The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,387, Gaza's Health Ministry said on August 11, 2026. The ministry said one person who had been wounded in earlier attacks died over the previous 24 hours. One additional person was injured in renewed Israeli violence during the same period.

The ministry released the figures in a statement on Telegram. It said that since the ongoing war began in October 2023, at least 174,257 people have been wounded in Gaza. The reported toll includes casualties accumulated throughout the conflict.

According to the ministry, 1,259 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks even after a ceasefire mediated by the United States took effect in October last year. Human rights and international organizations have expressed concern over continued casualties in Gaza despite the ceasefire, the report said.

Hamas said it is ready to move forward with a US-backed Gaza peace plan and called for pressure on Israel to comply with the ceasefire agreement. The report, published on August 9, 2026, said Israel maintains that it has not agreed to the plan’s final component.

A Hamas official told AFP that the group is willing to implement the final stage of the peace plan. Under that stage, Hamas would hand over its weapons to a newly formed Palestinian governing committee in the war-ravaged territory. The report presented this as Hamas’s stated position on carrying out the plan.

Last week, Trump praised Hamas’s agreement to disarm under the plan as a landmark step, according to the report. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, said on Tuesday that Israel had not agreed to the draft presented by the Board of Peace. The differing positions leave disagreement over the plan’s final stage.

Nineteen bodies, most of them women and children, were recovered from the rubble of a residential building in Gaza City, the civil defence department said. The building, known as Karam, had been destroyed in an Israeli attack. The bodies were recovered on Saturday after a four-day search and rescue operation in western Gaza.

Mohammed Abu Dan, who supervised the operation, said the search at the Karam building had ended after four consecutive days. Rescue work has been hindered by a persistent shortage of heavy machinery needed to remove broken concrete. Civil defence officials said rescuers are using basic and inadequate equipment, along with intense physical labour, because they lack tools capable of moving heavy concrete slabs.

Abu Dan said specialised medical personnel and civil defence rescuers would move to another location in Gaza City to begin search and recovery work. Gaza's Health Ministry said more than 8,000 people remain missing beneath rubble across the territory. Its latest figures said that since a ceasefire took effect on October 11 last year, at least 1,254 people have been killed, 4,121 injured and 804 bodies recovered from rubble.

US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, formed to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction, is preparing what could be its first construction contract: a military base for 150 Moroccan troops, according to The Guardian. The contract has not been finalized, but Louisiana-based Arkel International has been assigned the construction work, the report published on August 7, 2026 said.

Trump created the Board of Peace in January and chairs it himself, with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in leadership roles. A board official said the body and the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, a group of Palestinian technocrats responsible for Gaza’s administration, were nearing completion of several construction contracts. One potential agreement concerns facilities needed by an International Stabilization Force.

The planned base would measure 100 meters by 120 meters and be located about one mile from the Israeli border, in an area largely under direct Israeli military control. A draft agreement indicated the 150-member base could be an initial phase toward a larger base for 5,000 personnel. The legal framework for the UN-approved force and the timing of Morocco’s deployment remain unsettled.

Four more Palestinians died in Gaza over the past 24 hours amid Israel’s continuing attacks, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Two people were killed directly in attacks, while two others who had been receiving treatment for injuries from earlier attacks later died. One person was reported injured during the same 24-hour period.

The ministry said violence has continued in Gaza despite a ceasefire that took effect on October 11. Since that ceasefire began, 1,254 people have been killed and 4,121 injured, according to the ministry’s figures. The report did not provide further details on the locations or circumstances of the latest attacks.

Since the war began on October 7, 2023, the total number of people killed in Gaza has reached 73,381, the Health Ministry said. It reported that 174,231 people have been injured over the same period. The ministry separately recorded the latest direct deaths and the deaths of people who had been wounded in previous attacks.

Gaza held what was described as its largest mass burial, burying 112 people killed in an Israeli attack. The burial took place on Tuesday after the bodies were recently recovered from beneath rubble. All those buried were members of two large families killed in an attack in 2023.

