Timeline of the Gaza war (3 October 2025 – present)

October 2025

3 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that at least 63 people were killed in Israeli attacks throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 66,288.
• Hamas carried out a large-scale raid in Khan Yunis targeting the Al-Mujaida clan, with Israeli forces and the Israeli-backed CSF involved in the fighting.
• Hamas accepted a Trump administration plan to end the war and release all remaining hostages in Gaza pending further conditions.
• The IDF said that it attacked a site in southern Lebanon that violated the ceasefire and posed a threat on Israel by managing Hezbollah's armed attacks and defenses, including weapons, structures used for militant activities, and underground infrastructure.
• The IDF said that two militants armed with RPGs and guns were killed after they tried to approach Israeli soldiers in Gaza City.

4 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that at least 66 people were killed in Israeli attacks throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours. In addition, the health ministry added more than 700 names to the list, increasing its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,074.
• The IDF was ordered to halt its ground offensive to capture Gaza City.
• Al-Ahli Arab Hospital authorities said that an Israeli attack hit a residential house in Gaza City, killing 17 people including children.
• Israeli media oulet Israel Hayom reported that during the weekend, multiple strikes were conducted in the Gaza Strip by the IDF in order to defend its forces.

5 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that at least 65 people were killed in Israeli attacks throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,139.
• The Gaza Health Ministry said that one person died due to malnutrition in the last day, increasing its count of the death toll from malnutrition since the start of the war to 460.
• The IDF said that it downed a "hostile" UAV that was launched at Israel from Yemen.

6 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that at least 21 people were killed in Israeli operations throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,160.
• The IDF said that about a week prior in Gaza City it had uncovered several long range rockets ready to be fired at central Israel, along with explosives, radios, cartridges and other weapons.
• Lebanese media reported that an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon killed two people including a woman. The IDF said that one of those killed was a leading Hezbollah militant and accused him of violating the ceasefire by rebuilding Hezbollah's air defenses.
• The IDF said that it attacked several Hezbollah targets in Beqaa including camps that were used for training militants.

7 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that the Palestinian death toll in Gaza has increased to 67,173.
• The IDF said that it killed a Hezbollah militant whom it accused of taking over private properties from a Lebanese village in favor of militant activities that violate the ceasefire, such as storing weaponry and surveillance, and another Hezbollah militant whom it accused of rebuilding militant infrastructure using heavy equipment.
• The IDF said that four "hostile" UAVs that were launched at Israel from Yemen were downed in less than one hour.

8 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that at least ten people were killed in Israeli attacks throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,183.
• Israel and Hamas agreed to the first stage of a Gaza truce plan from the US through the mediation of US, Qatar, Turkey and Egypt.
• A 26-year-old Palestinian man was shot dead by an Israeli settler on a road between Deir Jarir and Silwad.
• The IDF intercepted the Freedom Flotilla Coalition & Thousand Madleens in the Mediterranean Sea as it attempted to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
• The IDF said that it killed several Hamas militants in Gaza who tried to attack its forces.

9 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that at least 11 people were killed in Israeli attacks throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,194.
• The Israeli cabinet ratified the hostage agreement with Hamas, setting a truce in Gaza.

10 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that at least 17 people were killed in Israeli attacks throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,211.
• The truce agreement between Israel and Hamas went into effect at noon local time.

11 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry increased its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,682. The increase is due to bodies being dug out from rubble.
• Lebanon's Health Ministry said that Israeli airstrikes in Msayleh destroyed a large number of vehicles and killed one Syrian national and wounded six others, including two women. The IDF said it targeted Hezbollah sites storing heavy machinery used for rebuilding militant infrastructure.

12 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that the bodies of 124 people killed due to Israeli attacks, 117 of them recovered from rubble arrived in hospitals throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,806.
• The IDF said that it killed a militant whom it accused of violating the ceasefire agreement and working on restoring Hezbollah's militant infrastructure in south Lebanon. It also said that heavy machinery that was used to restore Hezbollah's militant infrastructure was destroyed.
• Clashes were reported between Hamas and members of the Palestinian Doghmush clan.

