Three killed on Friday

At least three Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy and a medical student, have been killed in fresh Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources said on Friday. The boy was killed by Israeli gunfire in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, while the medical student was among two people who died from wounds sustained in separate attacks in Gaza City, according to reports citing the Anadolu news agency. The deaths came as Israeli forces continued operations across the enclave despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect on 10 October 2025.

Toll since the ceasefire

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli attacks since the ceasefire began have killed 1,602 Palestinians and injured a further 5,799. The figures have not been independently verified. The ministry's count covers the period since the US-brokered truce took hold, and it includes deaths reported in near-daily incidents across the territory. Israeli officials have said their forces respond to attacks on troops, including an incident in Khan Younis earlier in the week that prompted a wave of air strikes.

A truce under strain

The ceasefire has not delivered a wider political settlement more than a year after it took effect. Disputes over the disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups, the timetable for further Israeli troop withdrawals, and the pace of reconstruction remain unresolved, and negotiators have not agreed on a sequence of steps acceptable to both sides. Israeli forces continue to control a substantial part of the territory, while displaced Palestinians are concentrated in the remaining areas. The latest deaths add to pressure on mediators to hold the agreement together as violations continue to be reported almost daily.