5 Martyrs in Gaza within 48 Hours: Occupation Escalates Violations of Ceasefire Agreement

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported today, Saturday, the martyrdom of five Palestinians and the injury of 15 others due to a series of aerial attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation army over the past forty-eight hours. The Ministry of Health clarified that medical teams were able to retrieve the body of a fifth martyr from under the rubble, adding to the list of victims of the continuous violations of the internationally sponsored ceasefire agreement.

Official data issued by the Ministry revealed a dangerous escalation in the number of casualties since the truce agreement came into effect on October 10th, with the total number of martyrs resulting from Israeli violations reaching 850. Hospitals also recorded approximately 2,433 injured citizens, while 770 bodies were recovered from under the rubble of destroyed homes and in previously inaccessible streets.

In details of the field attacks, sources in the Civil Defense stated that Israeli warplanes targeted a populated home belonging to the Al-Adham family in Al-Shati Camp in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in injuries to nine citizens, including a child. The bombing completely destroyed the house and caused severe damage to dozens of neighboring buildings, leading to widespread fires that threatened the lives of families residing in the residential block.

Local sources quoted eyewitnesses saying that the occupation army exerted psychological pressure and intimidation on residents before the bombing, issuing orders to evacuate the targeted residential block. The operation began with a missile launched from a reconnaissance plane that initially did not explode, before warplanes returned to bomb and completely destroy the site. This falls within the policy of destroying infrastructure and displacing civilians from their homes despite a declared agreement to cease military operations.

In a related context, overall statistics indicate that the toll of the genocide war waged by the occupation on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 72,736 martyrs, amid the destruction of approximately 90% of vital and civilian facilities. These developments coincide with UN estimates indicating that the cost of rebuilding what the Israeli military machine destroyed in the Strip could exceed 70 billion US dollars.

In the context of regional escalation, field sources reported that the occupation army did not limit itself to violating the truce in Gaza, but also expanded its targeting to include southern Lebanon and the Beqaa, where it carried out 85 airstrikes in one day. These raids included the demolition of homes in the Al-Jabbana neighborhood in Bint Jbeil, and the issuance of evacuation warnings for several Lebanese villages and towns, amid fierce clashes with Hezbollah fighters in the Al-Bayada and Al-Mutla axes.

The death toll from Israeli violations since the agreement came into effect has risen to 850 martyrs and 2,433 injured, in addition to the recovery of 770 bodies from under the rubble.