KEY POINTS
- Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli fire across Gaza despite a US-brokered ceasefire.
- Six people were killed in Gaza City and three others elsewhere, Gaza’s health ministry said.
- Israel said it targeted suspects who “posed a threat” near a boundary zone.
- Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered Al-Aqsa Mosque compound again.
- Pakistan’s PM Sharif reaffirms support for a Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders.
GAZA CITY, Palestine: At least nine Palestinians were killed on Tuesday as Israeli forces opened fire in several parts of the Gaza Strip after a US-brokered ceasefire to end the more than two years of Israeli bombing campaign, Gaza’s health ministry said.
The Israeli military said it targeted individuals who “posed a threat” to its troops near a boundary line marking an initial withdrawal zone under the ceasefire agreement.
Gaza’s health ministry said six Palestinians were killed in two separate incidents in Gaza City, while three others died in attacks elsewhere across the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli military officials said their forces had fired on “suspects” who had crossed a boundary line near northern Gaza, describing the move as a “violation of the ceasefire deal.”
Local medical sources, cited by Al Jazeera, said that an Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, also caused casualties. Witnesses in Jabalia, cited by Al Jazeera, said several people were wounded when Israeli troops opened fire in the Halawa area.
The latest deaths come less than 24 hours after Hamas released the last surviving Israeli hostages and Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under a deal brokered by the United States, Egypt, Turkiye, and Qatar.
Gaza ceasefire declaration
On Monday, US President Donald Trump declared an end to the two-year-long Gaza war, calling it a “tremendous day for the Middle East.”
The announcement followed the release of 20 living Israeli hostages by Hamas in exchange for 1,968 Palestinian prisoners.
Trump, along with the leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkiye, signed a declaration at the Sharm el-Sheikh peace summit in Egypt, pledging to act as guarantors of the ceasefire. “This is a tremendous day for the world,” Trump said, adding that the agreement “is going to hold up.”
However, violence on Tuesday underscored the fragility of the truce, as both sides accused each other of violating the agreement.
UN condemn renewed violence
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, condemned the renewed Israeli attacks, writing on X that “ceasefire according to Israel = ‘you cease, I fire.’ Calling it ‘peace’ is both an insult and a distraction.”
She called for justice and international accountability, including sanctions and boycotts, until what she termed Israel’s “occupation and apartheid” end.
They call it peace, but for the Palestinians, it risks to be Apartheid at its worst.
All eyes must remain on Palestine. People of the world, do not look away now. As the legacy of Nelson Mandela reminds us, no one is free until everyone is free. https://t.co/UDrlzSvp6s
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) October 14, 2025
The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) also called for all crossings into Gaza to be reopened to allow life-saving humanitarian aid to flow into the war-torn enclave.
“Because of the huge needs, all entry points must be open,” said Red Cross spokesman Christian Cardon in Geneva.
UN humanitarian agency OCHA’s spokesman Jens Laerke said 190,000 metric tonnes of aid were waiting to enter Gaza, but many crossings remained “partially destroyed” and “non-functional.”
Civil Defence recovers hundreds of bodies
Meanwhile, Gaza Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal said rescuers had recovered more than 250 bodies since the Israeli bombing stopped, with over 10,000 people still believed to be trapped under rubble.
“We are facing a significant shortage of heavy equipment to remove the debris,” he told Al Jazeera, adding that unexploded ordnance posed a continuing danger to residents.
The United Nations last month declared a famine in Gaza — the first in the Middle East — warning that more than 500,000 people faced “catastrophic” levels of hunger.
Israeli minister storms Al-Aqsa compound again
In occupied East Jerusalem, far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the second time in a week, escorted by heavily armed Israeli police. The incursion, which was not pre-announced, drew sharp criticism from Palestinian officials.
Since taking office in 2022, Ben-Gvir has entered the Al-Aqsa compound 13 times — 10 of them since the Gaza war began in October 2023.
Pakistan reaffirms support for Palestinian State
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reiterated Islamabad’s longstanding support for a two-state solution.
Writing on X, PM Sharif said Pakistan’s position “remains rooted in the establishment of a strong and viable Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders.”
As I board the plane to return home after the Gaza Peace Summit in Sharm el Sheikh, I want to share some reflections on the potentially transformational nature of what took place and why Pakistan has been so deeply involved.
The most important priority for Pakistan was the…
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) October 14, 2025
He added that Pakistan’s priority at the Gaza summit was “an immediate cessation of the genocidal campaign imposed on Gaza.”
Thousands Palestinians still held in Israeli prisons
Despite the large-scale prisoner release, Palestinian officials said more than 10,000 Palestinians remain “unlawfully detained” in Israel, including 360 children. The health ministry in Gaza said 77 detainees had died in Israeli custody over the past two years.
The Israeli military confirmed that two of the four bodies of captives returned by Hamas had been identified as Israeli national Guy Iluz and Nepali student Bipin Joshi.
‘Difficult discussions’ over Gaza’s future
Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said talks had begun on “phase two” of the ceasefire agreement, which would focus on Gaza’s post-war administration and long-term security.
“The difficult discussions have begun, as to how to secure Gaza, administer it, and ensure that there is no war again,” he said.
Trump also indicated that the next phase of negotiations was under way, telling reporters in Sharm el-Sheikh: “It’s started, as far as we’re concerned, phase two has started.”
Since the war began in October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 67,869 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s health ministry — figures the United Nations considers credible.