Gaza authorities said about 40 of the dead were children. The report said many members of the two families were killed in the 2023 attack, and their bodies remained buried under the debris afterward. The remains were recovered three years later and handed over to the families.

Relatives of the victims and local residents attended the collective burial on Tuesday. The source did not provide further details about the attack, the identities of those buried, or the location of the burial. It described the event as the largest mass burial in Gaza's history.

Israel will not begin withdrawing troops from Gaza until Hamas has been fully disarmed, according to the Board of Peace established at the initiative of US President Donald Trump. The position was outlined after Israeli objections to a disarmament agreement announced by the board last week, with disagreement persisting over the timing of Hamas’s weapons surrender and Israeli troop withdrawal.

Trump said the agreement would be carried out in several specifically structured stages and that Israeli forces would withdraw as disarmament is completed. The agreement document said Israeli attacks in Gaza would end and troop withdrawals would occur gradually in line with the Hamas disarmament process.

The deal also referred to implementing a ceasefire agreement signed in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, last year, including unimpeded humanitarian aid access to Gaza and arrangements to evacuate people for medical treatment. Hamas said implementation depends on whether Israel fulfills its commitments. Board of Peace director Nikolai Mladenov, after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, said Israel would move beyond the Yellow Line only after disarmament covering light weapons, heavy weapons and tunnels is complete.

The United Nations condemned the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip and called for protection of health-care facilities in the besieged territory. In remarks reported on August 4, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said the organization condemns all killings of civilians.

Haq said Gaza health authorities reported that more than 150 people were killed in Israeli attacks in July, the highest monthly death toll since the start of the year. He also expressed concern over an Israeli attack on Friday at a medical-supplies warehouse near Al-Aqsa Hospital, which was reported destroyed.

The UN official said health-care facilities should never be attacked or used for military purposes. He warned that stocks of insulin for people with diabetes, medicines needed by heart patients, and other medical supplies were running low. Alcohol-based disinfectants needed for hand hygiene and infection prevention were also nearly unavailable. Haq said many additional medical supplies required for infection prevention and control were awaiting Israeli approval to enter Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has differences with US President Donald Trump over parts of Trump’s Gaza plan, including a recent agreement with Hamas. Netanyahu made the comments after meeting Nikolai Mladenov, chief envoy of Trump’s Board of Peace, according to a report published on August 4, 2026.

Netanyahu said Hamas must be disarmed and the Gaza Strip demilitarized before reconstruction can begin. He said he was not concealing his disagreements with Trump over the recent Hamas agreement. Last week, Trump said the Board of Peace, formed at his initiative to stabilize the Gaza situation, had reached a “historic” understanding with Hamas.

The reported agreement provided for Hamas to surrender weapons and for Israeli troops to withdraw from war-ravaged Gaza. A document shown by Al Jazeera linked a phased Hamas disarmament process to the withdrawal of Israeli forces. After Israeli objections, however, the Board of Peace said Hamas must be completely disarmed before Israeli troops leave Gaza. Hamas weapons surrender and Israeli troop withdrawal are described as key conditions for implementing the US plan, with differences between Israeli and US positions now apparent.

The World Health Organization condemned Israeli attacks on health facilities in Gaza and called for protection of the territory’s health infrastructure. In a statement on X cited in a report published August 4, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said an Israeli strike on August 1 hit a medical-supplies warehouse near Al-Aqsa Hospital. Emergency medical equipment, including some WHO-provided supplies, was destroyed, and the hospital itself was damaged.

Tedros said health facilities should never be attacked and must not be militarized under any circumstances. International organizations have repeatedly voiced concern over attacks during the ongoing Gaza conflict involving hospitals, ambulances, medical centers and warehouses holding medical supplies.

WHO said it has documented about 1,000 attacks on Gaza’s health sector since October 2023. More than 1,000 people have been killed and about 1,700 injured in those attacks, according to the organization. WHO also cited figures saying Israeli attacks in Gaza over the same period had killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and injured at least 174,000 others. The organization reiterated calls to protect these facilities so health services can continue.

