Weekly summary of the War on Gaza, October 9, 2026
Caption: Efforts continue throughout the Gaza Strip to uncover bodies trapped uner the rubble.
Daily Death Tolls:
• On October 1, 8 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza and 26 others were injured.
• On October 2 and 3, 2026, 7 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip and 20 others were injured. This includes two who died of earlier injuries and one who was uncovered from under the rubble.
• On October 4, 2026, 9 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip and 18 others were injured. This includes 3 Palestinians who died of earlier injuries.
• On October 5, 2026, 6 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza and 26 others were injured. This includes two Palestinians who died of earlier injuries and one who was uncovered from under the rubble.
• On October 7, 2026, 5 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire including one who died of earlier injuries and 11 others were injured.
Total Death Tolls:
• Since the ceasefire agreement went into effect in Gaza on October 10, 2025, 1467 Palestinians have been killed, and 515 have been injured, and 836 bodies have been uncovered from under the rubble of their homes.
• The number of Palestinians killed since October 7, 2023, has reached 74,250 with 175,278 injured.
• 111 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in September including 4 elders, and 23 children and 10 women.
• The Ministry of Health in Gaza said it would take people with medical needs to evacuate Gaza four years If Israel continues to allow a limited number to leave.
• Israeli forces have shut down Gaza’s commercial crossings for two days to mark October 7, 2023, and Israeli war jets have carried out massive sonic booms and fired flares into the sky.
