The Daily File

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

Adi Ronen Argov1 min read

Saturday, July 18, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

Casualties

Past 48 HoursSince October 11, 2025Since October 7, 2023
Killed141,14473,269
Injured603,703173,811
Bodies retrieved2802

Northern Strip

1. Gunfire in the north-west of Beit Lahia: one killed.

Gaza City

1. East:

β€£ Al Tuffah:

β—¦ Gunfire while forces advance beyond the Yellow Line.

β—¦ Artillery fire.

2. South:

β€£ Al Zeitoun:

β—¦ Artillery fire: 3 killed and several wounded.

β—¦ Airstrike.

β—¦ Further artillery fire: one woman killed and wounded reported.

3. West:

β€£ Airstrike on an apartment in the Al Nasser neighborhood: 5 killed β€” parents and three of their children. A fourth child survived, having gone out to the market.

4. Center:

β€£ Illumination flares struck a home in Al Daraj.

Central Strip

1. Intermittent artillery fire on the north-east of Al Bureij refugee camp.

2. Deir al-Balah:

β€£ Gunfire towards the east of the city.

β€£ A home bombed.

Khan Yunis District

1. North:

β€£ Gunfire in Hamad: one wounded.

2. East:

β€£ Massive explosions east of the city.


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

Saturday, July 18, 2026 – The Gaza Strip