13 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that the bodies of 63 people killed due to Israeli attacks, 60 of them recovered from rubble arrived in hospitals throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,869.
• All 20 remaining living Israeli hostages were released by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel, as part of the first phase of the Gaza peace plan. Hamas also said that it handed over the bodies of four deceased hostages.
• The 2025 Gaza peace summit was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, attended by leaders from about 30 countries and several international organisations.
• Hamas killed at least 33 people in Gaza City as part of the ongoing crackdown against opposing clans inside Gaza, many of which "are understood to be" backed and armed by Israel. Videos of the executions were posted by Hamas affiliated channels. It is disputed whether Hamas followed due judicial process for sentencing. It was condemned by Palestinian human rights monitors, such as Al Mezan. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the killings as "heinous crimes and field executions".

14 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that the bodies of 44 people killed due to Israeli attacks, 38 of them recovered from rubble arrived in hospitals throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,913.
• A first batch of Palestinian bodies were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• Hamas said that it handed over the remains of four more Israeli hostages. After a forensic check Israel said that the one of the bodies does not belong to a deceased hostage.
• Gaza health officials said that Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians trying to check for their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Yunis. The IDF said it killed individuals who crossed the yellow line of the ceasefire and approached its forces.
• Under the ceasefire terms, Israel was to permit up to 600 humanitarian aid trucks to enter Gaza each day. Since then, the limit has been reduced to 300, and the Rafah border crossing was closed, with Israeli officials attributing the change to delays in recovering the bodies of Israeli hostages. Hamas previously indicated that recovering the bodies of some deceased hostages may take longer, as not all burial sites amid the Gaza's widespread rubble are known.

15 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that the bodies of 25 people killed due to Israeli attacks, 16 of them recovered from rubble arrived in hospitals throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,938.
• The remains of two more hostages were handed over by Hamas to Israel.
• Forty-five more Palestinian bodies were received by the Gaza Health Ministry from Israel, bringing the total number of bodies returned to Gaza according to the ceasefire agreement to 90.

16 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that the bodies of 29 people killed due to Israeli attacks, 22 of them recovered from rubble arrived in hospitals throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 67,967.
• Thirty bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel.
• The Houthis said that their military chief of staff died from injuries sustained from the 28 August 2025 Israeli attacks on Yemen along with his 13 year-old son and "several of his companions".
• Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon killed one person in Shmustar, injured six in Ansar, and injured a seventh in Bnaafoul. A Lebanese Army Intelligence source said that the IAF conducted 31 attacks against Hezbollah targets in east and south Lebanon. The IDF said that one of the targets was a quarry used by Hezbollah and accused the militant group of using it to violate the truce.

17 October

• The remains of one more hostage were handed over by Hamas to Israel.
• The IDF said that it demolished a building used by Hezbollah in Yaroun.
• Al Jazeera reported that Israeli fire hit at a vehicle carrying a displaced family in Zeitoun, Gaza City, killing 11 family members, including seven children. The IDF said that the vehicle crossed the ceasefire demarcation line.
• The IDF said it carried out an airstrike in the Gaza Strip against a militant cell which emerged from a tunnel and advanced towards its forces.

18 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry said that the bodies of 29 people, 23 of them recovered from rubble, arrived in hospitals throughout Gaza in the past 48 hours, increasing its count of Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 68,116.
• Fifteen bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• The remains of two more hostages were handed over by Hamas to Israel.

19 October

• The Gaza Health Ministry increased its count of Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 68,159.
• Fifteen bodies of Palestinians were received by the Gaza Health Ministry from Israel.
• The IDF said that militants launched RPGs and conducted sniper fire against its forces operating in Rafah, prompting it to carry out strikes in Gaza. It said that two soldiers were killed in the incident. It added that it struck dozens of Hamas targets. Hamas said that communication with rest of its units in Rafah had been cut off for months and "we are not responsible for any incidents occurring in those areas." The Nasser Hospital said that one of those Israeli attacks hit a tent in al-Mawasi, killing at least four people, including two children and a woman.
• The IDF said that it struck militants who approached its forces in Beit Lahia.
• Transfer of aid into Gaza was halted by Israeli government, and resumed the next day.
• The IDF later said that they resumed enforcing the truce.

