facto situation in Gaza. Sevabite asserted that Israel is misusing the ceasefire to impose a forced new security and control regime rather than strengthen stability on the ground. He noted that since the ceasefire, 96 of the more than 600 Palestinians killed were directly targeted and killed by Israeli tanks, unmanned aerial vehicles and snipers stationed along and around the Sarai Line.

Sevabite further stated that 99 percent of those killed died in areas Israel has falsely labeled as “safe” and outside the buffer zone. The statement emphasized that these events are not random but constitute a repeated and deliberate pattern of violence; it called for an end to the targeting of civilians, the establishment of a clear monitoring mechanism on the ground, and the implementation of accountability mechanisms for those responsible.

On 28 February 2026 the Israeli military closed all border crossings into the Gaza Strip, citing Iran’s missile strikes as justification. The Coordination of Government Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (COGAT), a unit under the Israeli military, announced that all crossings into the Gaza Strip will remain closed until a further announcement. It was specified that this decision includes the Rafah Border Crossing, the only gateway between Gaza and the outside world.

The Rafah Border Crossing had been closed by Israel for approximately two years before being reopened on 2 February 2026 for limited two-way pedestrian movement only. The 28 February decision has now suspended this limited movement as well.

The Israeli side claims that the closure of all border crossings will not affect the humanitarian situation in Gaza. In contrast, the United Nations has highlighted that due to Israel’s continued restrictions even after the ceasefire, sufficient humanitarian aid has not been able to enter the Gaza Strip. The current situation is described as an acute humanitarian crisis marked by widespread hunger and shortages of water, medicine, medical supplies and hygiene materials.

On 28 February, the Israeli military carried out airstrikes, artillery fire, and demolition operations in different areas of the Gaza Strip. According to eyewitness accounts, various parts of the Zaytoun neighborhood in eastern Gaza City were targeted by artillery fire and airstrikes. On the same day, the Israeli navy targeted fishing boats and fired on areas off the coast of Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip.

It was also reported that the Israeli military demolished several buildings with explosives in the eastern areas of Khan Yunis city in southern Gaza Strip and intensified fire in the Mevaser area northwest of Rafah.

According to information from health officials, the Israeli navy’s targeting of fishing boats and shelling of the Sheikh Ijlin area in southwestern Gaza City resulted in two Palestinians being injured. Additionally, a Palestinian woman was injured in the foot by Israeli gunfire in the Mevaser area west of Khan Yunis city.

In one of the day’s major attacks, 15-year-old Abid Raid Radi was killed during an Israeli artillery strike near the Yusatre area, east of the Zaytoun neighborhood in southern Gaza City, while 16-year-old Selman Yahya al-Malala was injured.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health has published updated figures regarding Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. According to a written statement issued by the ministry on 28 February, in the past 24 hours, nine dead and 19 injured were brought to hospitals in Gaza. The statement added that since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 628 people have been killed in Israeli attacks, 1,686 have been injured, and 735 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble.

Meanwhile, the total number of casualties in attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 72,095 killed and 171,784 injured.

According to a statement by Gaza’s Ministry of Health, the total number of casualties in Israeli attacks since October 2023 has risen to 72,096 killed and 171,791 injured. It was stated that since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 629 people have been killed, 1,693 have been injured, and 735 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble.

The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture reported that agricultural damage exceeding 1.3 million dollars occurred in occupied territories between 19 and 27 February. It was reported that 618 trees were uprooted, 76 head of livestock were killed or burned, and 100 head of livestock were stolen. The damage was concentrated primarily in the cities of Hebron and Beit Lahia. The ministry emphasized that these violations threaten the livelihoods of thousands of Palestinian families.

Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli military targeted different areas of the Gaza Strip with air strikes and artillery fire. The eastern part of Khan Yunis, the eastern areas of Deir al-Balah including the neighborhoods of Zaytun, Shuja’iyya and Tuffah, as well as the eastern and northern parts of Beit Lahiya were bombed.

As of 2 March, the total death toll rose to 72,097 and the number of injured reached 171,796. Since the ceasefire, 630 people have been killed and 1,698 injured.

Israel, citing the risk of retaliation from Iran, decided to gradually reopen the Kerem Abu Salim Border Crossing, which it had closed on 28 February, for humanitarian aid.

On 3 March, the bodies of 18 Palestinians recovered from the rubble and two injured individuals were transported to hospitals. The total death toll rose to 72,116 and the number of injured reached 171,798. Since the ceasefire, 631 people have been killed and 1,700 injured.

Naseeh al-Saqqa was killed by Israeli fire in the “Satr ash-Sharqi” area north of Khan Yunis. Eyewitnesses stated that the area was outside the zones designated for Israeli military deployment and control under the agreement. It was reported that Israeli warplanes conducted air strikes on the eastern part of Khan Yunis and that the Israeli navy bombarded the coastal strip of the city.

As of 4 March, the total death toll rose to 72,117 and the number of injured reached 171,801. Since the ceasefire, 633 people have been killed and 1,703 injured.

On 5 March 2026, the total death toll rose to 72,120 and the number of injured reached 171,802. Since the ceasefire, 636 people have been killed and 1,704 injured.

According to the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), 1,007 athletes have been killed in Israeli attacks, 45 of whom were women. Of those killed, 565 were football players and 317 competed in Olympic disciplines; the Palestinian Scouts and Guides Union also lost 125 athletes. Of 265 sports facilities, 184 were completely destroyed and 81 sustained partial damage.

A 12-year-old child was killed by gunfire near Khalifa School in northern Gaza. A 54-year-old Palestinian was killed in a bombing in the Tuffah neighborhood, while another Palestinian was shot dead with live ammunition in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood. A 22-year-old youth was injured in a drone attack on Tuffah.

WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Hanan Balkhy stated that medical supplies have fallen to critically low levels and that fuel shortages are severely restricting hospital operations. Medical evacuations through the Rafah and Kerem Abu Salim border crossings have been suspended since 28 February.

UN Spokesperson Dujarric reported that more than 900 of the 1,500 shelters in Gaza are at risk of flooding and noted that the entry of shelter materials continues to be largely restricted.

On 6 March, a 12-year-old child was killed near Khalifa School in northern Gaza, a 54-year-old Palestinian in Tuffah Quarter, and another Palestinian in Shu’ayya Quarter as a result of Israeli attacks. Six people were injured in attacks conducted in Tubas Governorate. It was reported that Israeli settlers attempted to steal dozens of livestock in the village of Akaba, opened fire on villagers with live ammunition, and detained seven individuals for a period of time.

Kosovo Defense Minister Ejup Maqedonci announced that Kosovar soldiers are expected to be deployed to Gaza within a few months under the International Stabilization Force. Maqedonci emphasized that this would be the first time Kosovo, despite not being a UN member, would participate in a mission authorized by the UN, and reported that FSK Commander Bashkim Jashari had met with International Stabilization Force Commander Jasper Jeffers.

On 7 March 2026, Israeli warplanes conducted an air strike on Tuffah Quarter. The Navy fired randomly at Gaza’s coastlines, and artillery units bombarded the area. In a bombing attack in Khan Yunis, Ahmed Muhammad Al-Kudra (34) was killed and his daughter seriously injured. Eyewitnesses stated that the attack occurred in an area outside the military’s controlled zone.

The total death toll has risen to 72,123 and the number of injured to 171,805. Since the start of hostilities, 640 people have been killed and 1,707 injured.

UN rapporteurs reported that the genocide in Gaza has spread to the West Bank, stating that between 2021 and 2025, 144 Palestinians were killed in the Jerusalem Governorate, and that in 2025 alone, 73,871 settler incursions were carried out against the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono announced that all discussions regarding the US-led Peace Council for Gaza have been suspended due to military tensions in the region. In the Ras al-Ahmar area of Tubas, ten people were injured in an attack by Israeli settlers, two of whom were women.

On 8 March, the total death toll rose to 72,126 and the number of injured to 171,809. Since the start of hostilities, 641 people have been killed and 1,711 injured.

On International Women’s Day 8 March, the Palestinian Prisoners Society issued a joint statement reporting that since Israel launched its genocide in Gaza, it has arrested 700 Palestinian women. Of these, 72 remain in detention, most held in Damon Prison; 19 are ill, 32 are mothers, and 3 are minors. It was noted that 17 women have been imprisoned without any formal charges as “administrative detainees.” It was also reported that due to escalating attacks by Israeli settlers in eastern Nablus, 60 Palestinians from 11 families have begun evacuating their homes.

