The Daily File

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

Adi Ronen Argov1 min read

Sunday, May 3, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

General

1. World Press Freedom Day. In Gaza, 262 journalists have been killed since October 7, 2023.

2. The detention of two flotilla activists who reported severe violence was extended by two days. They began a hunger strike.

Casualties

Over the past 24 hoursSince October 11, 2025Since October 7, 2023
Killed283072,610
Injured32,345172,448
Bodies retrieved767
Seven litres per person, per day

Northern Strip

1. Artillery fire on Beit Lahia.

2. Shooting in Jabalia refugee camp - 1 killed and 2 injured.

Gaza City

1. East:

‣ Artillery fire on Al Tuffah.

2. South:

‣ Artillery fire on Al Zeitoun.

Khan Yunis District

1. East:

‣ Shooting in Bani Suheila - 1 killed.

2. South:

‣ Shooting - a 15-year-old was 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