20 October

• The Kerem Shalom border crossing reopened for aid into Gaza after it was closed by the Israeli government the previous day.
• The remains of one more hostage was handed over by Hamas to Israel.

21 October

• Fifteen bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• The remains of two more hostages were handed over by Hamas to Israel.

22 October

• Thirty bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.

23 October

• Lebanese Health Ministry and NNA reported that Israeli strikes in eastern and southern Lebanon killed at least four people, including an elderly woman. The IDF said it had targeted Hezbollah sites in east and north Lebanon, including "a military camp and a site for the production of precision missiles" in the Bekaa Valley. It also stated that it targeted several militant targets, including a Hezbollah training camp and a "weapons storage facility" in the Nabatieh area.

24 October

• L'Orient–Le Jour reported that an Israeli strike in Toul killed two people including a woman and injured two others. Among the dead was the logistics chief of Hezbollah's Southern Front, who the IDF accused of violating the ceasefire by restoring Hezbollah's militant infrastructure.

25 October

• A doctor working in Gaza said that two 6 year-old twin boy and girl were injured by unexploded ordnance in Gaza City. The Gaza Health Ministry said that five children were injured by unexploded ordnance in the last week.
• The IDF said that it killed a militant whom it accused of violating the truce by attempting to execute an attack on its forces in Nuseirat.
• The IDF said that it killed a commander from the anti tank unit of the Radwan Force whom it accused of attempting to reestablish militant infrastructure in Jibshit, southern Lebanon.

26 October

• Al Jazeera reported that an Israeli strike in al-Hafir killed two people, including a Syrian national. The IDF said that it killed a Hezbollah member who was responsible for trafficking weapons from Syria to Lebanon.
• Al Jazeera reported that an Israeli airstrike in An-Naqoura killed one person, who the IDF said was Hezbollah's representative to Ras Biyyada.

27 October

• Hamas said that it handed over the remains of a hostage to Israel.

28 October

• The IDF said that its forces in Rafah were hit by sniper fire and RPGs, which killed one of its soldiers. The IDF also said that it returned fire. Hamas denied involvement and reiterated its commitment to the truce.
• Netanyahu ordered Israeli forces to immediately retaliate with "powerful strikes" in Gaza. Hamas said that it postponed the planned handover of the remains of a deceased hostage it had recovered from a tunnel in Gaza after Israeli attacks.

29 October

• Local health officials said that Israeli attacks in Gaza killed at least 104 people including children and women. The IDF said it targeted dozens of Hamas targets, including militants, observation posts, weapons depots, mortar firing positions and tunnels. It also said that it targeted a number of senior Hamas militants, including 21 commanders and participants of the 7 October attacks including a Nukhba Force commander. Israeli forces later said that the truce was back on in Gaza.
• The IDF said that it killed a Hezbollah's logistics chief in Qana, who it accused of helping rebuild infrastructure, in a strike on 14 October.
• The IDF said that it struck a Hezbollah tunnel and rocket launcher in Mahmudiyah.

30 October

• The remains of two more Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas to Israel.
• Israeli forces raided the Blida town hall, killing a municipal worker. The IDF said that it was dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure.

31 October

• Thirteen bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• The unidentified remains of three people were transferred by the Red Cross from Hamas to Israel.
• The IDF said that it struck and killed a Hezbollah maintenance officer who was rebuilding militant infrastructure in Kounin.
• The IDF said that it killed a Radwan Force member who planned attacks on Israel and helped restore Hezbollah infrastructure in a drone strike in Nabatieh.

