Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
General
‣ No casualty data reported in the past 24 hours.
General
‣ The first day of Ramadan. Ramadan Kareem.
1. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that only 260 of the 18,500 sick and wounded awaiting evacuation and treatment abroad have left the Gaza Strip since the opening of Rafah Crossing.
2. 10 detainees, released from Israeli detention facilities, were transferred by the Red Cross to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
Gaza City
1. East:
‣ Artillery fire at dawn.
Central Strip
1. Al Bureij refugee camp - artillery fire on the east of the camp.
Khan Yunis District
‣ An Israeli soldier, Ofri Yaffe, 21, from Moshav HaYogev, was killed last night by a “friendly fire” of Israeli army forces.
1. East:
‣ Intermittent artillery fire throughout the day;
‣ Gunshots, one person killed;
‣ Bani Suhila - gunshots, 20-year-old man killed.
Rafah District
1. Artillery fire on residential buildings.
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
