Thursday, May 7, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
Casualties
| During the past 24 hours | Since October 11, 2025 | Since October 7, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | 9 | 846 | 72,628 |
| Injured | 39 | 2,418 | 172,520 |
| Bodies retrieved | 769 |
Northern Strip
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Heavy machine gun fire;
‣ Homes blown up in Al Tuffah.
2. West:
‣ Bombing of a police checkpoint in Al-Nasr, 3 killed.
Central Strip
1. Two tanks advanced while firing toward Wadi Gaza from the east.
2. Drone fire on homes in eastern Deir al-Balah.
Khan Yunis District
1. West:
‣ The son of the head of the narcotic department in the Khan Yunis police, who was himself an activist and whose father was killed yesterday, was killed alongside his father in the same 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
