Israel has violated Gaza ceasefire agreement nearly 500 times, killed 342 Palestinians: Gaza government
Iran Press TV
Sunday, 23 November 2025 10:59 AM
The Gaza Government Media Office says the Israeli military has violated the Gaza ceasefire agreement at least 497 times in 44 days, killing hundreds of Palestinians and injuring many more ever since the truce between Hamas and the Tel Aviv regime came into effect on October 10.
A statement released on Saturday revealed that 342 civilians have lost their lives and 875 others have sustained injuries in the attacks, with the majority of the victims being children, women, and the elderly.
The office denounced Israel for systematically violating the agreement through deadly assaults and ongoing incursions.
It said a total of 27 violations were documented on Saturday, which resulted in 24 deaths and 87 injuries.
The media office characterized the pattern as a "flagrant breach" of international humanitarian law and the humanitarian protocol associated with the ceasefire arrangement.
Since October 10, Israel has committed 142 shootings aimed at civilians, residences, and displacement tents; 21 ground incursions past the so-called 'yellow line'; 228 strikes from air, artillery, and ground forces; and 100 demolitions of civilian homes and structures, which constitutes 'collective punishment' and an attempt to escalate destruction, it further noted.
"We condemn in the strongest terms the continued serious and systematic violations of the ceasefire agreement by the Israeli occupation authorities," the statement read.
"These violations constitute a flagrant breach of international humanitarian law and the humanitarian protocol attached to the agreement. Among these violations, 27 occurred today, Saturday, resulting in 24 martyrs and 87 wounded," it added.
The office also said Israel was fully responsible for the humanitarian and security repercussions from its violations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office alleged it launched the latest attacks after a Hamas fighter attacked Israeli soldiers in Israeli-occupied territory inside the yellow line.
Hamas called on Israel to unveil the identity of the individual who is said to have attacked the Israeli forces.
Izzat al-Risheq, a high-ranking official in Hamas's political bureau, urged the mediators of the Gaza agreement and the US administration to exert pressure on Israel to support its claim and to execute the Gaza accord.
"Israel is fabricating pretexts to evade the agreement and return to a war of extermination," he said in a statement. "It is Israel that violates the agreement daily and systematically."
Risheq also rejected the reports suggesting that Hamas had rescinded the ceasefire.
In the attacks in Gaza since October 2023, Israel has killed at least 69,733 people, most of them women and children, and injured 170,863 others.
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