November 2025

1 November

• The Abu Kabir Forensic Institute, using DNA tests, ruled the remains handed over by Hamas the previous day did not belong to any of the hostages. Hamas said Israel had rejected its offer to provide samples of unidentified decedents and asked the remains for analysis. It added "We handed the bodies over to stop the claims of Israel."
• Lebanon's health ministry said four people were killed and three others were injured in an Israeli strike on a car in the Nabatieh District. The IDF said those killed were Redwan Force militants.

2 November

• The remains of three more Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas to Israel.

3 November

• Forty-five bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• The IDF said it killed a militant of the Radwan Force in an airstrike in Nabatieh. It later conducted a separate strike in Ayta ash-Shaab, killing an alleged Hezbollah militant who was surveilling Israeli soldiers.

4 November

• The IDF said it killed a militant who crossed into an area in Jabalia that is still under Israeli control and posed an "imminent threat" to its forces.
• The remains of one more Israeli hostage were handed over by Hamas to Israel.

5 November

• Fifteen bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• The remains of one more hostage were handed over by Hamas to Israel.
• An Israeli strike on a car in Burj Rahal killed one person and injured another. The IDF said it killed a Radwan Force militant who was behind attacks on Israel.

6 November

• An Israeli airstrike between Toura and Al-Aabbassiyah, Tyre District, killed one person and injured three others. The IDF said it targeted militants of Hezbollah's construction unit.
• The IDF said it carried out strikes on infrastructure and arms depots belonging to the Radwan Force in several towns in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Health Ministry said one person was injured.

7 November

• The remains of one more Israeli hostage were handed over by the PIJ and Hamas to Israel.
• Turkey issued arrest warrants to 37 Israeli officials for crimes against humanity, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and IDF chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir.

8 November

• Fifteen bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• Lebanon's National News Agency reported that two brothers were killed in an Israeli airstrike near Shebaa. The IDF said they were arms smugglers belonging to the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese Resistance Brigades.
• The Lebanese health ministry said an Israeli drone strike hit a car near a hospital in Bint Jbeil injuring seven people.
• An Israeli strike in Baraashit killed one person and injured four others. The IDF said it conducted a drone strike that killed a Hezbollah militant who it accused of attempting to rebuild militant infrastructure.

9 November

• The remains of one more Israeli hostage dating from 2014 were handed over by Hamas to Israel.
• The IDF said it conducted strikes in Houmine El Faouqa and as-Sawana, killing two Hezbollah militants.

10 November

• Fifteen bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• Israel conducted a wave of strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon. The IDF said it struck a rocket launching site in the south, several sites in Nabatieh, and weapons storage and manufacturing sites in the Beqaa Valley. A strike targeting a car on a highway in Al-Baisariyah killed one person, who the IDF said was a Hezbollah arms smuggler.

11 November

• The Gaza Health Ministry said at least three people were killed in Israeli attacks throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 69,182.

13 November

• The remains of one more Israeli hostage were handed over by Hamas to Israel.
• The IDF said it struck Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon that were located near civilian areas.

14 November

• Fifteen bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• Lebanon imposed more stringent regulations on money changers and transfer companies as part of efforts to stop Hezbollah funding.

16 November

• The IDF said it killed a Hezbollah militant in Al-Mansouri.

17 November

• The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2083 welcoming the formation of the Board of Peace and authorizing an International Stabilization Force.

18 November

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israeli strikes on the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon killed at least 13 people and injured others. The IDF said it targeted a Hamas training facility. Hamas denied the allegation.
• The IDF said it killed a Hezbollah militant in Bint Jbeil and another Hezbollah militant in Blida that was seen collecting intelligence on IDF troops.

19 November

• Lebanese media reported an Israeli attack hit a car in At-Tiri, killing one person and injuring 11. The reports said a school bus passed by the area at the time of the attack, resulting in the wounding of the driver and several children.
• The IDF said several militants fired at its troops in Khan Yunis, resulting in no injuries. Hamas denied it had fired at Israeli forces. In response the IDF conducted a wave of strikes across Gaza. Medics said at least 28 Palestinians, including nine children, were killed.
• The IDF carried out a wave of strikes in several towns in southern Lebanon, targeting what it said were arms depots belonging to Hezbollah's rocket unit.

