PALESTINE

Wed 18 Feb 2026 8:18 pm - Jerusalem Time

Military escalation by the occupation in Gaza as the first day of Ramadan arrives

The first signs of the blessed month of Ramadan in the Gaza Strip began amidst a new field escalation, as occupation forces continued their violations of the existing truce agreement. Field sources reported that occupation vehicles carried out a series of attacks, ranging from concentrated artillery shelling to intense gunfire, disrupting the Ramadan atmosphere in the targeted areas and increasing the state of security tension.

In detail of the field developments, the occupation artillery directly targeted the eastern areas of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Strip, causing panic among the displaced and residents. Concurrently, military vehicles stationed on the borders renewed their machine-gun fire towards the eastern neighborhoods of Khan Yunis city to the south, while local sources monitored sniper operations targeting the movements of citizens in the eastern outskirts of Gaza City.

The aggression did not stop there but extended to the city of Rafah, in the far south of the Strip, where occupation vehicles opened fire near the strategic 'Morag' axis. Border areas in Khan Yunis also came under continuous barrages of fire launched from the sand berms behind which the occupation forces are stationed, reflecting a determination to disrupt any state of field stability at the beginning of the holy month.

These field attacks come as a continuation of a bloody day witnessed by the Strip yesterday, Tuesday, which resulted in the martyrdom of a child and the injury of three other citizens, including an elderly man, due to scattered targeting. These data confirm the exacerbation of the humanitarian suffering of the Strip's residents who face harsh conditions, where the pain of loss and siege is mixed with the sanctity of fasting days under the weight of continuous military threats.

Occupation forces continued their violations of the truce agreement in the Gaza Strip through a series of attacks that included gunfire and artillery shelling.

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Military escalation by the occupation in Gaza as the first day of Ramadan arrives

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