Between 22 October and the early hours of 26 October 2026, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed 22 Palestinians, including three girls and a woman, and wounded others in airstrikes, gunfire, and artillery shelling targeting various areas across the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, IOF continue to expand the Yellow Zone, where they are deployed, by relocating the yellow concrete blocks, force residents to flee their homes, and target gatherings of displaced Palestinians and their tents. In al-Shuja’iya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, Israeli drones set fire to dozens of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, forcibly displacing dozens of families and forcing them to flee westwards and sleep in the open.

The burning of displacement tents in al-Shuja’iya, coupled with evacuation orders targeting residential blocks, attacks on homes, and the expansion of the Yellow Zone, reflects an escalation in Israeli measures aimed at forcing residents to leave their places of residence, despite having no alternative shelter to provide them with protection. These measures further restrict the geographic area in which Palestinians can remain, confining them to less than 30 per cent of the Gaza Strip’s territory. Meanwhile, IOF attacks and gunfire have continued in areas near the Yellow Zone, including residential neighborhoods and the vicinity of shelters and gatherings of civilians. These attacks further heighten the risks of death, injury, and forced displacement amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

The most significant attacks documented by PCHR’s field researchers were as follows:

At around 2:00 on Monday, 26 October 2026, an Israeli drone fired multiple missiles at tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in al-Iqlimi Park and the Beer 19 area of al-Mawasi, southwest of Khan Younis, amid gunfire by IOF stationed in the Yellow Zone, west of the city, targeting the tents. The attack killed three Palestinians, including a girl: Hussam Fakhri Mohammed al-Zamli (21), Jouri Islam Mohammed al-Soufi (7), and Tamer Seif al-Deen Mohammed Abu Sneimah (24). Others were also injured, including a girl whose injuries were reported to be critical.

At around 19:30 on Sunday, 25 October 2026, IOF dropped incendiary bombs on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians at the eastern ends of ‘Omar al-Mukhtar and al-Wehdah streets, in a park and the vicinity of al-Shuja’iya intersection in Gaza City. As a result, dozens of families sheltering in the tents were forcibly displaced, fleeing westwards and left to sleep in the open due to the lack of alternative shelters. This followed IOF’s relocation of the yellow concrete blocks at dawn on Sunday, 11 October 2026, extending the Yellow Zone westwards towards the outskirts of al-Shuja’iya neighborhood, bringing it to within a few meters of Salah al-Deen Street and al-Shuja’iya intersection. These developments indicate an attempt to impose a new buffer zone and expand it at the expense of areas where displaced Palestinians are sheltering.

At around 17:15 on Sunday, 25 October 2026, an Israeli drone fired two missiles at a group of Palestinians in the al-Sekkah area, near Abu Hmeid Intersection in central Khan Younis. The attack killed Mohammed Majed Hashem Barbakh (32) and injured several others, who were transferred to Nasser Medical Complex for treatment.

At around 13:00 on the same day, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a group of Palestinians gathered in front of the Islamic University buildings in western Gaza City. The direct strike killed three members of the university’s security staff: Sami ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Baroud (54), Ashraf Mahmoud Yousif Dahlan (47), and Shadi Fo’ad ‘Abdel Karim Abu ‘Ataya (41). Earlier that morning, the university had been targeted in an Israeli attack that injured seven students, including two female students. Medical sources reported that two of the injured sustained extremely serious injuries, while shrapnel damaged four vehicles parked in the area. Following these attacks, the university administration announced the suspension of academic activities for three days. This came after the university had announced the resumption of in-person classes on campus, effective 8 November 2025.

At around 11:55 on the same day, an Israeli drone targeted a group of Palestinians gathered near al-Sena’ah area in the Japanese neighborhood, in western al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis. The attack killed two brothers, Nabil Ahmed Mohammed Abu Zayed (35) and ‘Alaa’ (39), and injured three others.

At around 11:35 on the same day, an Israeli drone targeted a group of Palestinians gathered in front of al-Khaldi Mosque on al-Rasheed Street, southwest of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. The attack killed Fawzi Salem ‘Odatallah al-Sawarkah (54) and injured three others, including a child. The injured were transferred to nearby Hamad Hospital and al-Shifa Medical Complex for treatment.

At around 09:45 on the same day, an Israeli drone targeted Hamdan Soliman Ibrahim Abu ‘Amrah (32) as he was walking east of al-Mazra’ah School in eastern Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, killing him instantly.

At around 22:00 on Saturday, 24 October 2026, medical sources at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah announced the death of Fatemah Hisham al-Bayouk (8), who succumbed to critical injuries sustained on Saturday, 17 October 2026, when she was shot by IOF stationed along the Yellow Line east of the city. At the time of the shooting, the child was in the al-Mazra’ah area, east of Deir al-Balah. She was struck by a bullet in the chest and remained in the Intensive Care Unit until her death was pronounced.