20 November

• Local health authorities said an Israeli strike hit a home in Bani Suheila, killing three people including an infant girl and injuring 15 others.
• The IDF said a senior Hamas militant who served as a naval commander and another Hamas militant who held several hostages were killed in airstrikes the day prior.

21 November

• The IDF said it killed six Hamas militants and captured five others after they emerged from tunnels in eastern Rafah.
• The IDF said it killed a Hezbollah member near Froun.

22 November

• The Gaza Health Ministry increased its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 69,733.
• Health officials in Gaza said Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 24 people including a woman and one child and injured at least 54 others including children. The IDF said they launched strikes after a militant crossed into an area it held and fired towards its forces in south Gaza, without causing casualties. Hamas denied Israeli accusations. Prime Minister Netanyahu's office said those killed include five senior Hamas militants.
• The IDF said its forces killed 11 militants in the Rafah area and arrested six others who attempted to escape an underground structure. It also said it killed two others who crossed into areas held by it in northern Gaza and approached its forces.
• Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike hit a car in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah killing one person, while a separate drone attack in Shaqra injured five others. The IDF later said it conducted strikes in Mayfadoun and Houla, killing two Hezbollah militants.
• The IDF said it struck Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon and two militant sites in the Beqaa Valley.

23 November

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least five people were killed and 25 others were injured when an Israeli strike hit the fourth floor of an apartment building in Beirut's Haret Hreik neighborhood. The IDF said it targeted Hezbollah's chief of staff, Haytham Ali Tabatabai. Hezbollah confirmed Tabatabai was killed alongside four other militants.

24 November

• A Palestinian man was killed by an Israeli drone attack in the Israeli-controlled parts of Bani Suheila.

25 November

• The remains of one more Israeli hostage were handed over by PIJ and Hamas to Israel.

26 November

• Fifteen bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• The IDF said six militants who emerged from an underground tunnel in Rafah were hit by an airstrike and killed in battle with its forces. It added that eight others were arrested by it while they emerged from a tunnel in the last week.

27 November

• The IDF said it conducted strikes on several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, including arms facilities and outposts.

29 November

• Family said that an Israeli strike east of Khan Yunis killed two children who crossed the yellow line.

30 November

• The IDF said it killed four Hamas militants who attempted to escape from a tunnel in eastern Rafah.

December 2025

2 December

• Hamas handed over "findings" to Israel. Israel said that it did not belong to a deceased hostage.

3 December

• President Trump's 20-point Gaza plan was formally approved by the Knesset.
• The remains of one more hostage were handed over by Hamas to Israel.
• The IDF said five of its soldiers were injured, one seriously, during clashes with Hamas militants who attempted to escape from a tunnel in eastern Rafah. Gaza's civil defense said an Israeli strike hit a shelter camp in the vicinity of Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Al-Mawasi, killing five people including two children and injuring 32 others. The IDF said it targeted a Hamas militant.

4 December

• The IDF said it killed almost 40 Hamas militants trapped in tunnels under Rafah, in an area it controlled.
• Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of the Israeli-backed anti-Hamas group Popular Forces died shortly before arrival at an Israeli hospital after being injured in clashes with a local family in Gaza.

6 December

• Local health authorities reported seven people were killed due to Israeli fire in Beit Lahia, Jabalia and Zeitoun, including an elderly woman. The IDF said it opened fire on those who crossed the yellow line in two separate incidents.

7 December

• Local medics reported that apparent Israeli gunfire killed a three-year old girl near the ceasefire line in al-Mawasi.

8 December

• The IDF said it struck Hezbollah militant infrastructure in southern Lebanon, including a training site used by the Radwan Force.

9 December

• UNIFIL stated its observers came under fire during a patrol in the Blue Line near the village of Sarda. No injuries were reported. The IDF said it warned a suspect approaching its forces stationed inside south Lebanon.

