Historical Timeline
Year in Gaza
2025 UpdatesJanuary 2026
IDF gunfire attack kills child in Jabalia, and IDF attack on refugee tents injures 4 in Khan Younis. IDF tanks fire artillery in Al-Bureij camp, Khan Younis, and Nuseirat camp. IDF gunfire attack from crane on school shelter kills Palestinian youth and injures others near Khan Younis.
IDF continues airstrikes across southern Lebanon.
IDF quadcopter bombing refugee tents injures 3 Palestinians in Beit Lahiya. IDF tanks fires artillery on Rafah, Jabalia camp, and other areas along eastern line of Gaza Strip. IDF shelling kills Palestinian in Shuja’iyya.
US abducts president Nicolas Maduro and his wife after large scale airstrikes kill at least 100 people in Caracas Venezuela. Trump claims the US will run Venezuela and take over their energy reserves and production. 1/3. Senator Sanders: "Trump's attack on Venezuela will make the United States and the world less safe. This brazen violation of international law gives a green light to any nation on earth that may wish to attack another country to seize their resources or change their governments."
IDF soldiers shoot and kill 11yo Fatima Nimer Marouf and 45yo Sanioura Al-Sheesh in Beit Lahia. IDF soldiers open fire randomly on refugee tents injuring at least 17 Palestinians including women and young children beyond the yellow line in Al-Mawasi concentration camp. IDF naval gunfire kills Palestinian fisherman Abdulrahman Al-Qan off coast of Khan Younis. IDF conducts demolitions of residential blocks near Al-Tuffah and Khan Younis.
IDF dronestrike kills child Dana Abu Ma’rouf and injures 2 young sisters while playing in Al-Mawasi. IDF proudly releases footage claiming it targeted “a terrorist preparing an imminent attack.” IDF executes young young boy shoot in the head in Beit Lahia.
IDF soldiers raid Birzeit University chasing and shooting students with live ammunition and teargas incluring 11 students in Ramallah. 1/6. IDF airstrikes on residential building kills 2 Palestinians in Al-Tuffah. IDF tank shelling kills child Hamada Al-Fajam while collecting firewood in Bani Suheila. IDF gunfire attack on refugee tents kills 11yo Hamsa Houso near Jabalia. IDF drone attack on refugee tents kills 6 Palestinians in Al-Mawasi. IDF airstrike on Abu Hussein school shelter kills a Palestinian and injures 4 in Jabalia. IDF airstrike on home kills 2 Palestinians near Al-Nuseirat camp, and IDF airstrike on warehouse kills 4 in Al-Zaytoun. 1/8.
Heavy storms kill at least 7 due to hypothermia and building collapses within 24 hours in Gaza. IDF gunfire attack kills 2 Palestinians and drone strike kills 3 near Khan Younis.
IDF airstrikes on home assassinates Qassam commander Abu Fouad Al-Houli, and kills 5 others his wife and young daughter in Deir Al-Balah. IDF gunfire attack injures 6 Palestinians near Jabalia. IDF airstrike on home kills family of 4 including Palestinian couple and their 2 daughters and injuring multiple other children in Nuseirat camp. IDF gunfire attack kills elderly Palestinian woman and injures others near Khan Younis. 1/15.
IDF gunfire kills young girl in Beit Lahia. IDF gunfire kills 14yo boy outside mosque after prayers near Ramallah. IDF gunfire kills 16yo boy shot in the head in Beit Lahia.
Trump announces ‘Board of Peace’ on taking over administrative control of Gaza, requiring countries to contribute $1 billion to participate, with all votes, agendas, and funds under Trump’s permanent unilateral control. Executive members include Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Marco Rubio, and Tony Blair. 1/16. Smotrich and Israeli ministers reject Gaza governance plan, calling for annexation of Gaza and establishing illegal settlements.
IDF snipers kill 2 Palestinian boys near Khan Younis.
Trump signs Peace Council charter, wanted war criminals Putin and Netanyahu are unable to attend ceremony in Davos Switzerland. 1/19.
IDF demolishes UN facilities and raises Israeli flag over UNRWA headquarters in occupied Jerusalem.
IDF artillery shelling kills 4 Palestinians near Al-Zeitoun. IDF gunfire attacks kill 2 Palestinians in Al-Tuffah.
IDF recovers remains of last Israeli POW in northern Gaza. Al Qassam provided mediators the details regarding the location. 1/26 IDF announces only limited reopening of Rafah crossing under full IDF control and continues to block journalists in violation of ceasefire deal. IDF has cleared land in Rafah to build large camps with id checks and facial recognition to be used for hundreds of thousands of civilians and to control crossings with Egypt.
IDF airstrike targeting group of people kills at least 3 Palestinians in Al-Maghazi camp. IDF gunfire attack kills a Palestinian father in Khan Younis. IDF airstrike on refugee tents kills 7 members Hadayed family, including a grandfather, 3 of his children, and 3 grandshildren in Al-Mawasi. IDF airstrikes on homes kill 6 Palestinians in Gaza City. IDF airstrike on police station kills 5, including 3 female officers and 4 detainees in Sheikh Radwan. IDF gunfire attacks kill young boy in Jabalia.
February 2026
IDF has killed more than 500 Palestinians and destroyed over 2,500 homes in 114 days since ceasefire in Gaza. IDF orders Doctors Without Borders humanitarian organization to halt operations in Gaza by end of month, as MSF refuses to hand over lists of its Palestinian and international staff.
IDF dronestrike kills elderly man in near Rafah.
Rafah Border Crossing reopens on restricted basis after nearly 2 years of closure due to IDF siege of Gaza. Ministry of Health Director reports around 20,000 patients are at risk of death awaiting evacuation for medical treatment, including 5,000 critical cases, and an average of 10 patients die every day due to unavailable medical care. More than 900 patients have died waiting to leave Gaza.
IDF gunboat shelling of refugee tents kills 3yo Palestinian boy in Al-Mawasi. IDF airstrike kills Palestinian civilian in Jabalia. IDF airstrike on condolence house injures over a dozen Palestinians including children in Nuseirat camp . IDF airstrike on refugee tent kills 3 Palestinians south of Khan Younis. IDF airstrikes kill 14 including children in Al-Tuffah and Zeitoun. IDF airstrike on refugee tent kills 2 and injures more than 8 in Al-Mawasi, and secondary strike kills paramedic Huesein Al-Samiri while on duty transporting the injured. 2/3
IDF dronestrike kill 2 including a child in Deir al-Balah and IDF shelling targeting civilians kills a Palestinian in Al-Shati camp.
Satellite images show IDF bombardments have systematically flattened Rafah.