Palestinians at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Thursday mourned two teenage boys who were killed by Israeli forces in southern Gaza a day earlier, as the IDF continues launching attacks in the Strip in violation of the US-backed ceasefire deal.
“This is my nephew. He is 15 years old,” the aunt of one of the victims told Reuters while standing over his body.
“He has been living for a year near al-Alam area, he was going to (visit) his uncle. He was going to his uncle, the trucks were going in, the Israelis started firing, and he was hit by one bullet in his head. This is a child. What did he do wrong to be shot? What did he do for them to shoot him? He was not carrying weapons, he is not a fighter, he was not going to fight you,” she added.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Thursday that since the ceasefire deal was supposed to go into effect on October 10, Israeli forces have killed at least 383 Palestinians and wounded 1,002. At least one more person was killed on Thursday as WAFA reported that a woman was killed by an Israeli airstrike that hit Jabalia, northern Gaza.
“Where is the calm? Where is the ceasefire? We say there is calm but where is it? How come there’s a truce, you agreed to a truce, and you signed on a truce while you are shooting at our children? What truce is it?” the woman mourning at Nasser Hospital told Reuters.
“And who did you agree it with? Those who have agreed with you on the truce and took guarantees that there will be no gunfire and no martyrs should come and see our children laid out in the morgue,” she added.
The US has established a military base in southern Israel to “monitor” the ceasefire, but the Trump administration has been silent on Israel’s repeated attacks and continued restrictions on aid.
