At least 30 Palestinians, including four people reportedly waiting to receive humanitarian aid, were martyred in Israeli shelling across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, Gaza medical and media sources said, as air and artillery strikes continued for the 683rd consecutive day.
Violent Israeli airstrikes targeted the eastern and central Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/0KLuhBdhNW
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) August 18, 2025
Medical sources in Gaza hospitals confirmed the deaths of 20 citizens since dawn today as a result of the occupation’s aggression. Media sources reported that the occupation forces detonated at least five robots among residential homes in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
In Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, several citizens were injured when an Israeli aircraft targeted the first part of al-Barakah Street. Another citizen was killed and others were wounded by Israeli forces’ gunfire while waiting for aid near the Netzarim junction.
Israeli forces are carrying out large-scale attacks in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/3BNKTvDcX5
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Five citizens, including a woman and three children, were also killed when an Israeli drone bombed a tent housing displaced persons in the al-Bassa area, west of Deir al-Balah. In Khan Yunis, three citizens were injured when Israeli aircraft targeted the “Al-Tayyibat Supermarket” inside the camp.
In Gaza City, Israeli artillery shelled the southern Al-Sabra neighborhood at dawn today, while its forces blew up residential buildings east of the city. Israeli military vehicles also opened fire south of Khan Yunis, and warplanes carried out two raids on the Al-Amal neighborhood northwest of the city.
The Israeli starvation war continues to kill children in Gaza and force them to crowd at charity kitchens. pic.twitter.com/Nzw5CIl00b
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) August 18, 2025
In the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli aircraft launched an airstrike on the vicinity of the Abu Sharkh roundabout west of Jabalia camp, coinciding with artillery shelling targeting the town. Others were killed and wounded in a bombing near the intersection of the University College and Street 8 in southern Gaza.
Five citizens were also killed by Israeli occupation forces’ fire near the “Kissufim” site east of Deir al-Balah. They were: Abdullah Abu Amra, Ali Ahmed al-Sa’aydeh, Anas Abdul Karim Bashir, Adham Abu Rayya, and Hassan Muhammad Harbaq.
In the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, aircraft launched a new airstrike, while another targeted northwest of Khan Yunis. The body of martyr Muhammad al-Agha also arrived at Nasser Medical Complex after the occupation targeted those waiting for aid north of Rafah.
In Khan Yunis, citizen Muhammad Ahmad Abu Harb and his daughter, Lynn, were killed, and 10 others were injured as a result of the bombing of a tent for displaced people near the university college. Four martyrs, including a mother and her two children, were also killed in the bombing of tents for displaced people near the Muawiya Mosque in the Mawasi area of Rafah. They were: Nour Majed al-Mashoukhi, her two children, Yousef and Saif Muhammad Eid, and citizen Saeed Taha al-Aidi.
Medical services announced the recovery of two martyrs and 53 wounded last night among those waiting for aid in the north of the Gaza Strip.
The occupation forces are waging a comprehensive war of extermination on Gaza, with full American support. According to the Ministry of Health, this war has so far resulted in the martyrdom of 62,004 Palestinians, the injury of 156,230 others, and the disappearance of more than 10,000 people. Famine has also caused the deaths of dozens, while more than two million citizens are displaced and living in dire conditions amidst destruction and deprivation.
Director General of the Ministry of Health in Gaza: 40,000 infants and 250,000 children are at risk of slow death due to famine and malnutrition. pic.twitter.com/sfxguYPXNh
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) August 18, 2025
Among the martyrs, 10,460 were killed and 44,189 were injured after the occupation violated the ceasefire agreement on March 18, 2025.
The number of martyrs since the occupation transformed limited aid distribution points into “death traps” on May 27 has reached 1,965, with more than 14,701 injured, and 45 missing. The occupation has used the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation”—which has an Israeli-American character and is rejected by the United Nations—as a tool to impose a formula of submission and killing under the guise of “humanitarian work.”
The death toll from famine and malnutrition has risen to 263, including 112 children.
Source: Agencies and Palestinian media (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