As of 9 March, the total death toll has risen to 72,133 and the number of injured to 171,826. Since the ceasefire, 648 people have been killed and 1,728 injured.

The Israeli military killed three Palestinians, two of them children, in an attack on tents housing displaced persons in the Suwarha area of the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, and injured ten people, three of them children. In a second attack on the same area, Nur Saleh al-Shalalife (30), Salsabil Enver Ferrac (12), and journalist Amal Muhammad Shamali (46) were killed. In an aerial strike on a civilian gathering area near the Ketiba Mosque, three Palestinians, including a health worker, were killed and three others injured. In the Zaytoun neighborhood, Imad Fulful (30) was killed in a drone attack, and two others were injured. Eyewitnesses stated that the attack zone fell outside Israeli-controlled areas under the ceasefire agreement.

Since 7 October 2023, the number of journalists killed in Gaza has reached 261. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem stated that Israel has exploited the global focus on its attacks on Iran to escalate massacres and tightened the siege by closing the Rafah border crossing.

The Israeli military heavily bombed the Zaytoun and Shuja’iyya neighborhoods, and fighter jets struck the central sections of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Navy fired indiscriminately along the coastal areas of Gaza City. Of four people who crossed the Saraya checkpoint in the north, three were shot dead and the fate of the fourth remains unreported. In Rafah, three Palestinians were killed in a tunnel. In Khan Yunis, a house belonging to the Qudra family and a tent with internet access in the Sheikh Aql area were targeted in aerial strikes. In the Zuwayda village, the home of the Talbani family was hit by a missile; one person was killed and two injured in the attack.

As of 10 March, the total death toll in Gaza has risen to 72,134 and the number of injured to 171,828. Since the ceasefire, 649 people have been killed, 1,730 people injured, and 756 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble.

Forces under the Israeli Prison Service launched simultaneous raids on Palestinian prisoner quarters in all prisons. During the raids, clubs, sound bombs, and pepper gas were used; some prisoners were injured and taken to hospital. Hamas described the raids as “a new war crime.”

Ismail Sevabite, Director of the Gaza Government’s Media Office, stated that Israel has reduced aid deliveries to Gaza by 10 percent following its war with Iran. Only 640 of the 6,000 required aid trucks and only 1,081 of the 7,400 required fuel trucks have been permitted entry. To date, only 36,720 of the 88,800 required trucks have reached Gaza, meeting approximately 41 percent of the actual need. It was stated that restrictions threaten the food security of more than 1.5 million people. Only 50 people have been allowed to enter the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron for daily prayers.

According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza's statement on 11 March, over the past 24 hours one body recovered from under the rubble and two injured individuals were transported to hospitals. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of 650 people, injuries to 1,732 others, and the recovery of 756 bodies from under the rubble. It has been reported that since Israel launched its offensive against the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the total number of fatalities has reached 72,135 and the number of injured has risen to 171,830.

On 11 March, an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launched an attack on Gaza City, killing one Palestinian and injuring five others. The Israeli military UAV conducted a missile strike on a stall selling household goods in western Gaza. The five injured were transported to Al-Shifa Hospital. According to Palestinian authorities, more than 650 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the ceasefire began.

On the same day, Israeli warplanes carried out aerial strikes on a government building in Gaza City housing dozens of displaced families. Following the strikes, a fire broke out in the building, with flames spreading to tents occupied by nearby displaced Palestinian families.

The Gaza Civil Defense Directorate stated that after Israeli forces targeted a building, firefighters from the civil defense units brought under control a fire that had broken out in tents housing displaced persons in the Ensar area of western Gaza City.

On 12 March, the Israeli military continued its attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, routinely violating the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on 10 October 2025. According to local sources, the Israeli military launched a heavy artillery bombardment targeting the Zeytun, Suwayjiyya and Tuffah neighborhoods in eastern Gaza City. It was reported that helicopters opened intense fire on various areas of Gaza, while Israeli warplanes conducted aerial strikes on areas under military control in eastern Gaza City.

In western Gaza, Israeli naval vessels fired heavy machine guns near the shelters of displaced Palestinians along the shore of the Shati Refugee Camp and the fishing harbor.

Israeli warplanes carried out two aerial strikes on the area known as the “Yellow Line” in eastern Khan Yunis, while simultaneously the Mevasi area in the northwestern part of Rafah was subjected to artillery fire. According to the Palestinian official agency WAFA, a child injured by Israeli forces in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza Strip lost his life. Five-year-old Palestinian boy Semih Shihab Semih Maruf died from wounds sustained after Israeli soldiers opened direct fire on him.

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on 12 March, one Palestinian was killed and nine others were injured in Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours and transported to hospitals. The statement emphasized that operations were hindered due to Israeli obstructions, stating: "Due to the inability of teams to reach the sites, numerous victims remain trapped under rubble and in the streets."

It was recorded that since the ceasefire came into effect until 12 March, the death toll had risen to 651 and the number of injured to 1,741, with 756 bodies recovered from under the rubble during this period. Since the start of Israeli attacks on 7 October 2023, the total loss of life has reached 72,136 and the number of injured to 171,839.

According to a statement by the Gaza Ministry of Health on 15 March, five Palestinian bodies and eight injured persons were transported to hospitals following Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours. It was recorded that since the ceasefire came into effect, a total of 663 people have been killed, 1,762 people have been injured, and 756 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble. Since 7 October 2023, Israeli attacks have resulted in a total loss of life of 72,239 and an injured count of 171,861.

In Israeli airstrikes targeting the central region of the Gaza Strip, twelve Palestinians, including two children, were killed. According to a statement from the Gaza Ministry of Interior, Israeli warplanes targeted a police vehicle near the ez-Zevaide area in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. It was reported that Director of Public Security Police Colonel Iyad Abu Yusuf and seven police officers lost their lives when their vehicle was struck.

In another Israeli airstrike in the central region of the Gaza Strip, four Palestinians, including two children, were killed. It was reported that an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle targeted a house in the es-Suwaritha area.

According to a statement from the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which operates under the Israeli military in the occupied Palestinian territories, the Al-Rafah Border Crossing will be reopened on 18 March for limited two-way pedestrian passage.

According to Israeli media, under this mechanism, Egypt will provide Israel with a list of individuals to cross the border 24 hours in advance, and Palestinians will be permitted to pass only after Israel grants approval.

The Israeli military announced on 28 February that it would keep closed all entry points into the Gaza Strip, including the Al-Rafah Border Crossing, which is Gaza’s only link to the outside world, until further notice. The United Nations (UN) has highlighted that even after the ceasefire, insufficient humanitarian aid has entered the Gaza Strip due to restrictions imposed by Israel.

On 16 March, in the Mevasi area in southern Gaza, a wall collapsed onto tents housing displaced Palestinians, killing three Palestinians, including a child. The General Directorate of Civil Defense stated that the wall belonged to the Er-Ribat Külliyesi building in Han Yunus and had collapsed onto the tents of displaced persons in Mevasi.

Approximately 1.9 million of Gaza Strip’s 2.4 million population are displaced Palestinians who, after losing their homes due to Israeli attacks, are struggling to survive in worn-out tents lacking basic living conditions. Thousands of Palestinians are also forced to live in partially or fully damaged buildings that pose a risk of collapse, as no safe alternatives are available.

According to a statement from the Ambulance and Emergency Services Directorate, on 16 March the Israeli military targeted a group of Palestinians gathered on Saftawi Street in northern Gaza City. One Palestinian was killed and five people were injured in the attack, with two of the injured reported to be in critical condition.

According to local health sources, Mahmud al-Kara also died after Israeli soldiers opened fire near the Nasir Hospital in Han Yunus the previous day.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health on 16 March, eight dead and 17 injured were brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 671 people and injured 1,779 people. The total death toll has risen to 72,247 and the number of injured to 171,878.

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on 18 March, four dead and 14 wounded were brought to hospitals in Gaza over the past 24 hours. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have resulted in the deaths of 677 people and injuries to 1,813 others in Gaza, with 756 bodies recovered from under the rubble. Since October 2023, the total number of casualties from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 72,253 dead and 171,912 injured.

