Friday, May 8, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
General
1. The Gaza Marathon resumed for the first time since 2023. Around 2,000 residents participated in the race.
2. Over the past 24 hours, 86 trucks entered the Strip: 71 commercial trucks and 15 aid trucks.
3. During the week, 343 patients and their companions were evacuated through the Rafah crossing, and 250 residents returned.
4. For the first time since October 7, 2023, Israel will allow the Red Cross to conduct visits in Israeli detention facilities under strict restrictions, full supervision and without the possibility of direct meetings or personal conversations.
Casualties
‣ No casualties were reported over the past 24 hours.
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Exploding buildings.
2. West:
‣ Bombing of a house in Al Shati refugee camp. 9 injured, including a child.
Central Strip
1. Artillery shelling east of Al Maghazi refugee camp.
Khan Yunis District
Sources
Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War
