The Daily File

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

Adi Ronen Argov1 min read

Thursday, January 1, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

General

Over the past 24 hours:

◦ 2 persons killed (including one recovered body) and 1 injured.

Since October 11, 2025:

◦ 416 persons killed;

◦ 1,153 persons injuries;

◦ 683 bodies recovered.

Since October 7, 2023 - 71,271 persons killed and 171,233 injuries.

‣ A girl died of hypothermia in Nuseirat refugee camp.

Gaza, the first day of the new year

Northern Strip

1. Jabalia refugee camp and town:

‣ A child was killed by gunfire in Nazla Jabalia;

‣ Houses were blown up in the camp;

‣ Booby-trapped APC detonated in the camp.

Gaza City

1. Artillery and machine-gun fire on eastern Al Tuffah.

2. Fire breaks out in a displaced persons tent in the west. Grandmother and her five-year-old grandson perish.

Central Strip

1. Tank fire on Al Bureij refugee camp.

2. Artillery fire on eastern Deir al-Balah.

Khan Yunis District

1. East:

‣ machine-gun fire;

‣ Tank fire and blocking of Salah al-Din road;

‣ Aerial bombing.

2. machine-gun fire in a cemetery, 4 persons injured.

Rafah District

1. machine-gun fire in the north.

2. Aerial bombing.


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