According to information from Al-Nasr Hospital, the Israeli military targeted a tent housing displaced persons in the Mevasi area west of Khan Yunis with a drone. One Palestinian was killed and one person was injured in the attack. While Israeli artillery units bombarded areas east of Gaza City, intense fire was also opened from Israeli vehicles.

Indonesian Presidential Spokesperson Prasetyo Hadi announced that Indonesia has suspended its plan to deploy troops to Gaza due to escalating tensions in the Middle East. Hadi stated that all plans regarding troop deployment to Gaza are on hold, citing rising regional tensions as the primary reason for the delay.

According to health sources, the Israeli military targeted civilians again on 19 March in eastern Gaza City. Four people were killed in drone strikes carried out by the Israeli military in eastern Gaza City and in the Zeytun neighborhood. The bodies were taken to Al-Ehli Baptist Hospital and Shifa Hospital.

A report by Haaretz, citing data from the Civil-Military Coordination Center established by the United States in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, to monitor the Gaza Agreement, stated that humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza have sharply declined since the Israeli government closed all border crossings following its initiation of attacks against Iran.

Before the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran began, an average of 4,200 humanitarian aid trucks entered the region weekly. However, after Israel ordered the closure of all border crossings into the Gaza Strip during the first week of the attacks, this number dropped to 590. During the second week of the attacks, the number of humanitarian aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip remained at only 1,137. Under pressure from the United States, Israel was reported to have reversed its decision and partially reopened the Kerem Abu Salim crossing on 3 March, followed by the Rafah Border Crossing.

Following more than two years of Israeli attacks, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have observed Eid al-Fitr for the first time in three years without bombardment. Gaza, where more than 72,000 Palestinians have been killed in genocidal attacks, entered Eid al-Fitr with deep sorrow. Over two million Palestinians in Gaza, who have lost their loved ones and have no homes left to return to due to Israeli assaults, have marked the occasion with bittersweet joy.

After an interval of nearly three years without the sound of Israeli aircraft and bombs, Palestinians emerged early in the morning onto the streets to perform the Eid prayer. The majority of mosques and prayer halls in Gaza have been destroyed as a result of Israeli attacks; therefore, most Palestinians performed the Eid prayer amid the rubble of mosques and prayer halls damaged during Israeli offensives. In some areas, the Eid prayer was held in tents set up by humanitarian organizations as temporary prayer spaces. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 673 people have been killed and 1,799 injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza.

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stated at the daily press briefing in New York on 20 March that over 1,500 Palestinians have been displaced in the occupied West Bank in 2026, a figure that has already reached 90 percent of the total number recorded in 2025.

According to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), since the start of the US-Israel attack on Iran on 28 February, more than 180 Palestinians have been displaced across the West Bank due to settler attacks and movement restrictions. It has been emphasized that over 40 percent of those displaced are children.

Dujarric also reported that Israel’s ongoing restrictions on humanitarian operations in Gaza have “further worsened an already critical humanitarian situation,” noting an increase in generator failures at hospitals due to shortages of spare parts and lubricating oil.

Dujarric also highlighted the high rates of infection spread by insects in areas where many displaced people in Gaza are living, stating, “Just last month, approximately 23,000 suspected cases were recorded.” He added, “The availability of hygiene kits, insecticides, and scabies treatment supplies remains critically low.”

According to health sources, on 22 March, the Israeli military targeted an area in the northern part of Gaza City where civilians had gathered. One person was killed in the attack and others were injured. The injured were transported to Shifa Hospital.

An Israeli air strike targeting a police vehicle in the Nuseyrat Refugee Camp, located in the central part of the Gaza Strip, has killed four people and injured eight others. The Al-Awda Hospital in the region confirmed that the Israeli military targeted the police vehicle. The Gaza Ministry of Interior also confirmed the attack.

Nineteen Palestinian prisoners held by Israel in Gaza have been released. The Palestinian prisoners were handed over by teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the Kerem Abu Salim Border Crossing and transported to the Aksa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

Since October 2023 through 22 March, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in 72,253 deaths and 171,912 injuries.

After remaining closed for approximately 20 days, citing Iranian missile strikes as justification, the Rafah Border Crossing reopened for limited pedestrian traffic, allowing 28 Palestinians to return to the Gaza Strip. According to hospital sources, the 28 individuals from Egypt, including women and children, arrived at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. The Palestinians experienced emotional reunions with their families and loved ones after a long separation.

Israeli media reported that Israel was compelled to reopen the border crossing under pressure from the U.S. administration after having closed it under the pretext of Iranian missile strikes.

The number of people killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 72,263, with the number of injured reaching 171,944. Since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 687 people, injured 1,845, and recovered 756 bodies from under the rubble.

On 24 March, the Israeli military violated the ceasefire and continued its attacks targeting civilians in the Gaza Strip. In the el-Mevasi area of the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, gunfire was directed at tents housing displaced civilians. One of the victims was 13-year-old Khalid Sayf al-Din Sulayman Arade, who was killed in the attack.

In the southern city of Rafah, Israeli forces opened fire with machine guns from armored vehicles, resulting in three people being injured. In the northern Gaza Strip region of Jabaliya, three additional civilians were wounded by Israeli gunfire. In the central Gaza Strip area of el-Bureij Refugee Camp, one Palestinian was injured by gunfire. As of 24 March, since the ceasefire came into effect, Israeli attacks have killed 687 people and injured 1,849.

On 25 March, the Israeli military violated the ceasefire with an airstrike on the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah, killing one Palestinian. According to the official Palestinian news agency WANA, Israeli warplanes bombed the Es-Sit Amira Camp located south of Deir al-Balah. One Palestinian was killed in the strike, and preliminary assessments indicate that at least eight people were injured. The injured were transported to the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

According to the official Palestinian agency WANA, Israeli warplanes targeted civilians near the Sevariha Cemetery, north of the village of Zevayide in central Gaza. Four Palestinians were killed in the attack, and others were injured. According to health sources, on the same day, early in the morning, Israeli drones targeted the Nusayrat Refugee Camp. Two Palestinians were killed in that strike.

The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, addressed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which convened to discuss the situation in the Middle East including Palestine. Mladenov, speaking for the first time as UN Special Coordinator to the UNSC, emphasized that while regional conflicts initiated by Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iran continue, the situation in Gaza must not be overlooked.

Mladenov noted that although the first phase of the ceasefire brought “significant improvements” in Gaza, the situation remains extremely dire. He stated, “Basic services are operating at only a tiny fraction of their pre-war capacity. The health system has collapsed. There is no functioning economy.”

Despite these challenges, Mladenov defended the claim that the ceasefire has been largely respected in Gaza since 10 October 2025, called on all parties to exercise maximum restraint, and warned, “If this process fails and the current situation is allowed to become permanent, the consequences will be catastrophic.”

According to a 27 March article in Haaretz, satellite imagery data reveal that Israel has deepened its occupation along the "Yellow Line", which divides Gaza and which the Israeli military was required to vacate at the end of the second phase of the ceasefire. It has been revealed that in recent months the Israeli military has established new outposts along the line, conducted infrastructure projects, and transported equipment.

The Israeli military has constructed approximately 17 kilometers of earthen barrier along the 45-kilometer Yellow Line. Following the ceasefire agreed on 10 October 2025, the total number of outposts along the Yellow Line has increased to 32 with the construction of seven new outposts. The ground of five of these outposts has been paved with asphalt for permanent Israeli military operations. The United Nations (UN) has reported that over 200 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military around the Yellow Line since the October ceasefire.

The Yellow Line map shared by Israel after the ceasefire shows that Israel is occupying 54 percent of the Gaza Strip, with the remainder under Palestinian control. However, after the ceasefire, the Israeli military has effectively further reduced the area under Palestinian control by placing yellow concrete blocks beyond the designated line, demolishing structures at strategic points, and displacing local residents. As a result of this reduction, approximately 2.1 million Gazans are now confined to an area smaller than half the total territory they inhabited before the attacks. Hundreds of thousands are sheltering in tents or in makeshift dwellings damaged by heavy bombardment.

Israel’s Chief of the General Staff, Eyal Zamir, stated on 8 December 2025 while addressing Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza that the Yellow Line dividing Gaza is a "new border" between Gaza and Israel and defended Israel’s intention to maintain its current military positions. In response to Zamir’s remarks, the UN stated that it is "firmly opposed to any change in the borders between Gaza and Israel."