The United States is seeking an agreement under a proposed plan to end the war in which Israeli troops would withdraw from Gaza if Hamas surrenders its weapons. The Al Jazeera report was published on August 4, 2026. The central obstacle is the sequence of the two steps: Hamas disarmament and an Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza.

Hamas says it is prepared to discuss disarmament, but insists Israeli forces must leave Gaza first. It says discussions on the weapons-surrender process could then follow. Israeli officials take the opposite position, saying Hamas must be fully disarmed before Israeli troops leave. They say disarmament means giving up weapons, and that anything less is unacceptable.

US President Donald Trump’s proposed plan calls for an international stabilization force to assume responsibility for Gaza’s security after Israeli forces withdraw. The proposal could bring a major change to Gaza’s security arrangements by replacing Israeli forces with an international force. However, the plan’s key element remains stalled between the two positions, with the final agreement hinging on whether the steps occur in sequence or simultaneously.

Hamas has accused Israel of escalating attacks in the Gaza Strip to derail a ceasefire agreement. In a statement issued Sunday evening, the Palestinian group said the attacks were being deliberately intensified to obstruct understandings reached with the US administration and mediators for completing implementation of the ceasefire deal.

Hamas said Israel's “criminal and frenzied bombardment” in Gaza had completely wiped out many families. It called on mediators to pressure Israel to halt the attacks and to take immediate action. The report did not include a response from Israel to the allegations.

The statement came as Israeli forces continued bombing Gaza despite the announcement of Trump’s roadmap for implementing the second phase of a peace agreement. At least 19 Palestinians were reported killed in the bombardment. The roadmap is expected to include Hamas’s disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, according to the report.

Turkey condemned Israeli attacks in Gaza after local sources reported that at least 19 Palestinians, including three children, were killed in strikes on Sunday. In a statement published on August 3, 2026, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said the latest attacks showed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had no interest in making peace with Palestinians. Several other people were reported injured.

The ministry said Netanyahu’s sole objective was to displace Palestinians from their own land and prevent peace and stability in the region. It also said he continued to take steps that harmed the Middle East’s fragile regional balance and disrupted ongoing mediation efforts led by the United States.

Turkey called on the international community to adopt a stronger, consistent and effective position against what it described as Netanyahu’s expansionist and military policies, while urging active action to protect humanitarian values. Nikolai Mladenov, chief envoy of the Board of Peace, said Israeli attacks across Gaza over the past two days had caused civilian deaths and extensive damage to emergency medical supplies.

Israeli air and artillery attacks across the Gaza Strip killed at least 12 Palestinians on Sunday, including two children and an unborn child, according to the report published on August 3, 2026. Several others were wounded in strikes reported in Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah, Gaza City and the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The attacks came two days after US President Donald Trump and the Board of Peace announced implementation of the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire.

In Khan Younis, an airstrike on an apartment in al-Karara killed Mahmoud Zaki al-Hams, 38, his wife Fatima al-Hams, 37, and their young daughter, while three others were injured. Helicopter fire in Deir al-Balah killed Kamal Abu Muailiq, 68, and his wife Huda, 59; a separate strike on a motorcycle killed two more people.

In Gaza City, a strike on an apartment in al-Susi Tower killed Abdullah Abu Taif, 33, his wife Abeer Anan, 29, their five-year-old son Azzam and their unborn child. Palestinian officials say Israeli attacks during the ceasefire have killed 1,222 Palestinians and wounded 4,053.

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said Israel currently controls about 70 percent of the Gaza Strip and should establish “full control” over the entire territory. He made the remarks on Sunday, according to the report.

Cohen also claimed that no agreement currently exists to stop attacks in Gaza. He opposed a possible US-mediated arrangement with Hamas, saying he was against the proposed deal. The report said the discussed proposal was expected to include the disarmament of Hamas.

Earlier, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir described the draft agreement as “unacceptable.” The successive positions taken by senior Israeli government figures have created renewed uncertainty over the future of diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the continuing conflict centered on Gaza.