'Every day there is killing': Palestinians in Gaza face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls — SkimNews
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- Fida al-Toutah, a 31-year-old mother of five, was killed by a gunshot wound to the head on 21 September while combing her daughter's hair in her tent in central Gaza; the IDF said it had no record of the incident.
- Ismail al-Bardawil, 14, was shot dead while fishing about 20m from the shore in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah, according to his family; the IDF said it had no information about his death either.
- Gaza's health ministry, whose figures the UN considers reliable, reports more than 1,400 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire began on 10 October last year, including over 30 in the past week and more than 300 children.
- The IDF says it is targeting Hamas operatives and accuses Hamas of continued ceasefire violations; at least seven Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire started.
- Benjamin Netanyahu in May directed the IDF to increase the area of Gaza under Israeli control to 70%, and in August rejected Trump's disarmament plan — leaving the second phase of the October 2025 peace deal in impasse.
- Trump's Board of Peace has proposed a $2.45bn recovery plan for Gaza, but Israel strictly controls what materials enter the territory and no reconstruction has begun.
Why it matters: Over 1,400 Gazans have been killed since the ceasefire started in October 2024, yet no reconstruction has begun — leaving 2.1 million displaced residents caught between daily strikes and a frozen peace deal whose second phase is deadlocked over Hamas disarmament and Israeli territorial expansion to 70% of Gaza.
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