According to a statement from Gaza’s Ministry of Health, since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025, 691 people have been killed in Israeli attacks, 1,876 people have been wounded, and 756 bodies have been recovered from under rubble. Since October 2023, the total number of casualties from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 72,267, with 171,976 injured.

According to hospital sources, on 28 March Israel conducted an airstrike using drones on the town of Han Yunus, resulting in the death of one Palestinian. According to a report published by the official Palestinian agency WAFA, Palestinian brothers Fehmi and Said Omar Kaddum were killed in an Israeli attack in eastern Gaza.

In the Shema neighborhood, numerous people were wounded by gunfire directed at homes. Israeli soldiers also opened fire on tents occupied by displaced residents in various parts of the same neighborhood, wounding three Palestinians. The Israeli military heavily shelled the neighborhoods of Zeytun, Shu’ayya and Tuffah in eastern Gaza. Civilian residential areas were targeted by fire from tanks.

According to eyewitnesses and local health sources, Israeli warplanes targeted multiple police checkpoints in the Mevasi area west of Han Yunus town in southern Gaza. In this attack, which once again violated the ceasefire, six people were killed, three of them police officers, and several Palestinians were wounded.

On 28 March, the total death toll rose to 72,268 and the number of wounded to 171,995. Since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025, 692 people have been killed in Israeli attacks, 1,895 people have been wounded, and 756 bodies have been recovered from under rubble.

On 29 March, the Ministry of Health in Gaza released updated figures on casualties resulting from Israel’s ongoing attacks since October 2023. It was reported that in the past 24 hours, the Israeli military delivered 10 corpses and 18 wounded to hospitals in Gaza.

Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli military attacks in Gaza have resulted in 702 deaths, 1,913 injuries, and the recovery of 756 bodies from under rubble. Since October 2023, the total number of casualties from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 72,278 dead and 172,013 injured.

On the same day, civilians were targeted near the Askule Intersection in the Zeytun Quarter. Sources at El-Ahli Baptist Hospital reported that the attack killed two people and seriously wounded one. Eyewitnesses stated that the Israeli military destroyed several buildings and facilities in the vicinity of the Tuffah Quarter in eastern Gaza City, and that artillery units struck the eastern areas of Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis.

According to sources at Nassir Hospital, the Israeli military bombed two areas in the Mevasi district of Khan Yunis where Palestinians had gathered. The attack killed seven Palestinians and injured four others. Additionally, an Israeli soldier opened fire near the Beni Suheyl Intersection in eastern Khan Yunis, resulting in the death of one more Palestinian. Eyewitnesses also reported that Israeli naval vessels fired on the shoreline of Khan Yunis. Israeli helicopters opened fire with machine guns on areas east of the Bureyc Refugee Camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip. With this latest fatality, the total number of Palestinians killed in Khan Yunis on that day rose to nine.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza stated that the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip is facing a severe and complex crisis, with the infrastructure of numerous hospitals and health centers severely affected. It was reported that 90 generators have completely stopped functioning, while 38 are operating with limited fuel. The region requires 2,500 liters of fuel monthly. This shortage poses a threat to the lives of hundreds of patients in intensive care, neonatal, and dialysis units, and risks damaging medicines, vaccines, and blood units due to failures in cooling systems.

According to health sources, the Israeli military targeted a gathering point for civilians in the El-Faluca area west of the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza. In an attack carried out by an unmanned aerial vehicle, one Palestinian was killed.

Previously, in an UAV strike on the Zeytun Quarter in southern Gaza, three Palestinians were killed; in the Nusayrat Refugee Camp in the central area, one was killed; and on Salahaddin Street near the Bureyc Refugee Camp, one Palestinian was killed and six others were injured. As a result, the total number of fatalities from attacks carried out throughout the day rose to six.

According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, an elderly Palestinian woman, Umm Jihad al-Ashkar, who had been seriously wounded several days earlier by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, died. In Beit Lahiya, a young Palestinian was wounded in the neck by fire from an Israeli “quadcopter”-type armed unmanned aerial vehicle.

In the eastern area of the Bureyc Refugee Camp in central Gaza, a ten-year-old boy, Ahmed Ataullah, was seriously injured by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire.

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem responded to the Israeli military’s continued attacks on Gaza despite the ceasefire agreed upon in October 2025. Qassem stated that while Palestinian resistance groups have adhered to the ceasefire agreement, Israel has not ceased its daily attacks on the Gaza Strip. He emphasized that this demonstrates Israel’s efforts to sabotage the ceasefire despite mediation efforts by intermediaries.

Hospital officials told an AA correspondent that the Israeli military targeted a group of Palestinians in the city of Han Yunus with a drone strike, resulting in two people losing their lives and three others being injured. According to the Palestinian official agency WAFA, the Israeli military conducted a drone attack on Han Yunus, killing two Palestinians and injuring many others.

In the El-Faluca region in northern Gaza Strip, an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of civilians resulted in one Palestinian losing his life and one person being injured.

According to sources at Nasir Hospital, an Israeli drone strike targeting a civilian gathering area in the El-Mevasi area of Refah in southern Gaza injured nine Palestinians, one of them seriously.

An official from the El-Ehli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City reported that the Israeli military targeted civilians in the Tuffah neighborhood with a drone strike, injuring two Palestinians.

In a statement issued by the Gaza Ministry of Health on 31 March, it was reported that five people who had been injured in previous Israeli attacks died within the last 24 hours, and 14 others were injured. It was recorded that since October 2023, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in a total of 72,285 deaths and 172,028 injuries. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 709 people, injured 1,928, and resulted in the recovery of 756 bodies from under the rubble.

On 13 May, Israeli military attacks on Gaza and the explosion of unexploded ordnance left 16 Palestinians injured. According to a written statement from the Palestinian Red Crescent, five Palestinians, mostly children, were injured in the el-Salatin area west of the city of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza Strip, where displaced Palestinians reside in tents. The injuries resulted from gunfire and artillery fire launched from Israeli naval vessels. The wounded were transported to Es-Seraya Hospital in Gaza City.

Four people were injured in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack by the Israeli military on Jabaliya. UAVs fired on tents housing Palestinians in the Zaytoun neighborhood east of Gaza City. In the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, an explosion of leftover ordnance from Israeli attacks injured two people; one of the wounded, taken to Al-Awda Hospital, was reported to be in critical condition. Five Palestinians were also injured in a UAV attack targeting civilians gathered near a police station in the northwestern part of Gaza City.

^{Daily life in the Gaza Strip under blockade, 15 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

High Representative of the Gaza Peace Council Nickolay Mladenov, in a press conference held on 13 May, stated that as part of ongoing talks regarding Gaza, he had met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and emphasized that consultations continue with all parties.

Mladenov highlighted that approximately two million people in Gaza are struggling to survive under harsh conditions and noted that his efforts are focused on providing Palestinians with a future in the region.

Mladenov stated that despite the ceasefire, violations continue daily in Gaza and that civilians are still losing their lives. He added, "We do not feel that the war in Gaza has fully ended, and we are working to reduce violations." Mladenov noted that the 20-point plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump envisages allocating $17 billion over ten years for Gaza’s reconstruction. He said that the current political leadership in Gaza is being asked to step down. Mladenov clarified that they do not seek the complete elimination of Hamas as a political movement and affirmed that Hamas could participate in elections. Mladenov stated that the National Committee established to manage Gaza’s transition is ready and emphasized that the principle of "one authority, one law, one weapon" in Palestine is endorsed by all countries.

In a written statement from Gaza’s Ministry of Health on 14 May, it was recorded that over the past 48 hours, two dead and 24 injured were brought to hospitals in Gaza. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 857 people and injured 2,486, while the bodies of 771 individuals have been recovered from under the rubble. Since October 2023, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in a total of 72,744 deaths and 172,588 injuries.

^{Daily life in the Gaza Strip under blockade, 15 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

On the same day, Israeli forces targeted a group of civilians gathered in the northern village of Jabaliya using a drone. In the attack, Razi Fevzi Halawa (25) lost his life. A sniper from the Israeli military killed a Palestinian named Hasan Abid near a clinic affiliated with UNRWA in the Jabaliya Refugee Camp. Israeli soldiers also targeted civilian defense teams attempting to retrieve Abid’s body with a drone; the civilian defense team later succeeded in reaching Abid’s body and transported it to Shifa Hospital. In Khan Yunis, three children were injured as a result of Israeli bombing of civilians, one of them seriously. In the village of Beit Lahiya, one Palestinian was injured due to gunfire from Israeli soldiers.

