‘Serious and Systematic Violations’: How Many Times Has Israel Breached Ceasefire Agreements in Gaza?
Gaza (QNN)- Gaza’s Government Media Office on Monday condemned Israel’s “serious and systematic violations” of the ceasefire agreement, noting that Israel had breached the truce 875 times since it came into force on October 10.
Attacks and Killings
The Office said Israel shot at civilians 265 times, raided residential areas beyond the “yellow line” 49 times, bombed and shelled Gaza 421 times, and demolished people’s properties on 150 occasions. It added that Israel had also abducted 45 Palestinians from Gaza over the past two months.
At least 411 Palestinians have been killed and 1,112 others wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the ceasefire began, it added.
Humanitarian Aid
Israel has also continued to block essential humanitarian aid from entering the enclave despite the ceasefire stipulated that “full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip”.
From October 10 to December 22, only 9,379 trucks have reached their intended destinations inside Gaza, according to the UN2720 Monitoring and Tracking Dashboard, which monitors humanitarian aid in Gaza.
According to the Gaza Government Media Office, over a 73-day period 17,819 trucks entered Gaza out of 43,800, averaging 244 trucks per day. That is only 41 percent of the trucks allocated.
In addition, Israel has blocked essential and nutritious food items, including meat, dairy, and vegetables, crucial for a balanced diet. Instead, non-nutritious foodstuffs are being allowed, such as snacks, chocolate, crisps, and soft drinks.
Shelters
The Office has warned of a rapidly deepening and unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, as Israel continues to close border crossings and block the entry of tents, mobile homes, caravans, and other essential shelter materials, “in clear violation of existing agreements and international humanitarian law.”
The Office pointed to recent storms which have caused the collapse of 46 homes and buildings that had previously been damaged by Israeli bombardment, killing 15 civilians. Two children have also died from extreme cold inside tents. Meanwhile, more than 125,000 tents are no longer usable, leaving over 1.5 million displaced people without even the most basic level of protection.
What Hamas Says?
Last week, senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad warned that Israel’s “blatant and outrageous violations” threaten the ceasefire agreement.
Hamad, who is also a member of Hamas’s negotiating team, said Israel manipulated the terms of the ceasefire agreement. Mediators confirmed that Hamas did not commit a single violation of the agreement and fully adhered to it, he noted.
“The occupation army’s repeated violations are clear evidence that they are planned by the government.”
According to Hamad, the violations include killings, executions, gunfire against civilians, shelling, targeted attacks, and assassinations inside the Gaza Strip. They have also involved crossing the yellow line. In addition, Israel has prevented the entry of aid under the pretext that it was used for other purposes. Israel is still concealing information regarding prisoners and missing people, he noted.
Hamad said that Israel violates the ceasefire 25 times a day.
Since the ceasefire took effect, Israel has killed about 400 Palestinians, more than 95% of them were civilians. “Israel killed civilians, particularly women and children, on purpose," and “wiped out entire families,” he said.
The official confirmed that the group provided the names of those killed by Israel during the ceasefire “in order to prove that the vast majority of them were civilians. We did, in fact, submit their names and ages, which clearly demonstrated that the killings were deliberately targeting civilians.”
Among them 36% were children, 15% women, 4% elderly, and 37% civilian men, “confirming that civilians were targeted despite the ceasefire.”
Recently, the group’s Gaza chief, Khalil al-Hayya, confirmed that Israel’s violations risk jeopardising the ceasefire deal in Gaza and the move towards the second and more complicated phase of the fragile agreement.
He called on mediators – US President Donald Trump in particular – “to work on obliging Israel to respect the ceasefire and commit to it”.
