KEY POINTS
- Israeli attacks killed three Palestinians in Gaza despite the US-brokered ceasefire.
- Gaza authorities recorded 282 Israeli ceasefire violations between 10 Oct–10 Nov.
- At least 242 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire began.
- UN Security Council will vote on the US resolution about Gaza peace plan.
GAZA CITY, Palestine: Israeli attacks killed at least three Palestinians in southern Gaza on Sunday, in yet another breach of the fragile US-brokered ceasefire that has seen near-daily Israeli violence.
A source at the Nasser Medical Complex, cited by Al Jazeera, said that three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The Israeli army also launched air strikes in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood.
Residents living near areas known as the “yellow line”, still under Israeli control, reported expanded military operations, including demolitions of residential buildings.
Families living along this line, including those of local journalists, said conditions were “going from bad to worse”. Israeli helicopters also struck northern Rafah.
Meanwhile, search teams from the Red Cross and Hamas’s Qassam Brigades resumed efforts in Zeitoun to locate the body of a captive.
West Bank raids and settler violence
In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent said a young man was shot dead during an Israeli raid on the Askar refugee camp east of Nablus. Medics, cited by Al Jazeera, said another Palestinian was wounded.
The Israeli army claimed its forces killed a Palestinian who allegedly threw an explosive device. The Red Crescent identified the deceased as Hassan Sharkasi, who was shot in the abdomen.
Palestinian officials also reported a series of illegal Israeli settler attacks. Armed illegal settlers assaulted four Palestinians near Beitunia, west of Ramallah.
The victims were chased into a mountainous area near Beit Ur, and their whereabouts remain unknown. More Israeli settler attacks were reported in Sinjil and al-Mughayyir, where vehicles and agricultural land were damaged.
Ceasefire violations
According to the Government Media Office in Gaza, Israel violated the ceasefire agreement at least 282 times between 10 October and 10 November.
These included 124 bombings, 88 shootings at civilians, 12 raids beyond the yellow line, 52 demolitions of property and 23 detentions of Palestinians.
Despite Israeli violations, the United States has insisted that the ceasefire remains in place. Israel has attacked Gaza on 25 of the past 31 days, leaving only six days without reported violence.
Casualties since ceasefire began
Figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza show that Israel has killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622 since the ceasefire took effect at noon on 10 October.
Two of the deadliest days were 19 and 29 October. On 19 October, after Israel accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire following the deaths of two Israeli soldiers in Rafah, Israeli strikes killed 45 Palestinians. On 29 October, Israel killed 109 people, including 52 children.
US President Donald Trump defended the Israeli attacks, telling reporters that Israel “should hit back”.
Since 7 October 2023, at least 69,179 Palestinians have been killed, including 20,179 children, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
Humanitarian aid still restricted
Under the ceasefire terms, Israel was required to allow full humanitarian aid into Gaza. However, the World Food Programme says only half the needed food assistance is reaching the enclave.
UN monitoring shows that only 3,451 aid trucks reached their intended destinations inside Gaza between 10 October and 9 November.
Gaza’s media office said that as of 6 November, only 4,453 trucks had entered, far below the 600 trucks per day agreed under the ceasefire.
Palestinian agencies say many nutritious items, including meat, dairy and vegetables, remain blocked, while snacks and soft drinks are permitted.
Captive exchanges lagging
Hamas released all 20 remaining living Israeli captives on 13 October in exchange for 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,700 Palestinians who disappeared after 7 October 2023.
Hamas also agreed to return 28 bodies of Israeli captives in exchange for 360 Palestinian bodies.
As of 10 November, Hamas had returned 24 bodies, saying heavy equipment is needed to retrieve the remaining four from rubble.
Israel has returned 300 Palestinian bodies, many showing signs of torture, according to Palestinian officials.
Abuse in Israeli detention
Palestinian lawyers say detainees held in an underground wing of Israel’s Ramla (Nitzan) prison complex are being beaten, starved and denied medical care.
One detainee had a broken jaw, shoulder and ribs without treatment. Another said guards “punish prisoners by breaking their thumbs”.
Addameer, a Palestinian prisoner rights group, says more than 9,200 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons, most in administrative detention.
Netanyahu ‘biggest obstacle’ to peace plan
Israeli media outlet Haaretz reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen by Arab countries as the “biggest obstacle” to moving to the second stage of the Gaza ceasefire plan proposed by Trump.
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar reiterated that Israel “will not accept a Palestinian state”.
Their comments followed a joint statement by countries including Qatar, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which said Trump’s plan provides a path to Palestinian statehood.
UN Security Council to vote on US plan
Diplomats said the UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing Trump’s Gaza plan.
The draft “welcomes the establishment of the Board of Peace”, a transitional governing body for Gaza, chaired by Trump until the end of 2027.
It also authorises a temporary International Stabilization Force to work with Israel, Egypt and newly trained Palestinian police.
Russia has circulated a rival draft that does not authorise an international force and emphasises the principle of a two-state solution.
The US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, warned that failure to adopt the American draft would risk “a return to war”.
Dire humanitarian conditions
Aid agencies say worsening winter conditions are deepening Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. A displaced woman living in a flooded tent told Al Jazeera she had “no mattress, no blanket” and no one to turn to for help.
Flooding, soaked bedding and collapsing shelters have raised fears of waterborne disease among hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
In Hebron, Israeli forces kept the Old City under strict closure for a second day. Residents reported expanded military checkpoints and restrictions as thousands of Israeli settlers entered the Ibrahimi Mosque compound during a Jewish holiday.