An Israeli drone strike targeting a group of civilians on An-Nuzha Street in Jabaliya resulted in the deaths of Tamir al-Mutawakkil and his cousin Muhammad al-Mutawakkil; their bodies were taken to Shifa Hospital. Tamir al-Mutawakkil’s father, Iyad al-Mutawakkil, had been killed on 9 May when an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle west of the Jabaliya Refugee Camp.

On 15 May, despite the ceasefire, Israeli forces conducted airstrikes on a house and a vehicle in northern Gaza Strip, killing eight Palestinians. According to health sources, three people died when a civilian vehicle was targeted, and five others died when a residential building was bombed. The Israeli military targeted an apartment building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City; the attack triggered a fire that rendered the building unusable. The number of injured taken to hospitals in Gaza City exceeded 45, with some of the injured reported to be in critical condition. The bodies were transported to Shifa Hospital and the es-Saraya field hospital operated by the Palestinian Red Crescent.

^{Daily life in the Gaza Strip under blockade, 15 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

Additionally, in Gaza City, a house partially destroyed in previous Israeli attacks fully collapsed; one Palestinian was killed under the rubble of the collapsed roof, while several others were injured.

On the same day, Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz claimed that Israeli forces targeted Izzeddin al-Haddad, a senior figure in Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, during an airstrike on Gaza City despite the ceasefire. Katz stated that he issued the order together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had previously issued assassination threats against senior Hamas figures including Khalil al-Hayya and Izzeddin al-Haddad among other top commanders of the Qassam Brigades.

^{Daily life in the Gaza Strip under blockade, 15 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

A group of 86 Palestinians, mostly patients, injured individuals, and their attendants who had traveled to Egypt for medical treatment, returned to the Gaza Strip after a prolonged separation and reunited with their families. The group of women, children, and elderly patients and attendants arrived by bus at the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis.

On 16 May, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported that in the past 48 hours, 13 dead and 57 wounded were brought to hospitals in Gaza. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have resulted in 870 deaths, 2,543 injuries, and the recovery of 771 bodies from under the rubble. The total number of casualties from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has reached 72,757 dead and 172,645 wounded. With one additional death caused by a building collapse, the total number of people killed due to building collapses has risen to 30.

^{A building targeted by Israel in Gaza despite a ceasefire, 16 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

In a drone strike targeting a civilian vehicle near El-Wahde Apartment on Shifa Street in western Gaza City, two Palestinians were killed and three others injured. Additionally, eight Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks were laid to rest in a ceremony held at Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City.

Hamas officially announced that Izzeddin al-Haddad (Abu Suhayb), commander of the Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, was killed in an Israeli attack. Hamas’s official spokesperson Hazem Qassem, in a video statement, expressed condolences for Haddad and stated that he would remain “a mountain among the mountains of Palestine.” Qassem emphasized that “Haddad’s martyrdom is a great loss, but this path continues,” and stressed that the struggle would persist until Al-Aqsa Mosque is liberated.

According to local sources, Haddad was killed in an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City along with his wife and daughter. A funeral was held for him in Gaza City. In a written statement from Hamas, an urgent call was made to guarantor and mediator countries to assume responsibility for the assassination.

^{Daily life in the Gaza Strip, 16 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

Izzeddin al-Haddad, known as Abu Suhayb, was born in the Gaza Strip in 1970 and was married with eight children. He joined Hamas upon its founding in 1987 at the age of 17 and held various command positions, rising from platoon and battalion commander to commander of the Gaza Brigade. After Muhammad Sinwar, Haddad assumed command of the Qassam Brigades and lost his son in the Israeli attack on Gaza City on 18 January 2025. The Israeli military announced in November 2023 that it was offering a reward of $750,000 for information leading to Haddad’s location.

On 17 May, it was reported that the Israeli military killed six Palestinians in various areas despite the ceasefire. In the courtyard of a house near Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in northern Deyr el-Balah, a humanitarian food distribution point was struck by two missiles launched from an Israeli drone; three people were killed and many others injured. Two people were killed in attacks in the center of Khan Yunis; at least nine people were wounded in an attack on a tent used as a café in the Tel al-Heva neighborhood in southwestern Gaza City; and one Palestinian was killed in an attack on the Zaytoun neighborhood. One person was killed in Deyr el-Balah’s southern El-Bereke Street after civilians were targeted by a drone.

In a written statement from Hamas, the attack on the food distribution point in Deyr el-Balah was labeled a “war crime,” and the international community’s silence was said to have emboldened Israel. Additionally, the Palestinian man Jihad Selman, who had been wounded in an earlier Israeli bombing in Beit Lahiya, succumbed to his injuries.

On 17 May, eyewitnesses reported that Israeli military forces entered the village of Beni Suheyla, east of Khan Yunis, accompanied by gunfire and artillery bombardment. Witnesses stated that Israeli machinery had dragged dozens of meters westward the concrete blocks marking the "yellow line" in the Rakab and Fecm neighborhoods, indicating an expansion of areas under Israeli military control. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement on 15 May, declared that despite the ceasefire, Israel had expanded the territory it occupies in the Gaza Strip to 60 percent.

^{Daily life in the Gaza Strip, 19 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

On the same day, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported that in the past 24 hours, six bodies, four of which were recovered from under rubble, and 19 injured persons were brought to hospitals. It was stated that since the ceasefire, 871 people have been killed, 2,562 injured, and 776 bodies have been recovered from under rubble. The total death toll from Israeli attacks since October 2023 has reached 72,763, with the number of wounded rising to 172,664.

On 18 May, it was reported that one person was killed in an Israeli attack on the town of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, an Israeli drone targeted civilians at the Beni Suheyla Junction, east of Khan Yunis, resulting in the death of a Palestinian youth. It was recorded that since the ceasefire, Israeli attacks have killed 878 people and injured 2,602.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that Mahmud Ziyad el-Amle (32), shot by Israeli soldiers in the village of Beit Ula near Hebron, had died. It was reported that Amle suffered severe head injuries after being shot by Israeli soldiers stationed near the Separation Wall, which Israel has constructed on land belonging to Palestinians west of Beit Ula.

On 19 May, the Israeli navy opened fire off the coast of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, wounding two Palestinian fishermen. According to officials at Nasser Hospital, the two fishermen were injured when Israeli warships fired on Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Khan Yunis and were transported to the hospital. It was reported that Israeli warplanes targeted an area near makeshift refugee camps in the Karara el-Mevasi region northwest of Khan Yunis during nighttime hours.

^{Daily life in the Gaza Strip, 16 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

Spokesperson for the Civil Defense Directorate in Gaza, Mahmud Basal, noted that the bodies of approximately 8,500 Palestinians remain buried under rubble. He stated that heavy machinery such as bulldozers, excavators, and trucks are urgently needed to reach these bodies, and that without such equipment, retrieving the dead is impossible. Basal added that approximately 90 percent of Civil Defense vehicles have been destroyed in Israeli attacks, saying, "Israel is blocking the entry of heavy equipment into Gaza."

The Palestinian government has warned that approximately 1.6 million people—equivalent to about 77 percent of the population in the Gaza Strip—are facing the threat of famine. The statement noted that the World Central Kitchen (WCK) organization, due to financial pressures, has reduced the number of daily meals it distributes in Gaza from one million to tens of thousands. It further emphasized that Israel has failed to fulfill its obligations under the ceasefire agreement and condemned the conversion of the UNRWA headquarters in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem into a military facility.

In Israeli military attacks targeting northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip, one Palestinian was killed and at least eight others were injured. Israeli forces struck a civilian vehicle in the Rimal neighborhood of central Gaza City using a drone; in the attack, Bedr Halil Ehl was killed and four others were injured. In the Zeitoun neighborhood of southern Gaza City, four Palestinians were injured after a drone targeted an area where civilians had gathered. Additionally, 14-year-old Muhammad Salah Rakab, who had been wounded in an Israeli bombing of Khan Yunis several days earlier, also died.

According to data from Gaza’s Ministry of Health, three dead and three injured were brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours. The ministry reported that since October 2023, Israeli attacks have resulted in a total of 72,772 deaths and 172,707 injuries.

