Gaza: new deaths despite ‘ceasefire’

Eight Palestinians were killed in Gaza in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire that has officially been in force since October 10, 2025. (aa.com.tr) Gaza’s Health Ministry said hospitals also received 29 wounded on April 15, 2026, and put the overall toll since October 2023 at 72,344 killed and 172,242 injured. The ministry said 765 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire began. (aa.com.tr) Two days earlier, medics said Israeli airstrikes killed four Palestinians in separate attacks: three men outside a school in Deir al-Balah and one person at a cafe in Gaza City. Reuters reported that the Israeli military did not comment on those two strikes. (srnnews.com) The ceasefire marked six months on April 10, 2026, but the United Nations human rights office said Palestinians across Gaza were still “unsafe” and that Israeli attacks continued routinely. The office said at least 32 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli forces since early April. (ohchr.org) The deal was announced on October 10, 2025, after two years of war between Israel and Hamas. It called for a halt to ground and air operations, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from populated areas, wider aid access, and an international mechanism to monitor implementation. (aljazeera.com) Six months later, those terms remain only partly in place. Al Jazeera reported that air raids have continued, border crossings have opened only intermittently, and aid deliveries have stayed below the levels envisioned in the agreement. (aljazeera.com) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that between March 26 and April 1, 20 Palestinians were killed, three more died of earlier wounds, and 81 were injured in Gaza. It also reported damage to the electricity line serving southern desalination, reducing drinking water availability for about 500,000 people. (ochaopt.org) Israel and Hamas have traded blame for repeated violations. Reuters reported that Israeli forces still control a depopulated zone marked by yellow concrete blocks over well more than half of Gaza, while Hamas has said any discussion of disarmament must wait until Israel fully carries out the first phase of the deal. (srnnews.com) For Palestinians in Gaza, the result has been a ceasefire in name with daily risk still intact. On April 10, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said movement itself had become “life-threatening activity” as killings while walking, driving, or standing outside were being recorded nearly every day. (ohchr.org)