Hospitals in the Gaza Strip reported fourteen Palestinians killed, and seventeen others injured over the past 24 hours as Israeli forces conducted new attacks on Friday, in continued violations of the “ceasefire” announced on October 11, 2025.
Emergency crews say the true toll is higher, with victims still trapped under collapsed buildings and in streets that ambulances cannot reach due to ongoing fire and the destruction of access routes.
Since the “ceasefire” began, the number of Palestinians killed has climbed to 439, with 1,223 injured and 688 bodies recovered from beneath the rubble.
The cumulative death toll since October 7, 2023, has reached 71,409, with more than 171,000 Palestinians injured, most of the victims being children, women, and the elderly.
Friday saw a new series of Israeli violations across the Strip. Al‑Jazeera reported strikes west of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, that killed at least one Palestinian and wounded several others.
In northern Gaza, a drone attack in Beit Lahia left multiple civilians injured, including women and children.
Residents in Gaza City and the central camps described sudden bursts of gunfire and shelling, adding to a pattern of daily breaches that have rendered the ceasefire “largely meaningless” for civilians.
The escalation comes as a powerful winter storm sweeps across Gaza, compounding the suffering of nearly two million displaced people.
Heavy rains and intense winds flooded large sections of displacement camps overnight, tearing apart fragile tents made of nylon and thin fabric.
In Beit Lahia, a child was injured when a wall collapsed under the force of the storm. Families living in low‑lying areas saw their shelters submerged, while others fled into the open after gusts ripped their tents from the ground.
Across the devastated Gaza Strip, displaced Palestinians are enduring freezing temperatures without proper shelter, heating, or fuel.
Most live in makeshift tents, schoolyards, public squares, and the ruins of bombed‑out buildings.
With Israel continuing to block the entry of mobile housing units, construction materials, and adequate shelter supplies, families have few options other than to remain exposed to the elements or take refuge in damaged structures at risk of collapse.
Aid workers warn that the lack of fuel has left families unable to heat their shelters or boil water, even as nighttime temperatures continue to fall.
Humanitarian agencies describe scenes of children shivering in waterlogged tents, elderly people sleeping on cold concrete floors, and families burning scraps of wood and plastic to stay warm.
International concern intensified on Friday after Israel moved to bar dozens of humanitarian organizations from operating in Gaza and the West Bank, a decision aid groups say will further restrict the already limited flow of assistance.
Regional foreign ministers issued a joint statement warning that the combination of winter storms, widespread malnutrition, collapsing infrastructure, and ongoing Israeli attacks is pushing Gaza toward an even more catastrophic phase.
As the storm continues and Israeli violations persist, Gaza’s population faces a dual crisis: the immediate threat of renewed military attacks and the slow, grinding danger of exposure, hunger, and disease.
With emergency services overwhelmed and shelters destroyed, the humanitarian situation is expected to deteriorate further in the coming days.
