The Daily File

So that we won't say we didn't know

Adi Ronen Argov1 min read

Monday, April 13, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

General

1. For the first time since February 28, 2026, the Zikim crossing was opened for the transfer of goods.

2. Another group of residents returned to Gaza via the Rafah crossing.

Casualties

Over the past 24 hoursSince October 11, 2025Since October 7, 2023
Killed475472,333
Injured102,100172,202
Bodies retrieved760
Deir al-Balah (left), and Bani Suheila (right)

Northern Strip

1. Jabalia refugee camp:

‣ Buildings blown up;

‣ Artillery fire east of the camp.

Gaza City

1. East:

‣ Artillery fire.

2. West:

‣ Airstrike on a café, 2 killed.

Central Strip

1. Drone fire east of Al Bureij refugee camp.

2. Deir al-Balah:

‣ Drone strike at night on a group of people, 3 killed;

‣ Artillery fire east of the city.

Khan Yunis District

1. East:

‣ Airstrike in Bani Suheila, one person killed and others injured;

‣ Artillery fire.

2. Center:

‣ Fire in Al Hamid Square, one person killed.

Rafah District

1. Fire, one person killed.


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