Weekly Gaza Update, June 19

Weekly summary of the War on Gaza, June 18, 2026

Caption: The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in Al-Nusierat refugee camp.

Daily Death Tolls:

• On June 11 and 12, 2 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and 11 were injured.

• On June 14, 2026, 3 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza, 16 were injured across the Gaza Strip. On the same day, 38 patients and 58 family members left Gaza for medication through the Rafah Crossing.

• On June 15, 2026, 7 Palestinians were killed and 6 others were injured by Israeli fire in Gaza.

• On June 16, 2026, 5 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and airstrikes across the Gaza Strip and 8 were injured.

• On June 17, 2026, 2 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and airstrikes across the Gaza Strip and 5 others were injured.

Total Death Tolls:

• Since the ceasefire agreement went into effect in Gaza on October 10, 2025, 1005 Palestinians have been killed, and 3157 have been injured, and 784 bodies have been uncovered from under the rubble of their homes.

• The number of Palestinians killed since October 7, 2023, has reached 73,016 with 173,265 injured.

Contributors

Yousef M. Aljamal

YOUSEF ALJAMAL is Gaza Coordinator at the Palestine Activism Program at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Aljamal holds a doctorate in Middle Eastern Studies, is a Palestinian refugee from Gaza and is a senior non-resident scholar at the Hashim Sani Center for Palestine Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has contributed to a number of books on Palestine, including Gaza Writes Back and Light in Gaza.