Dead and wounded in continuous Israeli raids on Gaza and Khan Yunis

Israeli occupation forces escalated their aerial and artillery attacks early Friday morning, targeting various areas in the central and southern Gaza Strip. These raids resulted in casualties, including martyrs and wounded, in a continuation of the daily violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10th.\n\nField sources reported that three martyrs and several injured individuals fell as a result of shelling that targeted the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Strip. The bodies of the martyrs arrived at Nasser Medical Complex after occupation aircraft targeted a police point in the city, causing widespread destruction in the area.\n\nIn the central Strip, a Palestinian was martyred and others were injured in a raid that targeted a police point near the vital Salah al-Din Street. These attacks coincide with another raid that targeted the al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, which also led to the martyrdom of two and the injury of several citizens with varying degrees of wounds.\n\nFor its part, the occupation army announced in an official statement that it had killed a Palestinian in the southern region, claiming that he tried to cross what is known as the 'Yellow Line'. The statement alleged that forces from the Golani Brigade spotted a person described as armed approaching their positions, which prompted them to open fire on him and neutralize him directly.\n\n"The Yellow Line" is known as a temporary imaginary border drawn under the recent ceasefire agreement, separating the areas where the occupation army is positioned, which controls about 53% of the Strip's area to the east, and the areas where Palestinians are allowed to move in the western direction.\n\nField statistics indicate that the number of martyrs since the agreement came into effect has exceeded 618, most of whom fell by occupation bullets and shells under the pretext of approaching buffer zones. These figures reflect the fragility of the Israeli commitment to the declared calm for months.\n\nOn the humanitarian front, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs revealed shocking figures related to food security within the Strip. The office explained that one out of every five families still relies on only one meal a day due to the severe shortage of supplies.\n\n The UN report confirmed that the vast majority of Palestinian families in Gaza are now completely unable to bear the exorbitant costs of basic goods. This deterioration comes amid strict restrictions imposed by the occupation on the entry of aid and commercial goods through border crossings.\n\nIn a related context, Amjad Al-Shawa, head of the Network of Non-Governmental Organizations in Gaza, warned of the occupation's continuous attempts to impose its control over the mechanisms of humanitarian organizations' work. Al-Shawa called on the international community and human rights institutions to intervene urgently to ensure the independence of relief work and protect working teams in the field.\n\nIt is worth noting that the Gaza Strip has suffered massive destruction of infrastructure and residential areas since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, which has left more than 72,000 martyrs. Despite the agreement entering its second phase last January, the full Israeli withdrawal has not yet been effectively achieved.\n\nThe second phase of the agreement stipulates the withdrawal of Israeli forces from populated areas and the handover of the Strip's administration to a national Palestinian technocratic committee. However, occupation forces continue their limited military operations and air raids, threatening the collapse of fragile political understandings sponsored by international parties.\n\nThe occupation is trying to control the work of humanitarian organizations in the Strip, and the international community must pressure to protect the independence of relief work.