On 20 May, Israeli forces launched air and artillery strikes targeting two homes and civilians in the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire, injuring seven Palestinians, including children. According to health sources, the Israeli military conducted an airstrike on the home of the Palestinian "Zakkut" family in the En-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City, injuring five people including children. Israeli artillery targeted the eastern part of Gaza City and the eastern area of Jabaliya in northern Gaza Strip. In Khan Yunis, in the El-Mevasi region on Fifth Street, a drone attack on a group of civilians injured two people. Israeli warplanes bombed the home of the Palestinian "Abu Shammale" family in the El-Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza Strip following a warning to evacuate.

^{Hot meals are being distributed to displaced Palestinians in Gaza, 22 May 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

A Palestinian fisherman was killed after being shot by Israeli assault boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip; his body was taken to Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

On the same day, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported that one dead and 16 injured were brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 881 people have been killed and 2,621 injured in Israeli attacks, with 776 bodies recovered from under the rubble. The ministry stated that since October 2023, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in a total of 72,773 deaths and 172,723 injuries.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that seven Palestinians released by Israel had been transferred to the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Abu Salim border crossing. Among those released, Subhi Serhan told Agence France-Presse: "We were tortured, but praise be to God we have returned." He added: "I endured tortures in prison that I had never seen in my life."

^{Hot meals are being distributed to displaced Palestinians in Gaza, 22 May 2026 – (Anadolu Agency)}

On 21 May 2026, during Israeli military attacks on the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire, numerous Palestinians including women and children were injured. According to hospital sources, an Israeli warplane bombed a house in the Megazi Refugee Camp located in the central area of the Gaza Strip. The attack completely destroyed the house, and the resulting fire spread to nearby homes causing widespread damage in the area.

Numerous Palestinians including women and children were injured in the attack. Among those transported to the Aksa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, one person’s condition was reported as critical.

On the same day, according to eyewitness accounts, an Israeli military strike on the “Block 1” area of the Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip resulted in one Palestinian being seriously injured.

On 21 May, according to hospital sources, Israeli forces bombed an area where Palestinian civilians had gathered in the Meshraa Beit Lahiya region using an unmanned aerial vehicle. In the attack, 13-year-old Joud Duweik lost his life and two others were injured.

According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, on the same day Israeli soldiers opened fire in the village of Karara east of the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, killing one Palestinian. In the town of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, an Israeli drone targeted a group of Palestinians resulting in one death and numerous injuries.

Israeli forces opened fire in the Mevasi area of the city of Refah in southern Gaza, killing two Palestinians. According to reports in the Palestinian press, the victims were humanitarian aid truck drivers. Additionally, a person was injured in the Halawa Refugee Camp north of the village of Jabaliya due to a bomb dropped by an armed Israeli drone.

According to a report by the official Palestinian agency WAFA, on the same day the Israeli military targeted a tent housing displaced persons in the Mevasi area of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. Initial assessments indicated one person was killed and many others were injured. Due to Israeli attacks targeting the central Gaza Strip, a fire broke out in a tent in the Nusayrat Refugee Camp where displaced Palestinians were sheltered. As a result of the fire, Palestinian infant Rahil Abu Camus lost her life and three others were injured.

Another Israeli drone strike conducted despite the ceasefire resulted in the death of a Palestinian woman. In the central Gaza Strip city of Deir al-Balah, a 23-year-old woman, Fatma al-Zahra, was killed in the attack and her body was taken to the hospital.

^{The funeral of Palestinians killed in Israel's ongoing attacks in Gaza, 22 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

According to a written statement from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, two dead and 27 wounded were brought to hospitals in Gaza over the past 24 hours. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 883 people, injured 2,648, and resulted in the recovery of 776 bodies from under the rubble. Since October 2023, the total loss of life from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 72,775, with the number of injured rising to 172,750.

On 22 May 2026, according to hospital sources and eyewitness accounts, Israeli forces targeted a shepherd with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Shakus area of the city of Rifah in southern Gaza. The shepherd, Rafet Adil Berike (42), was killed in the bombing. The Israeli military also heavily shelled the eastern areas of Khan Yunis. On the same day, a Palestinian man, Luey Basal (27), was killed in an attack on the eastern outskirts of Gaza City.

On 22 May, a report issued by the Government of Gaza’s Media Office provided information on truck and pedestrian crossings into the Gaza Strip between 15 and 21 May. According to the ceasefire agreement, 600 trucks per day, or 4,400 per week, are permitted to enter the Gaza Strip. However, in the past week, only 1,287 trucks managed to enter. Israel has allowed entry for only 30 percent of the trucks permitted under the agreement. The report states that 693 of these trucks carried humanitarian aid, 559 carried commercial goods, and 35 carried fuel, and notes that Israel’s restrictions on truck entry have deepened the crisis in the Gaza Strip.

The same report recalls that the ceasefire agreement permits an average of 1,400 bidirectional pedestrian crossings daily through the Rifah Border Crossing. In the past week, only 403 pedestrians crossed, of whom 249 departed and 154 arrived. It was reported that access was granted for only 28 percent of the permitted crossings.

Reinhilde Van de Weerdt, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) representative in the occupied Palestinian territories, made assessments on the situation in Gaza during the weekly press briefing of the United Nations Office in Geneva. Weerdt stated, “The situation in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem continues to be dire. I was in Gaza earlier this month for my second visit and was as shocked and saddened as I was during my first. Despite the ceasefire that began in October 2025, violence has not ceased. Since the ceasefire began, at least 880 people have been killed and more than 2,600 injured.”

^{The funeral of Palestinians killed in Israel's ongoing attacks in Gaza, 22 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

Weerdt reported that WHO has documented 22 attacks on health facilities in Gaza this year and emphasized that only 53 percent of hospitals in Gaza are partially operational. Weerdt said that restrictions on the entry of essential medical supplies have hindered the functioning of health facilities, adding, “Bureaucratic procedures and access restrictions on globally recognized essential medicines and supplies must be lifted.” Weerdt also noted that WHO has supported the evacuation of approximately 12,000 patients from the Ministry of Health and that more than 30 countries have been able to accept these patients.

On 22 May, the Israeli military violated the ceasefire by crossing west of the Yellow Line in two areas of the central Gaza Strip and demolishing several homes. According to eyewitness accounts, Israeli forces advanced 100 meters into the Selka Valley east of Deir al-Balah using tanks, bulldozers, and excavators, and destroyed three homes belonging to the Said family. Israeli military vehicles also advanced dozens of meters westward within the Netzarim Corridor in the central Gaza Strip.

On 23 May 2026, according to health sources, an Israeli drone targeted an area in the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabaliya where displaced civilians had gathered. Two Palestinian youths were injured in the attack. Eyewitnesses reported that the drone targeted the area around the Halawa Refugee Camp, where displaced persons were sheltering east of Jabaliya, and that the strike caused widespread panic in the region.

^{Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli military continues its attacks on Gaza, 23 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

On the same day, the Israeli military used explosives to level civilian structures in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City. Loud explosion sounds were heard in the surrounding area. The Israeli military continued shelling and intense fire from military vehicles against Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip and Han Yunus in the southern Gaza Strip.

On 23 May, during an Israeli military offensive in the northern Gaza Strip, five Palestinians were killed and many others were injured. According to hospital sources, an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) targeted a police station near the “17 Junction” west of Gaza City with two missiles.

Hamas stated that the attack on a police station in northern Gaza City, operated by Palestinian police, was “part of a systematic plan aimed at creating chaos and constitutes a war crime.” A written statement from Hamas emphasized that attacks on police forces responsible for public safety were “systematic” and constituted “a continuation of efforts toward genocide and the collapse of Gaza’s social fabric.”

On the same day, according to local sources, the Israeli military bombed a house belonging to the Abu Sayf family on 20th Street in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip. Sources indicated that the attack occurred after evacuation warnings were issued to all residents of the block. The Israeli military also targeted another building in the Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza Strip, which housed shops.

It was reported that both evacuation warnings caused dozens of families to flee the area in panic, generating widespread fear and terror, particularly among women and children. Both buildings targeted in the air strikes were completely destroyed, and nearby structures sustained severe damage. Hospital sources recorded that two Palestinians were injured in the attack on the Bureij Refugee Camp.

