The Palestinian Ministry of Justice reported that more than 10,000 people have been missing in Gaza since late 2023.

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On October 18, 2026, Israeli military vehicles fired toward displaced Palestinians' tents in al-Mawasi in Rafah, while artillery shelled areas northeast of Khan Younis.

Hundreds of Palestinians attended a mass funeral and procession in Gaza City on October 18, 2026 for 75 victims whose remains were recovered from destroyed buildings in Al-Daraj and buried at Sheikh Radwan Cemetery.

Recovery teams in Gaza face severe obstacles retrieving bodies due to Israeli supply restrictions and a lack of heavy machinery and forensic equipment.

Gaza's Civil Defence launched the second phase of its body recovery operations under rubble in July 2026.

The Palestine News Agency and Gaza Civil Defence estimate that the bodies of approximately 8,000 Palestinians remain buried under rubble across the Gaza Strip.

According to Gaza's Health Ministry, at least 1,511 Palestinians have been killed and 5,375 injured in Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire in effect since October 10, 2025.

Al Jazeera reported that the majority of the 75 recovered remains belonged to women and children killed inside their homes in Gaza City's Daraj neighborhood.

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.

Gaza Civil Defence spokesperson Abdullah al-Majdalawi stated that the 75 recovered remains belonged to members of approximately 20 Palestinian families, including displaced persons.

Gaza's Civil Defence recovered 333 bodies and the remains of 559 people during its first recovery operation in November 2025.

Gaza's Health Ministry reported that the overall death toll from Israeli attacks since October 2023 has exceeded 74,400 Palestinians, with over 175,449 injured.

According to World Food Programme and Integrated Food Security Phase Classification assessments in October 2026, 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza, or roughly two-thirds of the population, face crisis-level acute food insecurity or worse, including 200,000 in emergency conditions.

One year after the October 2025 Gaza ceasefire agreement, promised reconstruction has not begun, 80 percent of Gaza's population remains unemployed, and Israeli forces hold over 60 percent of the territory.

Displaced Gazan resident Sabrine Kuhail told news reporters in October 2026 that three years of war, siege, and hunger have left residents exhausted following World Food Programme aid cuts.

The World Food Programme reduced daily hot meal distribution in Gaza from 250,000 to 150,000 meals, with deliveries in hard-to-reach areas near the Israeli-controlled yellow line falling from daily to every other day in October 2026.

Implementation of the October 2025 Gaza ceasefire deal has stalled over terms requiring Hamas to disarm and Israeli forces to withdraw from the territory.

A UNICEF survey cited in October 2026 found that one in eight children in Gaza is chronically malnourished or stunted, while World Food Programme data showed only one in five children consumes a sufficiently diverse diet.

Under the October 2026 World Food Programme aid reductions in Gaza, food ration parcels per family are halved from two to one, wheat flour bags shrink, and cash assistance values for 75,000 families fall from 1,250 to 750 shekels ($400 to $240).

According to the United Nations in October 2026, Israel has permitted more goods into Gaza under the ceasefire but continues to block items deemed to have potential military use.

World Food Programme country director Shaun Hughes and acting executive director Carl Skau warned in October 2026 that aid cuts arriving alongside winter could reverse fragile gains made in Gaza since the 2025 ceasefire.