Overview
- Defense Minister Israel Katz praised the IDF for razing buildings since October and said operations to destroy tunnels and the structures above them will continue.
- Independent analyses, including a New York Times review of satellite imagery, document more than 2,500 buildings destroyed since the ceasefire began on October 10, with entire blocks, farmland and greenhouses erased in eastern Gaza.
- New Planet Labs imagery published by Haaretz shows Israeli forces entrenching along the Yellow Line and operating hundreds of meters into areas designated as Hamas-controlled, with ground barriers set west of the line shown on official maps.
- Forensic Architecture reports 48 IDF outposts along the Yellow Line, including 13 erected after the truce took effect, plus new roads near eastern Khan Yunis and additional clearance and razing near Rafah.
- On January 18, medical sources reported Israeli drone fire, gunfire, and air and artillery strikes injuring civilians in Gaza City, al-Mawasi, Deir el-Balah, Rafah, Jabalia and Bureij, as Gaza authorities say at least 463 people have been killed and over 1,200 wounded during the ceasefire.