Tensions over the Gaza ceasefire's future are rising as Palestinian authorities accuse Israel of widespread violations. Members of the Palestinian police are currently training in Egypt for deployment to Gaza once hostilities fully cease. Egypt announced in August it was training around 5,000 Palestinian officers and security personnel as part of a plan to support post-conflict stabilization.
A Palestinian official told Agence France-Presse that members of the Palestinian police are currently receiving training in Egypt in preparation for deployment to Gaza once hostilities fully cease. Egypt announced in August that it was training around 5,000 Palestinian officers and security personnel as part of a wider plan to support post-conflict stabilization in the territory.
Gaza's health ministry reported the death toll from Israel's offensive since October 2023 has reached 70,103, with 170,985 injured. It noted three deaths and two injuries in the past 24 hours. Since the ceasefire took effect in October 2024, 356 Palestinians have been killed and 908 wounded, while 607 bodies have been recovered from rubble.
Gaza's government media office stated the ceasefire has been violated 591 times in the past 50 days, resulting in 357 civilian deaths—mostly women, children, and the elderly—and 903 injuries, along with 38 detentions during Israeli incursions. Violations included live fire on residential areas and displacement camps, 25 ground incursions beyond the buffer zone, artillery and airstrikes, and the demolition of 118 homes and civilian structures. The office warned that continued violations "risk collapsing the ceasefire" and urged the U.S. and other guarantors to press Israel to abide by the agreement.
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif described the ceasefire as "one-sided," noting Israeli violations had caused 352 Palestinian deaths since the truce began on October 10, undermining the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement. Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi called for full adherence to the ceasefire and swift progress to the second phase, including reconstruction, stressing unrestricted humanitarian access and a political horizon for a two-state solution.
The Israeli military said it killed four Hamas fighters in an underground area east of Rafah, claiming its forces in southern Gaza remain deployed "in accordance with the ceasefire terms" and will continue targeting any direct threat. Separately, European Commissioner for Equality and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib said Israel denied her request to enter Gaza during her Egypt visit, noting 347 Palestinians killed since the ceasefire, including 67 children, and nearly 600 aid workers killed, warning of a "catastrophic winter" amid the ruins.