Israel has continued to carry out deadly attacks across Gaza, killing at least 236 Palestinians and injuring more than 600 others, as per the Gaza-based Ministry of Health, which was facilitated by the US.
Three more people have died in Gaza, according to hospitals in Gaza, and three more bodies have been recovered from beneath collapsed buildings in the past 24 hours. The ministry reported on Sunday that another victim perished from wounds from previous attacks.
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A Palestinian man was killed by an Israeli drone strike in the Shujayea neighborhood in northern Gaza, just to name a few victims. Without providing any evidence, the Israeli military claimed that he had approached its troops after crossing the “yellow line” marking the ceasefire boundary.
The army claimed in a statement that the man “posed an immediate threat to troops in the northern Gaza Strip,” which prompted an airstrike to “reduce the threat.”
The bodies of 500 Palestinians have been recovered from under the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings, according to Gaza’s health ministry, according to a report from the Gaza-based Health Ministry. This was a result of Israel’s two-year genocidal war and ongoing bombardment that left much of the region in ruins.
Separately, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office reported on X on Sunday evening that the Red Cross had received three bodies of Israeli prisoners who had passed away.
According to the ceasefire’s terms, Israel must now return the bodies of 45 Palestinian prisoners who have died, with 15 for each Israeli captive who has been taken back.
Accusations of disinformation in the US
After the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) falsely accused Hamas of looting an aid truck in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, without providing any supporting proof, tensions grew. The claim came after drone footage that allegedly showed “suspected Hamas elements” seizing humanitarian supplies was made public.
The government media office in Gaza refuted the claims, accusing Washington of disseminating disinformation to smear Palestinian authorities.
The media office claims that this accusation is completely false and was fabricated from the beginning and is part of a comprehensive media disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the Palestinian police force.
Despite Israel’s ongoing interference, the statement continued that Gaza’s police “are performing their national and humanitarian duty by securing aid and protecting relief convoys.”
Despite continuing Israeli meddling in the internal affairs, the police system is making every effort to control things, according to the statement. This includes preventing engineering starvation by preventing the delivery of aid.
A health crisis worsens
Hospitals in Gaza are still overburdened despite months of fighting and blockade. The besieged enclave is home to more than 16, 500 patients who require specialized care, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Nearly 4, 000 Palestinian evacuees had been enrolled in Egypt’s medical system by September, according to a recent United Nations update. Qatar received 970 patients, Qatar received 1, 450, and Turkiye received 437.
Italy treated 201 Palestinian patients in Europe, which is the highest number of states in Europe, but 3,800 children, among them, are still awaiting urgent medical evacuation abroad.
The human toll of Israel’s genocide in Gaza was highlighted by a study that was published this week in the Lancet medical journal. Since the start of the conflict in October 2023, according to the report, Gaza has lost more than a staggering three million years of human life.
Data from 60, 199 recorded deaths between October 2023 and July 2025 were analyzed by researchers Sammy Zahran of Colorado State University and Ghassan Abu Sittah of the American University of Beirut. According to their calculations, 51 years of life lost are on average lost, with the majority of those being civilians.
Children under the age of 15 lost more than one million of those life-years. According to the authors, the authors excluded deaths brought on by starvation, a lack of medical care, and the collapse of infrastructure during the siege of Israel.
Against the winter
Despite Israel’s restrictions on building materials, Gaza’s displaced families are frantically rebuilding any form of shelter as winter approaches, according to Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim Al Khalili, a resident of Gaza City.
Khalid al-Dahdouh, a father of five, has turned to traditional methods to build a small mud shelter for his family in Gaza’s largest urban center, which was the target of Israeli carpeting bombings from August to October this year.
Al-Dahdouh told Al Jazeera, “We tried to rebuild because winter is approaching.” We didn’t have tents or anything else, so we only managed to lay a few rows of bricks. Since there is no cement, we constructed a primitive structure out of mud. Contrary to tents, it shields us from the cold, insects, and rain, as you can see.
“We’re just trying to get through the cold and hunger,” he said. Gaza is still under attack, al-Dahdouh said, whether or not there is a ceasefire.
His relative, Saif al-Bayek, attempted a similar endeavor in his own honor, but they ran out of useful materials before the project was finished.
According to al-Bayek, “the entire neighborhood is in ruin.” Since there weren’t enough stones to build a full room, we used traditional methods to construct the shelter out of mud and salvaged them. Because of this, the roof has a lot of gaps and the structure is uneven; therefore, water will pass through the gap if it rains heavily.
“Reconstruction efforts face significant difficulties. Because there are no other options, many families are forced to rely on primitive building techniques, according to Alessandro Mrakic, the UN Development Programme representative in Gaza.
Aid organizations warn that the situation could continue to worsen as the temperature drops, with hundreds of thousands of people still displaced.
