Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Gaza Strip, Israel and Palestine: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 58 eventsP of organized violence in Gaza Strip, Israel and Palestine in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 97P. The low estimate is 96 and the high estimate is 122P. UCDP counts 16P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 90 eventsP.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The report of the country for this month: Israel and Palestine, August 2026.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Israel and Palestine has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 1. Gaza Strip: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Israel56P97P
Group named for a person (name not shown)1P0P
Hamas54P91P
PFLP-GC1P2P
PIJ3P4P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

All months

Table 2. Monthly reports of Gaza Strip, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202658P97PCandidate Events
July 202690P169PCandidate Events
June 202668P135PCandidate Events
May 202663P123PCandidate Events
April 202666P132PCandidate Events
March 202642P86PCandidate Events
February 202662P114PCandidate Events
January 202677P166PCandidate Events
December 20253055GED
November 202547115GED
October 2025145656GED
September 20253882,026GED
August 20253561,710GED
July 20254672,461GED
June 20253471,919GED
May 20254252,096GED
April 20253381,291GED
March 20252331,084GED
February 20253450GED
January 2025245879GED
December 20242821,346GED
November 20242911,419GED
October 20242572,012GED
September 20242411,006GED
August 20242681,446GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Gaza Strip: all figures

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ConflictStats. Gaza Strip, Israel and Palestine: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/israel-and-palestine/gaza-strip/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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