Israel kills at least 28 Palestinians in wave of Gaza ‘ceasefire’ attacks

According to medical sources, one of the largest breaches of the US-brokered ceasefire that took effect last month has resulted in the deaths of at least 28 Palestinians in a wave of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.

According to a preliminary death toll, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported on Wednesday that at least 77 Palestinians had been injured in Israeli bombardment.

According to Hani Mahmoud, a journalist from Gaza City, the Israeli attacks targeted three specific locations, including the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza close to Khan Younis.

Additionally, Israel struck a junction in the Zeitoun neighborhood of eastern Gaza City, which is home to displaced Palestinian families, and a building where at least 10 people, including an entire family, were killed.

According to Mahmoud, “a father, a mother, and their three children were killed inside this building,” adding that the Gaza Strip’s fear is being heightened as more attacks are carried out.

Palestinians in Gaza are already experiencing daily horrors, he said, noting that Israeli bombings have not stopped since the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire was signed on October 10.

Palestinians are still dying as a result of the violence that is ongoing, and the war is still ongoing.

“Judge, jury, and executioner”

In response to a situation in Khan Younis, in the south of the country, where its troops were shot at, the Israeli military said it responded on Wednesday by striking “Hamas targets” across Gaza.

The army will continue to use force, according to the statement. “The]army will continue to act decisively to eradicate any threat to the State of Israel.”

Hamas, however, refuted the claim that Gaza’s forces were shot at, calling it “a flimsy and transparent attempt to justify its crimes and violations.”

In response to the most recent Israeli attacks, the Palestinian group stated in a statement that “we believe that the Israeli prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] is seeking to resume the genocide against our people.

Nour Odeh of Al Jazeera also noted that Israel has “the right to be judge, jury, and executioner” in the course of the truce.

Israel launches a number of air strikes against specific targets, according to Odeh, who spoke from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. “It decides for itself whether Hamas is complying with this ceasefire] in Gaza,” Odeh said.

After an Israeli bombing of a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, which left more than a dozen people dead, the Israeli assault on Gaza came to coincide with a string of Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

The UN Security Council (UNSC) approved US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, which included the deployment of a ‘international stabilization force’, just days prior.

In response to the US and Israel’s demand that Hamas give up control of Gaza, the resolution also endorsed the establishment of a “board of peace” to regulate governance in the coastal territory.

The plan, which Hamas and other Palestinian groups claim it establishes a framework that conflicts with “the national will,” has been rejected by Hamas and other Palestinian groups in Gaza.

The resolution was condemned by the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq, who called on UNSC members to vote against it because it “could undermine and reject Palestinian self-determination.”

Numerous violations

Israel’s attacks on Gaza “challenge” the international community and the UNSC resolution, according to Khaled Elgindy, a senior fellow at the US-based think tank Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Elgindy told Al Jazeera, “This is a real test for the United States, the Security Council, and the international community.” Are they going to uphold the ceasefire that they have been celebrating for a while?

The US-backed UN resolution, which supporters claimed would put an end to Israel’s nearly 70, 000 Palestinians’ conflict in Gaza, which has been ongoing since October 2023, was supported by the UN resolution.

“But that’s not even there.” According to Elgindy, Israel doesn’t fully or even partially adhere to the terms of the ceasefire.

“The reality is that if the United States is not going to act, then the war will continue under the pretext of a ceasefire and peacemaking, when in reality the opposite is the case.”

Source: Aljazeera