TEHRAN – The Israeli regime continues to violate the Gaza ceasefire agreement with deadly attacks, widespread destruction, obstruction of aid, and mounting civilian casualties. The Gaza Ministry of Health said in a statement that five people had died and 17 bodies had been recovered in the past 24 hours.
The ministry said the overall death toll from the Israeli regime’s two-year genocidal campaign in the coastal enclave has reached 68,858 people and 170,664 injured.
“So far, ambulances and civil defense teams have not been able to arrive and many victims remain under the rubble and on the streets,” it added.
Since US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire began on October 10, Israeli regime attacks across Gaza have killed at least 226 Palestinians, injured 594 others and recovered 499 bodies from vast rubble.
Israeli occupation forces continue to violate the cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip, conducting heavy airstrikes on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip and Gaza City in the north. The bombardment coincided with heavy artillery fire from naval vessels along the coast.
Regional sources said Israeli artillery targeted Khan Yunis. Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) bombed large residential areas and buildings in the eastern part of the city. The Zionist regime also barraged the southern towns of Abbasan and Bani Suhaira with smoke bombs for the second day in a row.
Palestinian media platforms confirmed that Israeli military aircraft launched a series of violent airstrikes in eastern Khan Yunis, alongside continued naval shelling in areas south of the Strip, causing widespread destruction of housing and civilian infrastructure.
Israeli forces also destroyed residential buildings in eastern Gaza City, continuing a systematic policy of destroying civilian homes and infrastructure despite a cease-fire that the Zionist regime has repeatedly violated and what experts say was a green light from the United States.
In a recent report, humanitarian organizations accused the Israeli regime of blocking urgently needed aid from entering Gaza by withholding accreditation of NGO workers.
The Financial Times has revealed that a new registration system introduced by Israeli authorities has left around $50 million worth of humanitarian supplies stranded outside the besieged Strip.
Bushra Khalidi, head of Oxfam, said the restrictions imposed by the Israeli regime were “fundamentally about control”, adding that they were deliberately keeping out both international groups and Palestinian-led relief organizations.
Under a US-brokered cease-fire agreement, the occupation regime promised to allow 600 trucks a day carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza. But aid groups report that the actual number reaching starving enclaves is far below that promise.
Overall, the Israeli regime continues to violate the ceasefire through continued air strikes and shelling across the Gaza Strip, resulting in dozens of casualties. The Zionist regime has undermined the accord’s humanitarian provisions under the cover of American protection and international community inaction.