The number of Palestinians killed since the October 2025 ceasefire has now reached 1,110, approaching the 1,200 Israelis killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, that sparked the war. Israeli military operations in Gaza have continued to claim civilian lives, with the overall death toll since the war began standing at 73,233 and 173,707 wounded, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Recent strikes have drawn particular attention. On July 8, Israeli strikes killed at least eight people, including a 10-year-old child in a tent within the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone and a six-year-old shot in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood. The following day, World Central Kitchen driver Ahmad Nasser Saleem was shot dead with his hands raised while transporting coordinated aid from the Karem Abu Salem crossing. On July 12, nine-year-old Tala Jumaa Abu Matar was killed by Israeli fire near the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Researchers have questioned whether the term “ceasefire” retains any meaningful definition in this context. The Peace Research Institute Oslo noted that while the death rate has decreased from the active war period, the 1,000-plus killed during the ceasefire would itself qualify as a war under the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s threshold of 25 battlefield deaths per year. Genocide Watch described Israeli actions as an “ongoing genocide,” citing continued killing, infrastructure destruction, and restriction of aid.
COGAT, the Israeli military body coordinating aid, released a report claiming humanitarian supplies had entered Gaza in quantities that significantly exceeded UN-identified needs. However, UN OCHA reported that food parcels distributed in early July covered just 75 percent of minimum caloric needs, and high-energy biscuit distribution had been suspended to preserve dwindling stocks. Only 56 percent of aid cargo through the Egypt corridor was successfully offloaded, and services for an estimated 350,000 people with chronic diseases remain severely disrupted.
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