Israeli military operations in Gaza have killed 1,005 Palestinians since a ceasefire with Hamas began the previous October, the territory's Health Ministry said. The figure was announced amid continued strikes, shelling and gunfire around the line separating areas under Israeli and Palestinian control.
A strike in Khan Younis on Wednesday killed two Palestinians and injured six, according to staff at Nasser Hospital, where the casualties were received. Families there said people near the beach in the Muwasi tent encampment had been hit. Israel's military confirmed conducting the strike, saying it targeted a person it described as a terrorist, but offered no further identification or operational details. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians live in the sprawling camp.
The ministry's latest count followed several days of drone attacks reported in towns, refugee camps and Gaza City. Israel says it continues to act against Hamas and associated armed factions and has enlarged the portion of the enclave under its control. Each side has alleged breaches of the ceasefire by the other.
In a separate announcement, the Israeli military said weekend strikes had killed two members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The supplied reporting did not reconcile those military claims with the Health Ministry's cumulative figure or provide a breakdown between civilians and fighters. Gaza's ministry, which is staffed by medical professionals, does not distinguish combatants from civilians in its fatality totals. Its records are widely treated as generally dependable by international observers.
The ministry said on Sunday that deaths over the entire war had exceeded 73,000. That broader conflict began after Hamas-led attackers entered southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and seizing 251 hostages. Israel responded with an offensive whose declared objectives included destroying Hamas and securing the hostages' release.
The 1,005 figure concerns the period after the later truce rather than the full wartime toll. It illustrates that the ceasefire did not end lethal incidents inside Gaza, even as it altered control lines and the stated framework for operations. With attacks occurring close to displaced communities and both parties disputing compliance, the latest deaths added pressure to a ceasefire already marked by recurring violence. Neither the ministry nor Israel provided a complete independent incident-by-incident accounting in the source material.
Wednesday's hospital report added a specific incident to the cumulative count, while the ministry's 1,005 total covered months of separate operations. Neither figure by itself determines whether any individual death violated the truce. Establishing that would require circumstances and legal analysis absent from the supplied reporting.