10 December

• The director of the Shifa hospital in Gaza said an Israeli strike in the Jabalia refugee camp killed a 17-year-old boy.
• The IDF said it had killed a person it described as an immediate threat after the individual crossed the Yellow Line.

11 December

• Medics said an Israeli strike in Jabalia killed a woman and injured some others.

13 December

• An Israeli attack west of Gaza City killed five people and injured at least 25 others including civilians. The IDF said it targeted senior al-Qassam Brigades commander Ra'ad Sa'ad and accused him of violating the ceasefire. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said it was a response to a Hamas attack in which an explosive device wounded two Israeli troops. Hamas confirmed Sa'ad's death the next day, adding that he was killed "alongside his brothers”.

14 December

• The Gaza Interior Ministry announced the assassination of Home Security officer Lt. Col. Ahmed Zamzam, who was shot by gunmen at Al-Maghazi refugee camp. It also said he was killed by an Israeli-backed group under Israeli orders, citing an initial probe.
• The IDF said it conducted three separate drone strikes targeting Hezbollah members in Yatar, Bint Jbeil, and Jwaya, killing three militants whom it accused of violating the truce.

16 December

• The IDF said it struck two Hezbollah militants separately in Taybeh and Sebline.

17 December

• Health officials said that an Israeli mortar shell that hit a residential area in central Gaza City injured at least 10 people, some seriously. The IDF said the mortar was fired during an operation in the area of the "Yellow Line", but deviated from its intended target.

18 December

• The Trump administration sanctioned two more ICC judges for probing alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

19 December

• Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said the spread of famine in Gaza has stopped, but the strip still faces starvation. The Netanyahu government denied a famine.
• An Israeli strike hit a school serving as shelter for displaced people in Tuffah, killing at least six people including women and children. The IDF said it opened fire towards "suspicious individuals to eliminate the threat", and "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals".

20 December

• Doctors at Nasser Hospital said that a 29-day-old infant boy died due to hypothermia in Gaza.

21 December

• The IDF said it killed a Hezbollah militant in the Yatar area and accused him of violating the ceasefire by rebuilding Hezbollah's militant infrastructure. The IDF also said it struck snother target, which according to Lebanese authorities wounded one person.

22 December

• Palestinian medical sources said that two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in eastern Gaza City.
• An Israeli strike hit a car on the Aqtnit–Qantara road in Sidon District in Lebanon, killing three people, including a Lebanese soldier. The IDF said that it struck three Hezbollah militants in the Sidon area and accused that they violated the truce by working on operations against the IDF and attempted rebuilding Hezbollah's infrastructure. However, Lebanon denied that the deceased soldier had links to the group.

24 December

• The IDF accused Hamas of violating the truce by hitting an APC with explosive device, causing injuries to one of its soldier.

25 December

• The IDF said that they killed a senior militant of the Iranian Quds Force's Unit 840 in Lebanon.
• The IDF said that it killed a Hezbollah militant near al-Jumayjimah and accused him of violating the truce by rebuilding Hezbollah's militant infrastructure.

29 December

• Al-Qassam Brigades confirmed the death of its spokesman Abu Obaida. It also confirmed death of the Rafah Brigade's commander Muhammad Shabana and Hakam Al Essa, who ran its arms and combat services.

30 December

• The Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs announced that it would ban 37 humanitarian organizations from operating in Gaza within 36 hours for failing to provide personal staff data required for new security screenings.

January 2026

1 January

• An apparent Israeli strike hit Jabalia an-Nazla in northern Gaza, killing a child.

4 January

• The IDF said that it killed two Hezbollah militants in al-Jumayjimah in southern Lebanon, accusing them of violating the truce.

5 January

• An Israeli strike hit a tent in al-Mawasi, killing a five-year-old girl and her uncle and injuring two other children. The IDF said that it targeted a Hamas militant whom it accused of violating the ceasefire.
• The IDF said that it struck several Hezbollah and Hamas militant infrastructure sites in eastern and southern Lebanon.

