On Friday, Israeli occupation forces continued their violations of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for the 132nd consecutive day, launching airstrikes, shelling with artillery, opening fire, and demolishing homes in several areas of the Strip.
Palestinian sources reported that “occupation forces demolished residential buildings east of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, while Israeli gunboats opened heavy fire off the coast of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.” They added, “Occupation vehicles also opened fire east of Khan Younis, while occupation aircraft carried out two airstrikes east of Gaza City, coinciding with artillery shelling.”
On the second day of Ramadan, displaced Palestinians crowd in front of a charitable kitchen in Khan Younis to receive a meager Iftar meal, in Khan Younis amid worsening humanitarian conditions. pic.twitter.com/H0vAZo3wdX
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) February 19, 2026
Since the ceasefire agreement came into effect, the occupation forces have killed 638 Palestinians, including 197 children and 84 women, and wounded 1,640 others as a result of their repeated violations. Since the start of the war of extermination on October 7, 2023, the occupying forces have killed more than 72,000 citizens, injured approximately 172,000 others, and left more than 8,000 missing.
More than 75,000 Palestinians were killed in the first 16 months of the two-year Israeli genocide in Gaza, at least 25,000 more than the death toll announced by Palestinian authorities at the time, according to a Lancet study.https://t.co/OIXUzGVDtb
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) February 19, 2026
This is in addition to widespread destruction affecting about 90 percent of civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at approximately $70 billion.
Source: Palestinian media (edited by Al-Manar)