Gaza ceasefire anniversary marked by continued Israeli strikes and fresh displacement

Gaza marked the first anniversary of its ceasefire on 10 October with continued Israeli attacks and new displacement in Gaza City. The truce has been described by more than 100 humanitarian and human rights organisations as existing "in name only". Israeli forces have also continued to push the so-called Yellow Line deeper into residential neighbourhoods, adding to pressure on civilians already uprooted by the war.

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Gaza's Health Ministry said 1,493 people had been killed and 5,299 wounded since the ceasefire took effect, as of 12 October. That was up from 1,460 a week earlier, according to the same figures. The ministry also said the cumulative death toll since October 2023 had reached 74,382.

In statements about the latest killings, the Israeli military said some of those killed this week were Palestinian fighters. The military said two men killed near the Jordanian Field Hospital were Islamic Jihad operatives. Wafa identified one of them as a recently released former prisoner.

Separately, the military said a civil defence worker killed while responding to wounded people near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza had been a Hamas sniper. Hamas rejected that claim, and it has not been independently verified. The figures and claims underline how fragile the ceasefire remains and how far it has fallen short of the commitments attached to it.

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The Board of Peace, Gaza's transitional oversight body, has not met most of its central commitments, according to the supplied material. No international stabilisation force has deployed, aid trucks are entering at roughly a third of the agreed rate, and Israel now controls nearly two thirds of the Strip, well above the roughly 50 percent it was supposed to retain before further withdrawal and a future handover of control to Palestinians. The continuing violence also has direct humanitarian consequences on the ground.

Fresh displacement in Gaza City suggests that the line of control is still shifting, with residents forced to move again as military pressure advances into populated areas. The situation adds to the strain on hospitals, civil defence teams and aid delivery routes, all of which are already operating under severe pressure. The anniversary comes against the backdrop of a war that began in October 2023 and has left Gaza with a very high death toll.

The supplied material also points to a wider pattern of instability beyond Gaza, including disruption to the West Bank olive harvest by settlers and soldiers. That broader context suggests the ceasefire has not produced a durable reduction in violence across the occupied Palestinian territories. What remains unclear is whether the current pattern of strikes and displacement will intensify further or prompt any change in the ceasefire arrangements.

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