A Palestinian man looks at blood stains splashed on the wall as he inspects the damage inside an apartment after an Israeli strike targeted the previous day the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on October 20, 2025. AFP
Medical sources said three Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces in the Al-Shaaf area of Gaza City’s Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, in "a clear breach of the ceasefire intended to halt the war."
Local reports said Israeli warplanes also struck targets east of Gaza City’s Al-Shuja’iyya neighbourhood, while Al Jazeera reported artillery shelling east of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza. Residents said they also heard three explosions east of Khan Younis in the south of the strip.
In a statement, the Israeli occupation army claimed that its troops opened fire after detecting two armed groups crossing the “yellow line” and approaching its forces in Al-Shuja’iyya.
Gaza’s government media office accused Israel of violating the truce 80 times since it took effect on 10 October, killing 97 Palestinians and injuring 230 others.
Al-Awda Hospital said it received 24 bodies and 74 wounded people in the past 24 hours following Israeli airstrikes on refugee camps in central Gaza.
On Sunday, the Israeli army said it had resumed enforcement of the Gaza ceasefire, hours after launching around 100 airstrikes across the territory that killed at least 33 people.
Hamas’ military wing said it remained committed to the truce.
“We are not aware of any incidents or clashes taking place in the Rafah area,” the group said, adding that those areas were under Israeli control and that contact had been lost with local units.
The renewed Israeli strikes marked a major escalation in the nine-day-old ceasefire, which was brokered by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey based on a US proposal from President Donald Trump.
In a statement, Izzat Al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, reaffirmed the group's commitment to the ceasefire, accusing Israel of continuing to “breach the agreement and fabricate flimsy pretexts to justify its crimes.”
Despite the ceasefire that came into effect in Gaza on October 11, the number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip continues to rise, with the toll reaching 68,216, mostly women and children, since the onset of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. More than 170,361 others have also been injured.
This toll remains incomplete, as dozens of victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews.
Medical sources reported that 57 bodies, including 45 killed directly by Israeli forces’ fire and 12 recovered from under the rubble, along with 158 injured individuals, were brought to hospitals in Gaza over the past 48 hours.
Since the ceasefire went into effect on October 11, 80 Palestinians have been killed and 303 others have been injured. The bodies of 426 Palestinians have also been recovered.
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