6 January

• The Gaza Health Ministry increased its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 71,391.
• The IDF said that it killed two Hezbollah militants near Kherbet Selem and accused them of violating the ceasefire. The Lebanese Health Ministry said that another person was seriously wounded in the strike.

7 January

• The IDF said it killed a militant from Hezbollah's Unit 127 in Jwaya whom it accused of violating the truce.

8 January

• The Lebanese army claimed that it had "effectively and tangibly" achieved the aim of a state monopoly on weapons in the south Lebanon, but that additional work needed to be done to remove tunnels and unexploded ordnance.
• A family relative said that apparent Israeli fire hit a house in Falluja neighborhood of Jabalia, killing an 11-year-old girl.
• The IDF said it killed a Hezbollah drone operator in Zaita and accused him of violating the ceasefire.

11 January

• Israeli fire killed two people in Bani Suhaila and another person in Tuffah. The IDF said it had hit a militant in north Gaza who approached its forces.
• The IDF said that it struck Hezbollah weapon storage sites in several areas in southern Lebanon and killed a militant near Bint Jbeil.

12 January

• Three people who had crossed the truce line in the vicinity of Morag corridor were killed by the IDF, that said that the 3 approached its forces and posed an "immediate threat", adding that they later found weapons and intelligence-gathering equipment on them. An Israeli-backed armed group in south Gaza said that it killed a senior police officer in Khan Yunis. The Gaza Interior Ministry said that he was shot dead in al-Mawasi. Hamas said that militants killed by the IDF were pursuing militiamen who killed the police officer.

13 January

• Walls collapsed on tents in Gaza due to strong winds, killing four people including an elderly man, a 15-year-old girl and two women. Hypothermia caused the death of a 1-year-old boy.

14 January

• The US announced that Gaza is entering the second stage of the truce plan brokered with the help of President Trump.

15 January

• Local sources said that Israeli attacks throughout Gaza killed at least 10 people including a senior al-Qassam Brigades militant, his wife, his 16-year-old daughter, two other family members, a senior al-Quds Brigades militant and a Hamas policeman. The IDF accused militants of violating the truce and said that the al-Qassam Brigades militant commanded its central camps operations, had a significant role in preparing for the 7 October attacks, and oversaw a lethal attack in 1995. The IDF also said that the al-Quds Brigades militant commanded its Rocket and Missile Array in the Central Camps area. It added that other strikes killed a commander of sniper activities for al-Qassam Brigades in Deir al Balah, two Hamas militants whom it accused of attempting to rebuild militant infrastructure, a person who crossed the yellow line and "posed a threat" to its forces.

20 January

• A 3-month-old infant girl dies from complications of hypothermia in a tent in Gaza City's Daraj neighborhood.
• The IDF said that it uncovered a weapons cache with firearms, RPGs and various combat equipment from a tunnel shaft in south Gaza as part of operations to destroy militant infrastructure on the Israeli side of the Gaza truce line.

21 January

• AP reported that Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 11 people including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman. The IDF said it had identified suspects who were operating a drone which posed a threat to its forces in one of those incidents.
• SOHR reported that the IDF carried out airstrikes on four crossing points on the Syria-Lebanon border used for smuggling operations and transporting arms to Hezbollah, killing a weapons dealer.

22 January

• The IDF said that a reservist from the Menashe Regional Brigade's 941st Battalion died from injuries sustained during combat in Rafah in October 2025.
• The director of the Shifa Hospital said that four people were killed in Israeli strikes east of Gaza City.

24 January

• The Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City said that an Israeli strike in Gaza killed a 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy while they were searching for firewood.
• The IDF said it had targeted individuals who crossed the Yellow Line, accusing them of planting explosives.

