Israeli occupation forces continued to violate the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for the 188th consecutive day on Wednesday, maintaining artillery fire, drone strikes, and severe restrictions on border crossings despite the truce that took effect on October 11, 2025. The ongoing attacks have deepened the humanitarian and health crises across the besieged territory.
Throughout the day, several areas across the Gaza Strip came under heavy artillery shelling and sustained gunfire from Israeli military vehicles, particularly along the eastern perimeter.
In the southern Gaza Strip, tanks and artillery targeted the vicinity of the Desalination Plant south of Khan Younis, while additional strikes hit the eastern outskirts of the city.
In Gaza City in the central Gaza Strip, artillery fire and tank gunfire continued to pound eastern neighborhoods. At the same time, intense shelling was reported east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.
Similar attacks struck areas east of Al‑Bureij refugee camp and the city of Deir al‑Balah in the central Gaza Strip, where Israeli military vehicles continued firing toward residential zones.
🚨HORRIFIC SCENES documented by Civil Defense hero Ahmed Abu Louay in North Gaza: The Israeli army is detonating residential blocks over the heads of families. Massive explosions and indiscriminate strikes are leveling homes while families are inside. pic.twitter.com/RzT8VGW3Tm
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) April 15, 2026
Local medical sources said four Palestinians were injured on Wednesday. Three were wounded when an Israeli drone fired at a group of civilians near Dawla Junction in the Zeitoun neighborhood of eastern Gaza City. In northern Gaza, a woman was shot and injured in the Halawa area of Jabalia town.
In related news, dozens of patients and their companions were evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing as part of a new medical evacuation operation. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its teams assisted in transporting 35 patients and 63 companions—98 people in total—under coordination with the World Health Organization to ensure their safe transfer to medical facilities outside Gaza.
🚨HEARTBREAKING: A somber farewell to the victims of yesterday’s Israeli attack on Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/BXhy4nj3XW
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) April 15, 2026
On its part, Khan Younis Municipality warned of an imminent collapse of essential public services due to a severe shortage of fuel, lubricants, and spare parts needed to operate and maintain heavy machinery.
The municipality said the crisis threatens water supply systems, wastewater networks, solid‑waste collection, road clearance, and rubble removal—services already strained by the presence of nearly 800,000 displaced Palestinians sheltering in the city.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of rising risks of disease outbreaks in overcrowded displacement camps across the Gaza Strip.
Humanitarian partners have documented widespread skin diseases in hundreds of camps, along with a surge in rodents and pests, raising concerns about the spread of additional illnesses amid deteriorating living conditions.
مجزرة الأمس.. مشاهد من نقل ووداع جثامين أربعة شهداء، بينهم طفل، في مستشفى الشفاء بمدينة غزة، عقب استهداف الاحتلال لمركبة تتبع للشرطة. pic.twitter.com/kIhXMyIGsQ
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) April 15, 2026
Mahmoud Hammad, Director‑General of Administrative Affairs, described a rapidly worsening situation for ambulance and medical‑transport services. He said 70 percent of ambulances and medical‑transport vehicles are now out of service, either due to direct targeting or accumulated mechanical failures.
The lack of spare parts, oils, and tires has made repairs nearly impossible, sharply reducing emergency‑service readiness at a time of overwhelming daily demand.
🚨A horror the world does not see: life inside Gaza’s displacement tents after 2.5 years of destruction.
In Beit Lahia, North Gaza, a mother and her children were left terrified when stray dogs broke into their fragile tent, tearing apart mattresses, clothes, and the last sense… pic.twitter.com/q2I7jJw7WX
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) April 15, 2026
Hammad stressed that securing essential supplies and medical equipment is an urgent responsibility for all agencies monitoring the humanitarian and health situation in Gaza.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said eight Palestinians were killed and 29 others were injured in the past 24 hours. The ministry noted that many victims remain trapped under rubble or in areas unreachable by ambulance and civil defense crews due to ongoing Israeli fire.
Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, 2025, a total of 765 Palestinians have been killed and 2,140 injured, while 760 bodies have been recovered from destroyed areas. The cumulative toll since the start of the genocide on October 7, 2023, has reached 72,344 killed and 172,242 injured.