At around 09:50 on Saturday, 24 October 2026, an Israeli drone fired a missile at Mohammed ‘Anan al-Rawagh (28) near Palestine Stadium in the northern al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, killing him and injuring three others. The injured were transferred to al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City for treatment. The strike also damaged several tents in the area.

At around 08:30 on Saturday, 24 October 2026, IOF stationed in the Yellow Zone in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire on the southern parts of the city, killing Fatemah Tawfiq Mahmoud ‘Abdul Nabi Abu al-Laban (22). She was shot inside her severely damaged home in the Tal al-Thahab area. Sporadic gunfire continued in the same area, injuring another woman, who was subsequently transferred to al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City for treatment.

At around 22:30 on Friday, 23 October 2026, medical sources at al-Shifa Medical Complex announced the death of Maher Waleed ‘Omar al-Huseini (26), who succumbed to wounds sustained on 14 July 2026 in the northern al-Buraq area, northwest of al-Mawasi in Khan Younis.

At around 18:05 on the same day, an Israeli drone targeted a group of Palestinians gathered on Roni Street in southwestern al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, injuring 11 people. The injured were transferred to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis for treatment. Two of them were reported to be in serious condition.

At around 14:05 on the same day, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle travelling opposite al-Hurriya Displacement Camp behind the UNRWA’s Swedish al-Nasr Clinic in western Gaza City. The attack instantly killed two Palestinians, ‘Omar Zaid Mohammed ‘Awadallah (38) and Mo’ataz Mahmoud Mohammed al-Nemer (21),  and injured another Palestinian, who was transferred to al-Shifa Medical Complex for treatment.

At around 08:44 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a bicycle ridden by Ahmed Zuhair Fouad Abu ‘Ouda (32), behind al-Qubba Mosque in the al-Lahham neighborhood of al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis. The attack killed him and injured four other Palestinians, including a girl.

At around 18:10 on Thursday, 22 October 2026, IOF ordered the evacuation of an entire residential block in Camp 1 of al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip, forcing families to flee their homes amid widespread panic and fear of being injured. At around 19:15 on the same day, Israeli warplanes targeted a two-storey house belonging to the Hamad family with two missiles, destroying it and partially damaging several nearby houses.

At around 17:50 on the same day, an Israeli drone targeted a group of Palestinians gathered in front of al-Shati’ Boys’ School on ‘Ezz al-Deen al-Qassam Street, also known as al-Shifa Street, in western Gaza City. The attack injured five Palestinians, who were transferred to nearby al-Shifa Medical Complex for treatment. One of the injured was reported to be in critical condition.

At around 16:50 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at Mohammed Mas‘oud ‘Ata Halawah (39) as he was riding an electric bicycle near al-Shoubani Cemetery on Western al-‘Ishreen Street in al-Hasayneh area, west of al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip.

At around 13:50 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a civilian vehicle travelling near the headquarters of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, western Gaza City. The attack killed Fou’ad ‘Ayed Hassan al-Ghoulah (28) and injured four other Palestinians. They were transferred to al-Shifa Medical Complex for treatment. Medical sources described one of the injured as being in critical condition.

At around 13:33 on the same day, an Israeli drone targeted Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Barakah (35) as he was riding an electric bicycle at al-Sho’oun Intersection, west of al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younis. The attack killed him and injured three other Palestinians, who were transferred to Nasser Medical Complex for treatment.

At around 13:30 on the same day, 16-year-old Rafeef Ra’ed Ziad Lubbad was brought dead to al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head. She had been in the vicinity of Abu Sharar Junction in Jabalia Refugee Camp, approximately 800 meters west of the Yellow Line, when IOF stationed inside the Yellow Zone opened fire towards western areas.

At around 04:34 on the same day, two Israeli artillery shells struck the shelter at Khan Younis Girls’ Preparatory School (C), run by UNRWA in the Western Camp in western Khan Younis, injuring four displaced Palestinians: a couple and their two young daughters.

At around 02:55 on the same day, an Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at two residential apartments in separate locations in Gaza City, causing extensive damage to both, with no injuries reported. The first strike targeted an apartment in a residential building north of Taj Mall on al-Thawra Street, while the second targeted an apartment near Abu ‘’Olbah Square, south of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.

During the early hours and morning of the same Thursday, IOF, backed by military vehicles and infantry forces, advanced into the central al-Musaddar village in the central Gaza Strip. They razed agricultural land and houses belonging to the al-Telbani, Qandil, and Abu Sheikah families. IOF also moved the yellow concrete blocks marking the boundaries of the Yellow Zone further forward towards the al-Musaddar Society for Rural Development on central al-Sultan Street in the village. As a result, many families were forcibly displaced from the area towards the western part of the village.

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls on the international community to take serious action to compel Israel to halt its ongoing genocidal campaign, protect civilians and their property, ensure the entry of goods, humanitarian aid, food, medical supplies, and other essential supplies, and hold those responsible for crimes committed against Palestinians accountable.