More than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza during ceasefire, Palestinian authorities say
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- Gaza's Health Ministry said Israeli operations killed 1,005 Palestinians since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire was reached last October, including near-daily strikes, shelling, and gunfire along the boundary dividing the strip.
- An Israeli strike hit a group of people near the beach in the Muwasi tent camp in Khan Younis on Wednesday, killing two Palestinians and wounding six others, according to Nasser Hospital, where families said hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians live.
- The Israeli military acknowledged the Khan Younis strike and said the target was a "terrorist" without elaborating; it separately reported killing two Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in weekend strikes.
- Israel has accused Hamas of ceasefire violations and expanded the territory it controls inside Gaza while saying it continues to operate against Hamas and allied militants; Hamas has accused Israel of violations as well.
- Gaza's cumulative war death toll surpassed 73,000, per the Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians and combatants but maintains records viewed as generally reliable by the international community.
- The war began Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants killed roughly 1,200 people in southern Israel and took 251 hostages, prompting Israel's military campaign to annihilate Hamas and free the captives.
Why it matters: A ceasefire negotiated to end hostilities has coincided with 1,005 additional Palestinian deaths, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, and the Israeli military has openly continued targeted strikes and territorial expansion. With the war's overall toll past 73,000, the gap between the ceasefire's stated purpose and the daily reality of drone strikes, shelling, and tent-camp casualties in places like Muwasi is the story that will define international scrutiny of both sides' compliance.
