Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed 18 Palestinians, including three children and two women, and wounded several others, including children, between 14 and 18 October 2026. The attacks involved airstrikes, artillery shelling, and gunfire targeting gatherings of Palestinians, residential areas, and displacement tents across the Gaza Strip.
The reporting period also saw an escalation in attacks on the remaining homes, with houses destroyed and nearby residential buildings damaged. The IOF also issued evacuation orders covering entire residential blocks, forcing residents to flee their homes and tents amid the ongoing threat of bombardment, a worsening humanitarian crisis, and the absence of even the most basic means of safety and protection.
The most significant attacks documented by PCHR’s field researchers were as follows:
At approximately 12:15 on Sunday, 18 October 2026, IOF stationed along the Yellow Line opened fire on the Talet al-Thahab area in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, killing Tamer Shadi Soboh (11) with a gunshot to the head and wounding three other children, two of whom sustained critical injuries.
At around 12:00 on the same day, medical sources at al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City announced the death of ‘Othman ‘Ayesh Tawfiq al-Sous (53), who succumbed to critical injuries sustained on Friday, 16 October 2026, when IOF opened fire in al-‘Atatrah area in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.
At approximately 11:55 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at Palestinians gathered on al-Rasheed Street, west of Gaza City, killing Mousa ‘Abed Mohammed Hamoudah (23) and wounding four others.
At approximately 10:40 on the same day, Israeli soldiers stationed in the Yellow Zone east of Khan Younis opened fire on homes and displacement tents in the western part of the city. Wejdan Kamal Mahdi Shurrab (28) was shot while inside her aunt’s house, where she had sought refuge seven months earlier, near Mozah Intersection in central Khan Younis. Her family rushed her to Nasser Medical Complex in a civilian vehicle. Upon arrival, she was admitted to the intensive care unit in critical condition. Ten minutes later, doctors pronounced her dead after she succumbed to a gunshot wound to the chest, with the bullet exiting her back.
Misk Hazem Mahmoud al-Dalou (7) was brought dead to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip at around 09:00 on the same day after being shot in the chest while inside her family’s tent west of al-Maghazi refugee camp. IOF and their vehicles stationed along the Yellow Line opened fire on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the area.
At approximately 16:20 on Saturday, 17 October 2026, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a Palestinians gathered behind Jabalia al-Nazlah Governmental Clinic in the Jabalia al-Nazlah area in northern Gaza, wounding four people. One of the wounded, ‘Amer Basheer Mohammed al-Hourani (29), succumbed to his injuries about an hour later.
At approximately 13:25 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a Palestinian Naval Police post near the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) field hospital on al-Rasheed Coastal Road in the al-Mawasi area of western Rafah, killing police captain ‘Abdel Jawad Hatem Mohammed Joudah (37) and wounding 13 others.
At approximately 12:25 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at Palestinians gathered near Wadi al-Salqa on al-Barakah Street in southern Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, killing Mohammed Riyadh Sa’id Abu Hammad (14) and wounding four others. The casualties were taken to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah for treatment.
At approximately 11:30 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at Palestinians gathered outside al-Horreyah Government Clinic in the al-Mashaharah area of Gaza City’s al-Tuffah neighborhood, killing ‘Emad Mohammed Zayed Fayez Jaber (47) and ‘Abdullah Mohammed Khamis Jaber (35) and wounding four others, two of whom sustained critical injuries.
At approximately 08:15 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at Majed Ahmed Mustafa al-Sabbagh (36) as he was walking in front of Shabet Supermarket, near Dar al-Arqam School in Gaza City’s al-Tuffah neighbourhood, killing him instantly.
At approximately 21:35 on Friday, 16 October 2026, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a Palestinians gathered near Tammous Intersection, east of al-Nasr Street in Gaza City, killing ‘Obaida Suheil Hamad Murtaja (28) and wounding three others, with injuries of varying severity.
At approximately 21:00 on the same day, IOF stationed in areas along the Yellow Line south of Khan Younis opened fire towards al-Mawasi. As a result, Huda Nayef ‘Eteiwi Abu ‘Edwan (49) was shot in the chest and taken to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, where she died shortly after arrival from severe bleeding caused by the gunshot wound.
At approximately 17:20 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at the rooftop of a house belonging to the Shalha family near the headquarters of the Palestinian Telecommunications Company in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, killing Adham Khalil Mohammed Shalha (33).
At approximately 16:30 on the same day, an Israeli drone opened fire on the al-Twam area, west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, wounding Hatem Khalil Mahmoud Hasanein (45) with a gunshot to the chest. He was critically injured and taken to al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City for treatment, but medical sources declared him dead upon arrival.
At approximately 08:30 on the same day, medical sources at al-Shifa Medical Complex announced the death of Mahmoud Khaled Mohammed al-Madhoun (31), who succumbed to critical injuries sustained when an Israeli drone fired a missile at Palestinians gathered in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City at approximately 21:15 on Thursday, 15 October 2026. The attack had wounded four Palestinians, with injuries of varying severity.
At approximately 18:30 on Thursday, 15 October 2026, the IOF issued evacuation orders for an entire residential block near al-Muttaqeen Mosque in the al-Yarmouk area of Gaza City’s al-Rimal neighborhood, forcing residents to flee their homes and displacement tents for fear of being killed or injured in bombardment or targeted attacks. Fifteen minutes later, Israeli warplanes bombed a single-story house belonging to the Abu Nahel family, destroying it and causing severe damage to four nearby houses, as well as partial damage to other homes and displacement tents. The attack wounded four Palestinians, who sustained injuries of varying severity and were taken to al-Shifa Medical Complex for treatment.
At approximately 17:00 on the same day, the IOF issued evacuation orders for an entire residential block near al-Maghazi Services Club in al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, forcing residents to flee their homes for fear of being killed or injured in bombardment or targeted attacks. About an hour later, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a three-storey house belonging to the Se’adah family in the area, completely destroying it and causing severe damage to four nearby houses, while dozens of other houses sustained partial damage. However, no injuries were reported. Immediately after the strike, a Palestinian resident received a phone call from the IOF urging him to comply with the evacuation order, claiming that another site in the central camp was to be targeted. Fifteen minutes later, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a two-storey house belonging to the Abu Mo’eileq family in the camp’s Market area, completely destroying it and causing severe damage to three nearby houses and partial damage to several others. The strike also damaged shops in the area, but no casualties were reported
At approximately 19:15 on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, an Israeli drone targeted an SUV in the al-Matahen area, north of Khan Younis, killing Basel Nabil ‘Abdel Rahman Qeshta (33) and Ahmed Raja Ahmed al-Sa’er (38) and wounding several others.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls on the international community to take serious action to compel Israel to end its genocidal campaign, protect civilians and their property, ensure that evacuation orders are not used as a means of imposing forced displacement, and hold those responsible for crimes committed against Palestinians accountable.
