Gaza, August. 18 (SANA)An Israeli strike on Tuesday evening killed six Palestinians and wounded several others in the port of Gaza City, according to medical sources.

They confirmed that an Israeli strike targeted the port area, west of the city, claiming the lives of six people, including a minor, and wounding several others, including critically injured.

They confirmed that several people who were at the site fell into the port basin, while efforts are underway to rescue them.

Israel has waged a military onslaught on the Strip since 7 October 2023, killing 73,399 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 174,310 others. It has destroyed 90% of the Strip’s infrastructure, with the cost of Gaza reconstruction estimated at $70 billion.

Since the Gaza ceasefire agreement went into effect on October 11, 2025, Israel has killed over 1,265 Palestinians and injured 4,198 others. The bodies of 813 slain Palestinians have been recovered during the same period.

In the last 24 hours, the bodies of five slain Palestinians along with 18 casualties were admitted to Gaza hospitals.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.