Wednesday, August 19, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
Casualties
| During the past 24 hours | Since October 11, 2025 | Since October 7, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | 7 | 1,273 | 73,407 |
| Injured | 23 | 4,223 | 174,335 |
| Bodies retrieved | 813 |
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Gunfire towards Al Tuffah.
2. South:
‣ Artillery fire on Al Zeitoun.
3. West:
‣ Al Shati refugee camp – The death toll from yesterday's strike on the café at the port rose to seven.
‣ Airstrike on the municipal police headquarters. The headquarters is located adjacent to the municipal park, which is populated with displaced persons' tents. Nine killed, all but one police personnel, and at least 15 wounded, most of them in the displaced persons' camp. Among those killed: the district police commander, the head of the operations department, the commander of the women's police unit, and a 13-year-old girl who was in the nearby park.
Central Strip
1. Artillery fire on the north of Al Bureij refugee camp.
2. Extensive home demolitions between Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis.
3. Airstrike on a motorcycle in Nuseirat refugee camp: one killed.
Khan Yunis District
1. West:
‣ Naval bombardment towards the city's coastline.
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
