The Daily File

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

Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 – The Gaza Strip

General

In the past 24 hours:

◦ 5 more cases of death by starvation, 2 of them children;

◦ 100 persons killed, 513 wounded brought to hospitals.

Since March 18, 2025 – 10,078 persons killed, 42,047 wounded;

Since May 27, 2025 – 1,838 persons killed, 13,409 wounded, all aid seekers;

◦ So far, 227 persons died of starvation, 103 of them children.

Since October 7, 2023 – 61,599 persons killed, 154,088 wounded.

‣ 73 persons killed since dawn, at least 14 of them aid seekers.

‣ 10 Gazan detainees freed from detention centers in Israel and passed on to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

Northern Strip

1. Shots fired at aid seekers near Ziqim Crossing, 2 persons killed and several wounded.

Gaza City

1. West:

Al Shati refugee camp – artillery fire;

‣ House bombed at noon;

Sheikh Radwan - a group of inhabitants attacked near the pool, 2 persons killed, over 50 wounded.

2. East:

‣ Destruction of residential buildings;

‣ Artillery fire;

Shuja'iya – artillery fire in the morning;

Al Tuffah – destruction of residential buildings.

3. South:

‣ Aerial attack past midnight;

Al Zeitoun:

◦ House bombed near Al Farouq Mosque, 4 persons killed and several wounded;

◦ Houses destroyed;

◦ Artillery fire all day.

Al Sabra – house near Al Maghrabi Street bombed.

City center:

‣ Apartment bombed near Al Sahaba Junction, killed and wounded persons.

Central Strip

1. Al Bureij refugee camp:

‣ Artillery fire at northern part of camp;

‣ Artillery fire at group of inhabitants near Abdul Majid Square, people hit;

‣ Aerial attack in the evening east of Al Shaheed Mosque;

2. Deir al-Balah:

‣ Vehicle of aid workers bombed;

‣ Special forces arrested a Deir al-Balah inhabitant and transferred him to a detention camp in Israel;

3. Nuseirat refugee camp:

‣ Aerial attack against western part of camp past midnight;

‣ Shots fired at aid seekers in Wadi Gaza (Netzarim Road), 3 persons killed, 7 wounded;

Khan Yunis district

1. West:

Al Mawasi – drones attack displaced persons encampment, 7 persons killed, several wounded;

‣ Artillery fire at Dutch, Japanese and Emirate neighborhoods;

‣ Bombing of displaced persons encampment near the industrial zone, 2 persons killed including a child, several wounded.

2. North:

‣ Aerial attacks against Al Amal and Al Kateeba.

Hamad – aerial bombing near the water distribution spot.

3. City center:

‣ Alternating artillery fire all day.


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