On October 18, 2026, a Palestinian girl, Misk Hazem al-Dalou, died after Israeli forces opened fire at tents housing displaced people in the Maghazi refugee camp.

An ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas that escalated on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis with mass casualties and widespread displacement.