25 January

• Medics said that two people were killed due to Israeli fire east of Tuffah while one person was allegedly killed by Israeli forces in Khan Yunis. Explosion of an Israeli drone on the rooftop of a multi-floor building in Gaza City injured four civilians in the street nearby. IDF spokespersons said that they were not aware of the incident in Khan Yunis and that a camera on a roof of a "structure" in Gaza City was struck because it was used to monitor and advance attacks on the IDF, without providing proof.
• Israel announced that it started a "large scale operation" to find the body of the last hostage following information that he was buried at a cemetery in the Shuja'iyya-Daraj Tuffah area. Hamas claimed it had provided all the information it had about the hostage's remains.

26 January

• The IDF announced that it recovered the body of the last hostage in Gaza. Hamas claimed it now has committed to all terms of the first stage of the truce.
• Gaza hospitals said that one person was killed was killed due to Israeli fire in Tuffah close to an area where Israeli forces carried out the search operation for the last hostage. Another person was killed in Bureij refugee camp.
• Nine Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel.
• Hezbollah said that a presenter for its Al-Manar television channel was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tyre. The IDF said that he was also a Hezbollah militant who violated the truce by working to rehabilitate artillery capabilities of the group in south Lebanon.

29 January

• The IDF acknowledged the Gaza Health Ministry's estimate of about 70,000 Palestinians killed during the war, emphasising that the figure does not distinguish between members and non-members of militant groups, does not indicate how many people died as a result of the fighting, and does not include missing residents who may be buried under rubble. The IDF also rejected the ministry’s figures that 440 Palestinians had died because of malnutrition and starvation during the war.
• Fifteen bodies of Palestinians were handed over by Israel to Gaza.
• Nasser hospital said that two people were killed due to Israeli fire in Khan Yunis. One person was killed and another person was injured in another Israeli strike in central Gaza. The IDF said that it targeted a suspect whom it accused of violating the truce in south Gaza in one of the strikes and killed another person whom it accused of crossing the truce line and approaching its forces.

30 January

• The IDF said that its airstrikes killed four armed people in central Gaza who it said approached its forces in the vicinity of the truce line.
• The IDF said that its air force killed at least three militants from a group of eight who emerged from a tunnel in the vicinity of Rafah.
• Palestinian media reported that a strike killed two people and injured several in the Maghazi refugee camp.
• The IDF said that it killed a Hezbollah militant whom it accused of violating the truce by attempting to restore the group's military infrastructure in south Lebanon.
• The IDF announced that it apprehended a key commander of al-Qassam Brigades's Eastern Rafah Battalion in an overnight operation.
• The IDF said that it is striking Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon as a response to the group's alleged violation of the truce.

31 January

• Hospitals in Gaza said that at least 30 people including six children and two women were killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza. One of those strikes hit a police station in Gaza City, killing at least 14 people including four policewomen, civilians and inmates held at the station and injuring others. The IDF said that the strikes followed what it described as truce violations the previous day, when it killed at least three militants emerging from a tunnel in an area in Rafah controlled by Israelis and four who approached its forces in the vicinity of the dividing line.

February 2026

2 February

• The Gaza Health Ministry said at least five people were killed in Israeli attacks throughout Gaza in the past 24 hours, increasing its count of the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 71,800. Per Palestinian reports, two people were killed in a strike in Nuseirat and the remaining in Mawasi, Khan Yunis and Jabalia. Among those killed reportedly include a 3-year-old boy. The IDF said it targeted militants operating near the Yellow Line who approached its forces and "posed an imminent threat to them."
• Rafah border crossing was reopened.
• Local officials suspected of pocketing aid sent after 7 October attacks were detained by Israeli police.
• The IDF said that it targeted a Hezbollah militant in Harouf and accused the group of violating the truce.
• The IDF said that it targeted a Hezbollah militant in Ansariyah.
• Evacuation notices were issued by the IDF for two villages in south Lebanon, saying that they are situated in the vicinity of buildings used by Hezbollah as "military infrastructure." It later said that it attacked facilities used by Hezbollah to store arms and accused that one of those facilities were situated in the heart of a civilian area.

3 February

• Hamas announced that is ready to formally cede governance of Gaza to Palestinian technocratic committee.