When the Guns Were Supposed to Fall Silent: How Many Palestinians Have Died by Israel Since Ceasefire?

Israeli forces have killed more than 240 Palestinians, most of them children, in attacks across the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire took effect, repeatedly violating the truce. According to Gaza’s Government Media Office and the Palestinian Health Ministry on Saturday, 241 Palestinians have been killed, including over 100 children, and 614 injured since October 10 in Israeli attacks. As of October 28, Israeli forces had conducted 52 shootings and 55 shellings across Gaza, the Office reported. October 28 and the morning of October 29 were the bloodiest since the ceasefire began, with over 109 people killed in just 12 hours. Among the victims were 52 children, 23 women, four elderly people, and seven people with disabilities, the Office noted. The Ministry confirmed that 69,169 have been killed and 170,685 others injured in the genocide in Gaza which began in Ocotber 7, 2023. Health officials and the Gaza Office confirmed that Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinian civilians, justifying the killings by saying they were approaching the so-called “yellow line”, a non-physical demarcation line separating the Israeli occupation forces from certain areas of Gaza, while maintaining control over approximately 50% of the enclave. The Israeli forces directly open fire on any Palestinians crossing this “yellow line” or even approaching, without prior warning. Palestinians returning to their destroyed homes amid the ceasefire have been attacked by the Israeli forces near the line, the Office said. On October 17, in one of the deadliest single violations of the ceasefire, an Israeli tank shell was fired by Israeli forces at a civilian vehicle carrying the Abu Shaaban family in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, according to Gaza’s civil defense. Seven children and three women were among those killed when the Israeli military fired on the vehicle as the family attempted to reach their home to inspect it after unknowingly crossing the yellow line. “What happened confirms that the occupation is still thirsty for blood, and insists on committing crimes against innocent civilians,” civil defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said in a statement. Nouran Mohamed, a nurse at Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza, told Quds News Network (QNN) that “almost every day, the hospital receives casualties from Israeli attacks.” “It’s a ceasefire in name only,” she added.