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Israel
said to have violated
ceasefire
US-brokered attacks nearly 500 times in the last 44 days, killing hundreds of Palestinians since the hiatus in violence took effect on October 10.
This accusation was conveyed by the Gaza Government Media Office on Saturday.According to the media agency, at least 497 violations occurred during that period.A total of 342 civilians were killed, the majority of them children, women and the elderly.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the serious and systematic violations of the ceasefire agreement by the Israeli occupation authorities,” their statement was quoted as saying.
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“This violation is a clear violation of international humanitarian law and the humanitarian protocols in the agreement.”
On Saturday alone, according to the office, there were 27 violations that killed 24 Palestinians and injured 87 others.Gaza authorities also accused Israel of being fully responsible for the humanitarian and security consequences resulting from these violations.
Amid these claims, Israel continues to limit the entry of humanitarian aid and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip, even though this obligation is stated in the ceasefire agreement.
On the same day, the Israeli military again launched air strikes at a number of points in Gaza, killing at least 24 Palestinians, including children.This is one of the latest violations of the ceasefire that has lasted for six weeks.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the attack was carried out after a Hamas fighter attacked Israeli soldiers in the Israeli-occupied territory that falls within the so-called ‘yellow line’, the unmarked boundary where the Israeli military repositioned its troops when the deal took effect last month.
Hamas has not commented on reports of its dead fighters.
Meanwhile, local authorities in northern Gaza reported that dozens of Palestinian families were now ‘surrounded’ after the Israeli military advanced its troop positions deeper into Gaza territory, which they said also violated the ceasefire agreement.
In the agreement between Israel and Hamas, the yellow line is an unofficial boundary that regulates the repositioning of Israeli troops.This line allows Israel to maintain control over more than half of Gaza, and Israeli forces are known to fire on Palestinians who approach the area.
Hamas on Saturday accused Israel of violating the ceasefire “under trumped-up pretexts” and called on US, Egyptian and Qatari mediators to intervene immediately.
The group also accused Israel of pushing its troops westward beyond the yellow line and trying to change the agreed boundaries.”We call on mediators to act immediately and stop these violations,” Hamas said.
They also urged the United States to keep its commitments and pressure Israel to carry out its obligations.
A Hamas official also denied a report by Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabian-owned media, which said the group had called off the ceasefire.
“Irael is looking for excuses to avoid the agreement and launch another war of extermination, even though they themselves are daily and systematically violating the agreement,” Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, told Quds News Network.
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