Gaza City, al-Mawasi, Buraj refugee camp and Rafah are all subject to Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire.
Published on January 18, 2026
Israeli forces have crossed the Gaza Strip, wounding scores of Palestinians, firing on civilians and launching the latest air and artillery strikes. Almost daily violations of Armistice It has been in place since October as its genocidal war on the besieged enclave continues unabated.
Medical sources told the Palestinian news agency Wafa that Israeli drone fire wounded civilians in the Zeyton neighborhood of southern Gaza City on Sunday. In southern Gaza, Israeli shelling wounded two people, including a girl, in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis.
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Additional injuries were reported in areas where Israeli forces had withdrawn under a ceasefire.
Medical staff at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in eastern Gaza City said three Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire near Netzarim, south of the city. Witnesses told the Anadolu news agency that Israeli drones opened fire on the group.
At the Nasser Medical Complex, doctors confirmed that two more Palestinians were wounded by Israeli shelling in Al-Mawasi. In central Gaza, doctors at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said Israeli forces shot a Palestinian man in the head in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, describing him as critical.
Israeli forces launched airstrikes on buildings in Rafah in the south, while Israeli artillery shelled the eastern part of Jabaliya in the north and the Tufah neighborhood of Gaza City.
Helicopter fire was reported near the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, and Israeli naval forces fired in the coastal direction of Khan Younis, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
The latest attacks come as Hamas welcomes the establishment of a 15-member technocratic committee of Palestinians that will act as an overall overseer. “Peace Circle” Under the presidency of US President Donald Trump.
The governing body will be tasked with providing public services to the more than two million Palestinians in Gaza, but it faces enormous challenges and unanswered questions, including its operations and financing, and whether Israel will block its operations.
Palestinian officials say Israel has repeatedly violated the US-brokered ceasefire, killing more than 460 Palestinians and injuring more than 1,200 since it took effect on October 10.
Israel continues to restrict the access of food, medical aid and shelter materials to Gaza, where some 2.2 million people face dire humanitarian needs in cold weather, protected only by tents.
According to Israeli military statistics, Israel still has military control over large parts of Gaza, including much of the south, east and north, but effectively occupies the entire territory.
As of October 7, 2023, over 71,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 171,000 injured in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, most of them women and children.
The attack destroyed about 90 percent of civilian infrastructure, and the United Nations has estimated $50 billion for reconstruction.