^{Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli military continues its attacks on Gaza, 23 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

According to a statement from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, eight dead and 29 wounded were brought to hospitals in Gaza over the past 48 hours. It has been stated that since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 890 people, injured 2,677, and resulted in the recovery of 777 bodies from under the rubble. It has been reported that since October 2023, the total loss of life from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 72,783, with the number of injured rising to 172,779.

On 24 May 2026, the Israeli military targeted and destroyed a building west of Deir al-Balah, located in the central part of the Gaza Strip, after forcing Palestinian residents to flee under threat of attack. According to eyewitness accounts, Israeli forces contacted a resident living west of Deir al-Balah and demanded they vacate their home under threat of attack. Following this threat, numerous families were compelled to abandon their homes near the hospital.

Israeli warplanes bombed the targeted house, reducing it to rubble. Significant damage was also inflicted on surrounding structures.

^{The Israeli military continues its attacks on Gaza despite the ceasefire, 24 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

On 25 May, a demonstration held in the Gaza Strip protested violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and called on the international community to take action. Relatives of Palestinian detainees, alongside civil society organizations, staged a protest in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City. Activists carried photographs of the detainees and condemned Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners.

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem stated that the issue of Palestinian detainees must remain at the top of both national and international agendas. Qassem said, “Severe violations including torture, murder, attacks, and deliberate starvation are occurring against prisoners in Israeli jails.” Verde Ridwan, a female representative of Palestinian national and Islamic groups participating in the protest, said, “Today we are here to show solidarity with Palestinian female prisoners and with all flotillas and caravans attempting to break the blockade and reach Gaza.”

According to reports from the Palestinian Society for Prisoners, 89 detainees whose identities have been confirmed have died in Israeli prisons since October 2023. Diseases, including scabies, have been identified as leading causes of death among detainees.

^{Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli military continues its attacks on Gaza, 22 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

On 26 May, the Israeli military carried out an airstrike on an apartment building in the Rimal District, west of Gaza City. According to hospital sources, three Palestinians, including one woman, were killed and at least 20 others were injured in the attack. Videos circulating on social media show extensive damage to the targeted building and its surroundings.

In a joint statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz claimed that the Israeli military targeted Muhammad Awde, a commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, during the attack on the Gaza Strip. The statement indicated that the strike was carried out under the orders of Netanyahu and Katz and asserted that Awde was the new leader of the Qassam Brigades. According to a report by Yedioth Ahronot, citing an Israeli security official, it is believed that Awde was killed in the airstrike.

On the same day, the Israeli military bombed an area in the central part of the Gaza Strip where civilians had gathered in the Megazi Refugee Camp. According to initial assessments, five people were killed and many others were injured. The bodies of the deceased Palestinians and the wounded were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

^{Daily life in the Gaza Strip, 26 May 2026 - (Anadolu Agency)}

An Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle targeted a vehicle west of Khan Yunis, killing two Palestinians. According to a report by the Palestinian official agency WAFA, during an Israeli attack on tents housing displaced Palestinians in the Mevasi area of Khan Yunis, 15-year-old Fatima Muhammad Abdulhadi Hatib, who was severely injured, died one day before Eid al-Adha. In attacks by Israeli “Apache” helicopters on tents housing displaced Palestinians in the Mevasi area, a six-year-old girl and a woman were killed, and 20 others were injured, most of them children and women.

The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that in the past 24 hours, the bodies of six people killed in Israeli attacks and 34 injured individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza.

Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, it has been stated that 906 people have been killed and 2,747 injured in Israeli attacks, with 781 bodies recovered from under the rubble. It has also been reported that since October 2023, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in a total death toll of 72,803 and 172,855 injured.

^{Daily life in the Gaza Strip, 26 May 2026 - (Anadolu Ajansı)}

On 27 May 2026, Hamas announced that Muhammad Awde, a commander of the Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, and his family were killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. In a written statement, Hamas stated that Awde, along with his wife and two children, lost their lives in an Israeli bombardment targeting a residential building in Gaza City the previous evening. The statement described the attack as “a desperate attempt to break the resolve and resistance of our people.”

The statement referred to Awde as “one of the great leaders of Qassam,” noting that he belonged to the first generation of founders of jihad and military operations and played an influential role in all military campaigns, including Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Awde was born on 20 July 1975 in the Jabaliya Refugee Camp in northern Gaza Strip and joined the military wing of Hamas in 1987.

An Israeli air strike on an apartment building in the Rimal neighborhood of western Gaza City killed six Palestinians and injured at least 20 others.

On 27 May, thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip performed Eid al-Adha prayers among the rubble of destroyed mosques, on streets, and in tent camps. In the Gaza Strip southern town of Khan Yunis, Palestinians prayed Eid prayers atop the rubble of the Huda Mosque, which had been reduced to ruins by Israeli bombardment. In the central Gaza Strip town of Nusayrat Refugee Camp, thousands gathered on streets and in rubble fields to perform Eid prayers, as mosques had become unusable. Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City gathered in the city center at Saraya Square. According to a statement from the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, approximately 140,000 people performed Eid prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. In the occupied West Bank town of Hebron, where the Ibrahimi Mosque is located, only a small number of Palestinians were able to perform Eid prayers due to restrictions imposed by Israeli forces. Hebron Governor Khalid Dudin said, “Due to Israeli practices, participation in Eid prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque has fallen below 30 percent of normal levels.”

In a written statement from the Government of Gaza’s Media Office, it was reported that the number of violations carried out by the Israeli military in Gaza from the date the ceasefire came into effect until the first day of Eid al-Adha had reached 3,005. It was emphasized that 910 Palestinians have been killed and 2,747 injured in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire, and that the Israeli military has detained 82 Gazans during this period. Instead of the 135,600 trucks carrying humanitarian aid that were expected to reach the Gaza Strip, only 49,973 trucks have arrived. Furthermore, while 17,000 patients were expected to be allowed to leave Gaza for medical treatment since the ceasefire, only 5,636 have been permitted to depart.

On the same day, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced the release of 15 Palestinian detainees, including a woman, who had been held by Israel in the Gaza Strip. The ICRC statement noted that more than 2,500 Palestinians have been released since 2023 using the same method.

On 28 May, during the second day of Eid al-Adha, Israeli forces launched attacks in different areas of the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of three Palestinians and numerous injuries. Two Palestinians were killed and many others injured when an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle targeted a Palestinian police station near the slaughterhouse south of Han Yunus. In the Mevasi area west of Han Yunus, an attack on a food storage facility and vacant land injured three Palestinians.

In Gaza City, an Israeli drone strike targeted an area where civilians had gathered behind the Imam Shafi Mosque in the Zeytun Quarter, resulting in the death of one Palestinian. On Wednesday evening, the first day of Eid al-Adha, a house near the El-Isra Tower on Omar Mukhtar Street in central Gaza City was targeted, killing ten Palestinians including two children and two women, and injuring 18 others.

On the same day, Israeli warplanes conducted an air strike on a residential area in the Shati Refugee Camp west of Gaza City. Five people were injured in an Israeli air strike targeting the area around Yermuk Street in central Gaza City.

On 28 May, Netanyahu announced that he had ordered the Israeli military to expand the areas under its control in Gaza to 70 percent. During the same period, Israeli authorities approved a plan to expand a Jewish settlement near Jericho in eastern occupied West Bank. The plan envisages the construction of 517 new housing units on approximately 1,692 dunums of Palestinian land. According to council data, as of 30 March, the number of settlements and unauthorized outposts in the West Bank exceeded 542, and the number of Israelis living in the region surpassed 780,000.

On the same day, according to local sources, the Israeli military conducted an air strike on a building in Gaza City. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that eight Palestinians, including two girls and two women, were killed and 18 others injured in the attack.

A statement from Hamas stated that Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip and violations of the ceasefire have placed the Gaza ceasefire agreement at risk of collapse, noting that over 20 Palestinians have been killed in attacks on populated areas in the past 48 hours, demonstrating Israel’s intent to return to a process of “genocide.”

The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that in the past 24 hours, the bodies of 16 people killed in Israeli attacks and 39 injured individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza.

Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 922 people have been killed and 2,786 injured in Israeli attacks, with 781 bodies recovered from under the rubble. It has been reported that since October 2023, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in a total of 72,819 deaths and 172,894 injuries.

