Official data from Palestinian and Gaza Strip governing health and administrative bodies paints a devastating picture of ongoing violence against Palestinian civilians, even after the US-mediated October 2025 ceasefire was meant to end hostilities and ease humanitarian access. The Palestinian Health Ministry released updated casualty figures on Tuesday afternoon, confirming 19 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip by Israeli military operations since the preceding Saturday. Of these fatalities, 13 occurred over the weekend, with an additional six lives lost in the 24-hour window leading up to the Tuesday announcement. Among the recent victims was a Palestinian civilian who succumbed to his injuries early Tuesday after Israeli forces bombed the displacement camp he was residing in Khan Younis, alongside another person killed in an airstrike that targeted a group of civilians near the University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) in the same southern Gaza city. The targeting of educational spaces has escalated sharply in recent weeks, coinciding with the launch of the new academic term. Data from the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education shows 14 school students and four teachers were killed across Gaza in October alone, while three staff members from the Islamic University lost their lives in a direct Israeli bombing of the campus last month. Education officials further warn that over 97% of Gaza’s formal schools and university campuses have been completely destroyed by Israeli military assaults, with the handful of remaining functional educational sites and makeshift alternative learning spaces facing constant, imminent risk of further attack. Separately, Gaza’s Ministry of Interior confirmed an Israeli airstrike targeted a gathering of local police and security personnel in Khan Younis’ Al-Mawasi area, resulting in an unconfirmed number of fatalities and injuries, with final casualty counts still being tallied by first responders. The wave of ongoing attacks directly violates the terms of the US-brokered October 11, 2025 ceasefire, which was designed to end Israel’s long-running campaign of bombardment and fully lift barriers blocking critical humanitarian aid from entering the enclave. Instead of adhering to the agreement, Israeli military forces have carried out near-daily airstrikes, home demolitions, and ground incursions across Gaza. Cumulative data from the Palestinian Health Ministry records nearly 1,600 Palestinians killed since the ceasefire went into effect, more than 340 of whom are children, with an additional 5,700 people suffering non-fatal injuries. The total Palestinian death toll dating back to the start of the military campaign in October 2023 now stands at no fewer than 74,600, with thousands more people still unaccounted for, trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings. Israeli authorities have also maintained strict, punitive restrictions on the entry of essential goods and humanitarian supplies into Gaza, allowing an average of just 200 aid trucks to enter the territory per day. This figure is a third of the 600 daily truckloads explicitly agreed upon in the ceasefire terms, and far below the minimum threshold humanitarian agencies estimate is required to meet the basic survival needs of Gaza’s remaining civilian population. Gaza’s Government Media Office has documented a total of 5,989 distinct ceasefire violations committed by Israeli forces since the agreement took effect, ranging from airstrikes and live fire incidents to home demolitions, military raids, and mass arbitrary arrests of Palestinian residents.
