Two hundred and one days after the announcement of a “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued to violate the agreement with renewed attacks across several areas, killing five Palestinians on Tuesday, including two children, and intensifying artillery bombardments on civilian zones.
The ongoing escalation comes despite the “ceasefire” declared on October 11, 2025, and amid a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis affecting more than two million Palestinians.
Medical sources and civil defense teams reported that four Palestinians were killed when an Israeli strike targeted a vehicle near Haidar Roundabout west of Gaza City.
Earlier in the day, a nine‑year‑old child, Adel Lafi Najjar, was killed in an Israeli strike east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as artillery fire continued to hit residential areas and open spaces across the region.
Local reports documented multiple rounds of Israeli artillery shelling east of Deir al‑Balah in the central Gaza Strip, in the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City, in the Juhor ad‑Dik area southeast of Gaza City, and in several locations south of Khan Younis.
Residents described the shelling as intense and continuous, forcing displaced families to flee again from areas they had recently returned to under the ceasefire.
The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate sharply. Restrictions on movement through the Rafah crossing remain in place, while shortages of food, medicine, fuel, and sanitation supplies deepen what UN agencies describe as a severe and protracted emergency.
UNRWA and OCHA have repeatedly warned that the limited entry of aid and the destruction of infrastructure have pushed Gaza into conditions unfit for civilian life, with families facing extreme scarcity of clean water, medical care, and basic supplies.
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9-year-old Adel al-Najjar was shot and killed by Israeli forces Tuesday while collecting firewood in Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital via the Associated Press. He… pic.twitter.com/vkORod0TkQ
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The Palestinian Ministry of Health warned Tuesday of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and northern Gaza due to the risk of the only functioning oxygen station shutting down.
The ministry appealed for urgent international intervention to supply alternative oxygen stations to prevent the collapse of critical medical services and to protect the lives of patients dependent on oxygen.
According to the Ministry of Health, 818 Palestinians have been killed and 2,301 injured since the “ceasefire” took effect on 11 October 2025, with 762 bodies recovered from under the rubble during the same period.
Here we have footage of an Israeli drone strike.
A deadly assault killing an Palestinian civilian in Gaza.
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The cumulative toll since October 7, 2023, has risen to 72,594 killed and 172,404 injured, with many victims still trapped under debris or lying in areas inaccessible to civil defense teams due to ongoing Israeli fire.
UN agencies continue to warn that the combination of restricted aid, damaged infrastructure, disease outbreaks, and ongoing military activity is pushing Gaza toward an even more severe humanitarian collapse.
OCHA reports that repeated Israeli attacks on residential areas, shelters, and displacement sites have continued despite the ceasefire, leaving civilians without safe areas to relocate to and further straining already overwhelmed medical and humanitarian services.
As Israeli forces continue to carry out attacks across the Gaza Strip, and with humanitarian conditions worsening by the day, international organizations warn that the situation remains unstable and dangerous, with the ceasefire repeatedly undermined by ongoing military operations.
