Saturday, April 18, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
General
1. UNICEF suspended its operations in the Strip following the killing of two truck drivers, its staff members, last night.
Casualties
| Over the past 24 hours | Since October 11, 2025 | Since October 7, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | 7 | 773 | 72,549 |
| Injured | 24 | 2,171 | 172,274 |
| Bodies retrieved | 1 | 761 |
Northern Strip
1. Tank fire on Beit Lahia.
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Demolition of structures in Al Tuffah;
‣ Artillery fire on the al-Sanafur junction area;
‣ Fire on Shuja'iya.
2. South:
‣ Al Zeitoun:
◦ Artillery fire and illumination flares in the al-Shawa station area;
◦ Fire.
Khan Yunis District
Rafah District
1. A child killed from gunfire in north-west Rafah.
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
