Rights Center: 642 martyrs in Gaza since the start of the truce

The Gaza Center for Human Rights stated on Sunday that the Israeli occupation government continues, for the 134th consecutive day, to violate the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip through a “systematic policy based on deliberate killing, direct fire, aerial and artillery bombardment, and house demolitions,” in addition to undermining the humanitarian protocol and obstructing the entry of aid and fuel.

According to the center’s report, 642 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire agreement was reached in the Gaza Strip in October 2015, confirming that Israel continues to violate the agreement daily through ongoing killings.

Five Palestinians Killed Daily

The center added in a statement that the average daily number of fatalities is 4.8, including 197 children, 85 women, and 22 elderly people. It also stated that the number of wounded has reached 1,643, with a daily average of approximately 12.3 injuries, including 504 children, 330 women, and 89 elderly people, representing 56.1% of the total wounded.

The center explained that these figures reflect, as it described them, a recurring pattern of targeting groups protected under international humanitarian law, primarily children and women, considering this to be a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions that warrants international criminal accountability.

The center affirmed that it monitors daily violations and works to document them according to professional and legal standards, noting that cumulative data over the past 133 days indicates that Israeli forces committed an average of 13.5 violations daily, in a consistent pattern that “empties the agreement of its substance and turns it into a cover for the continuation of aggression,” as it put it.

It added that the violations are not limited to daily killings and bombings, but also include Israel’s failure to allow the entry of 600 trucks daily, as stipulated in the agreement, including 50 fuel trucks. It clarified that what actually entered did not exceed 43% of the total agreed-upon number of trucks, while the amount of fuel delivered did not exceed 15% of the allocated quantity, leading to the paralysis of basic services and hindering infrastructure repairs.

He also pointed to the continued disruption of travel through the Rafah crossing and the imposition of restrictions he described as arbitrary, explaining that the compliance rate with the agreed numbers of travelers did not exceed 40.3%, which he considered a violation of freedom of movement and the contractual obligations contained in the agreement.

According to the center, these figures indicate that Israel continues to commit acts of genocide against the residents of the Gaza Strip in various forms, from direct killing and targeting of civilians to the destruction of infrastructure and the deprivation of basic necessities for survival, in a context devoid of any hostilities that could justify these unilateral attacks.

The center warned that this policy is proceeding amidst what it described as a suspicious international silence that reinforces a climate of impunity and sends the wrong message: that crimes can continue without accountability.