On 29 May 2026, numerous Palestinians were injured in an airstrike carried out by Israel on a home in the Al-Bureij Refugee Camp, located in the central area of the Gaza Strip. According to reports in Palestinian media, Israeli warplanes targeted a residential building in the Al-Bureij Refugee Camp.

During attacks conducted by the Israeli military across various areas of the Gaza Strip on the second day of Eid al-Adha, three Palestinians were killed and many others were injured. According to the Government of Gaza’s Media Office, since the ceasefire agreement came into effect, approximately 910 Palestinians have been killed and 2,747 injured in Israeli attacks.

During an attack by the Israeli military on the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City on the third day of Eid al-Adha, in violation of the ceasefire, Palestinian Ahmed Hils lost his life.

In a written statement from the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was stated that Israel’s ongoing attacks in the Gaza Strip constitute a clear violation of international law, international humanitarian law, and the agreements and understandings related to the ceasefire. The statement noted that since the announcement of the ceasefire, more than 1,000 Palestinians, mostly children and women, have been killed and thousands injured. It condemned statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the expansion of attacks in the Gaza Strip and the establishment of Israeli control over approximately 70 percent of the territory.

In response to a report regarding Netanyahu’s directive to the Israeli military to expand its occupied areas in the Gaza Strip to 70 percent, Hadja Lahbib, European Union Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, stated, “The humanitarian space in Gaza is shrinking.” Lahbib added, “Families are being trapped between moving boundaries without warning.”

UN Secretary-General’s Spokesperson Dujarric assessed the latest situation in Gaza during a daily press briefing. Dujarric said, “100 percent of Gaza must belong to the Palestinian people, and that is what we want to see. We call on Israel to withdraw its occupying forces from the so-called yellow line. Our position on this matter will remain unchanged.” Hamas spokesperson Hazem Kassam, in a written statement, criticized the silence of UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov regarding Israel’s plan to bring 70 percent of the Gaza Strip under its control.

In a statement by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), it was noted that rodent and parasite infestations in Gaza have increased, negatively affecting the health of residents, especially children. UNICEF representative Oweis, participating virtually in a weekly press briefing at the UN Office in Geneva, said, “The failure to meet children’s basic needs in Gaza traps them in an endless cycle of suffering.” Oweis added, “Families across Gaza do not have access to sufficient clean water. They are forced to choose between using their limited supply for drinking, bathing, or cooking.”

In a statement by the Israeli military, it was claimed that during a strike in northern Gaza, Imad Islim, a commander of the Qassam Brigades, was killed. The statement asserted that Islim had orchestrated the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on 7 October 2023. No official comment has been issued by the Qassam Brigades regarding this claim.

On 30 May 2026, despite the ceasefire, Israeli military attacks in Gaza resulted in the deaths of seven Palestinians in the past 48 hours. A written statement from Gaza’s Ministry of Health recorded that over the past 24 hours, the bodies of seven individuals killed in Israeli strikes and 25 wounded were transported to hospitals in Gaza. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 929 people have been killed and 2,811 injured in Israeli attacks, with 781 bodies recovered from under the rubble. The total number of fatalities from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 72,938, and the number of injured to 172,919. Additionally, 112 more corpses with confirmed identities have been added to the total death toll since the beginning of May.

On the same day, hospital sources reported that the Israeli military launched two rockets at civilians gathered around the Firas Market in central Gaza City. One of the wounded transported to Al-Ehli Baptist Hospital was reported to be in critical condition.

According to data released on 31 May 2026, Israeli military attacks during Eid al-Adha resulted in the deaths of 33 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and at least 130 others were injured.

A written statement from Gaza’s Ministry of Health recorded that over the past 24 hours, one body and eight wounded were brought to hospitals in Gaza. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 930 people have been killed and 2,819 injured in Israeli attacks, with 781 bodies recovered from under the rubble. The total number of fatalities from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 72,939, and the number of injured to 172,927.

On the same day, an Israeli drone strike on Gaza Port killed one person and injured 18 others. According to eyewitness accounts from the area, Israeli drones targeted a group of Palestinian civilians gathered at the fishing harbor along the Gaza City coastline. One person was killed, and 18 others sustained injuries to various parts of their bodies, including several children in critical condition.

In an Israeli military strike targeting a house in the Burayj Refugee Camp in central Gaza, one person was killed and four others were injured, including one child. According to local sources, Israeli reconnaissance aircraft targeted the home of the Abu Zahir family in the Block 9 area of the camp. The injured child’s medical condition was reported to be critical.

Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, the Israeli military’s attacks in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of 247 children and 191 women.

On 1 June 2026, the Israeli military continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli forces targeted a cyclist moving within the Al-Berij Refugee Camp in the central area of the Gaza Strip. The cyclist killed in the airstrike carried out by an Israeli warplane has not been identified, and reports indicate that others were injured in the attack.

On the same day, according to local sources, Israeli warplanes conducted intensive flights across the Gaza Strip, while military vehicles stationed east of Gaza City fired on civilian areas simultaneously.

A written statement from Gaza’s Ministry of Health recorded that in the past 24 hours, two dead and 40 injured were brought to hospitals in Gaza. The statement also noted that since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 932 people, injured 2,859, and recovered 781 bodies from under the rubble.

It was reported that since the Israeli offensive began in October 2023, the total number of casualties in the Gaza Strip has reached 72,941 dead and 172,967 injured. Thousands of bodies are still believed to remain buried under rubble in the Gaza Strip.

On 1 June, according to a WAFA report citing local sources, Israeli soldiers set fire to dozens of homes and properties east of the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza. The Israeli military launched attacks on Palestinian homes near the “Yellow Line” within the camp, after which thick plumes of smoke rose from the area. Flames from the fires were visible from regions in the northeast of the Gaza Strip. It was reported that Israeli Apache helicopters continued intensive flights over the western areas of Gaza City.

UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, during his daily briefing in New York, stated that the roof of a UN school building in the Nusayrat area of Gaza, which had been used as shelter for displaced families, was struck by an aerial attack and sustained damage, but no injuries were reported as a result of the strike.

Dujarric also reported that a Palestinian man attempting to cross the Israeli security barrier into East Jerusalem, reportedly in search of work, was killed by Israeli fire. He noted that from October 2023 to 11 May 2026, 17 Palestinians were killed and 290 injured while attempting to cross the Israeli security barrier. Dujarric assessed that the Zikim Crossing would remain closed, leaving only the Kerem Abu Salim (Kerem Shalom) Border Crossing as the sole entry point for cargo shipments.

A statement from the Government of Gaza’s Media Office indicated that over the 232 days since the ceasefire took effect until 31 May, Israel violated the ceasefire 3,076 times, resulting in 932 deaths, 2,859 injuries, and 82 people detained.

According to the statement, of the 139,200 aid trucks mandated by the ceasefire agreement to enter the Gaza Strip—600 per day or 4,400 per week—only 50,636 were permitted entry, representing just 36 percent of the committed amount. During the same period, only 5,836 of the 17,800 people scheduled for evacuation from Gaza were allowed to leave, amounting to 32 percent of those designated for medical evacuation.

On 2 June 2026, the Israeli military launched attacks on Palestinian homes in the eastern areas of the Jabaliya Refugee Camp in northern Gaza Strip, near the “Yellow Line.” Following the attack, thick plumes of smoke rose from the area.

On the same day, according to hospital sources, the Israeli military attacked the Hamad area in northern Khan Yunis. Ali Yasir al-Udeyni, 28, died from a head wound sustained during Israeli gunfire. In the Abu Salah area of Zevayide, located in central Gaza Strip, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack killed one person and injured five. The body of Hamis Mahmud al-Juwayfil, 47, killed in the UAV strike, along with the injured, was transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

According to health sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Ahmed Halid Abu Magasib, 32, was killed in a vehicle targeted by the Israeli military near the al-Mezraa School in eastern Deir al-Balah. Several people were injured in the attack, as the vehicle caught fire and became unusable. According to WAFA, an Israeli UAV also targeted a tent housing displaced Palestinians in the Mevasi area northwest of Khan Yunis, resulting in one fatality.

The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that in the past 24 hours, one body and nine injured persons were brought to hospitals. Since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025, 933 people have been killed and 2,868 injured in Israeli attacks, with 781 bodies recovered from under rubble. Since October 2023, Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in a total of 72,942 fatalities and 172,967 injuries.