Weekly Gaza Update, September 18

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

Caption: A building collapsed in Gaza city with 100 people inside, 21 were killed and 18 were injured and the rest are still under the rubble.

Daily Death Tolls:

• On September 11 and 12, 10 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza and 56 others were injured.

• On September 14, 2026, 2 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip and 25 others were injured.

• On September 15, 2026, 3 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip and 27 others were injured.

• On September 16, 2026, 6 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza, and 71 others were injured. A building collapsed in Gaza city killing 21 Palestinians and injuring 18 others, dozens are still trapped under the rubble.

Total Death Tolls:

• Since the ceasefire agreement went into effect in Gaza on October 10, 2025, 1381 Palestinians have been killed, and 4757 have been injured, and 831 bodies have been uncovered from under the rubble of their homes.

• The number of Palestinians killed since October 7, 2023, has reached 73,795 with 174,869 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.