Gaza Today: Latest Developments Amid Fragile Ceasefire

Israeli occupation forces continue to violate the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, arresting five fishermen, destroying homes, and shelling several areas across the Palestinian enclave.

Local sources reported constant Israeli artillery shelling in southern Gaza.

Since midnight and into the early morning hours, large-scale Israeli operations have been carried out in the eastern parts of Khan Younis, with residents reporting intense attacks.

Farms and houses were destroyed overnight in the eastern parts of Gaza City and Khan Younis.

The buzz of drones and fighter jets has also been heard across Gaza.

Zakaria Bakr, coordinator of the Fishermen’s Committees Union in Gaza, reported that Israeli naval forces have also abducted five fishermen off the coast of Gaza City this morning.

Israel has continued to violate the agreement since the ceasefire took into effect on October 10:

Attacks and Killings

According to Gaza’s Government Media Office and the Palestinian Health Ministry, over 230 Palestinians have been killed, including 97 children, and 600 injured since October 10 in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.

As of 28 October, Israeli forces had carried out 52 shootings and 55 shellings across Gaza, according to the Office, adding it has also demolished at least 11 civilian homes, with troops continuing to deploy remotely controlled, explosive-laden robots and heavy machinery to destroy buildings.

Raids and Abductions

According to the Office, Israel has carried out multiple incursions beyond the so-called Yellow Line, non-physical demarcation line separating the Israeli occupation forces from certain areas of Gaza, while maintaining control over approximately 50% of the enclave.

Many of those killed in the attacks were shot or bombed while inside the Yellow Line, an area outside Israeli control.

According to the Office, at least nine such incursions had been reported as of 28 October.

Israeli forces have also abducted about 21 Palestinians across the Strip, some while inspecting homes near the Yellow Line, and others from the sea while fishing.

Aid Flow

The US-brokered agreement signed on October 10 between Hamas and Israel stipulated an end to the siege by the reopening of the Rafah crossing for the movement of people and the entry of 600 humanitarian aid trucks, including 50 carrying fuel, daily.
The Office said that 3,203 commercial and aid trucks brought supplies into Gaza between October 10 and 31.

This is an average of 145 aid trucks per day, or just 24 percent of the 600 trucks that are meant to be entering Gaza daily as part of the deal, it added.

Israel has so far kept the Rafah crossing closed, preventing tens of thousands of critically wounded and sick people from seeking treatment abroad.

Israel has yet to permit the entry of heavy machinery required to clear rubble, reopen roads and retrieve bodies.
It has not allowed a meaningful quantity of tents and shelters to enter since the start of the war.

Aid and UN groups have said that despite overwhelming needs, the Israeli occupation is still allowing just a “small fraction” of the humanitarian aid needed into Gaza.