Gaza's 'Paper Ceasefire' One Year On: One Palestinian Killed or Injured Every 90 Minutes
According to a report released by the British charity Islamic Relief, since the ceasefire was announced last October, Israeli military operations in Gaza have killed or injured one Palestinian every 90 minutes on average. Over the past year, at least 1,454 people have been killed and more than 5,000 injured, including at least 320 children. The report also accused Israel of using the so-called "yellow line" to compress 2.1 million people into roughly 35 percent of Gaza's territory, and of denyin
When the Gaza ceasefire agreement was announced last October, the international community had hoped for a de-escalation of the conflict. However, according to a Thursday report by Al Jazeera English, the latest report released by the British charity Islamic Relief reveals that over the past year Israeli military operations in Gaza have killed or injured one Palestinian every 90 minutes on average.
According to Islamic Relief's figures, at least 1,454 Palestinians were killed and more than 5,000 injured over the past year, of whom at least 320 were children—"nearly one every day." Gaza's health ministry, by contrast, has reported 1,471 deaths and 5,189 injuries since the ceasefire; the ministry's data also show that Israeli-related attacks since October 2023 have caused at least 74,254 deaths.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the Israeli military on Thursday killed a Palestinian south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and carried out an airstrike on a residential building in central Khan Younis, injuring several people. In the village of Yamoun, west of Jenin in the West Bank, a 13-year-old boy was struck in the foot by live fire during an Israeli military raid; the Palestinian Red Crescent Society released details of the incident.
The report further noted that Israel has used the so-called "yellow line," which delineates the area under Israeli military control, to push Palestinians out of roughly 65 percent of Gaza's territory, squeezing nearly 2.1 million people into the remaining 35 percent. The organization said that about 82 percent of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, more than half of medical services have ground to a halt, more than 20,000 critically ill patients have been denied permission to leave for medical treatment, and that shelter supplies, fuel and medical materials continue to be blocked by Israel.
An Islamic Relief staffer in Gaza, who spoke to Al Jazeera English on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said: "In reality there is no ceasefire. They strike displacement camps and densely populated areas; fear is everywhere."
The organization called on world leaders to step up pressure to protect civilians and uphold international law: "A ceasefire in name only cannot serve as an excuse for international inaction."
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