A series of Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday resulted in the deaths of nine individuals, including five who were killed in an attack targeting a police vehicle. The ongoing violence raises concerns about the fragility of the October ceasefire.
Despite the agreed-upon truce, daily life in Gaza remains marred by violence as Israeli strikes persist. Both the Israeli military and Hamas have traded accusations of violating the ceasefire terms.
At least four Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza as attacks have intensified over the past week, despite a ceasefire agreed in October, leaving hospitals overwhelmed.
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According to the civil defense agency, which operates as a rescue service under Hamas, an Israeli airstrike struck a police vehicle in the Al Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, a city in southern Gaza. The attack resulted in five fatalities and several injuries.
In a separate incident, Israeli artillery fire struck residential homes near Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, killing a woman and a child. Five others sustained injuries in the attack.
A third Israeli strike targeted a police patrol in Gaza City, the territory’s largest urban center. The attack claimed the lives of two individuals and injured two others, according to local reports.
While the October truce had largely halted the intense conflict that began on October 7, 2023, violence has continued to plague the region. Gaza’s health ministry, which operates under Hamas, reports that at least 792 Palestinians have been killed since the truce began. The Israeli military has reported five soldiers killed in Gaza during the same period.
Unexploded Ordnance Poses Grave Threat
The United Nations has warned that Gaza is heavily contaminated with unexploded ordnance, posing a significant threat to the population and future recovery efforts.
Since the start of the conflict, unexploded bombs, grenades, and bullets have become a common sight throughout the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimates that more than 1,000 people in Gaza have been killed due to “indirect conflict” resulting from remnants of war. However, UNMAS chief Julius Van der Walt stressed that this number is likely a severe underestimate. Disturbingly, half of the known casualties are children.
Narmina Strishenets of Save the Children UK highlighted the disproportionate impact on children, noting that the use of explosive weapons in Gaza has left an average of 475 children each month with potentially lifelong disabilities, including amputations. She stated that Gaza now has “the largest cohort of child amputees” in the world.
UNMAS has been unable to conduct a comprehensive survey to fully assess the extent of the problem. However, the available evidence strongly suggests a high density of explosive ordnance contamination across the Gaza Strip.
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