Since the ceasefire entered into force in the Gaza Strip 19 days ago, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have continued to commit daily violations. However, last night marked a serious escalation, as the Israeli government took a political decision to launch a large-scale military assault. During the assault, the IOF used various types of weapons to strike areas across the Gaza Strip -from north to south- turning civilians and civilian objects into primary targets.

Within less than 14 hours, this assault killed 104 Palestinians, including 46 children, 20 women, and one journalist, and injured 253 others, among them 78 children and 84 women. These crimes reflect Israel’s systematic policy of mass killing and the deliberate targeting of civilians.

The repeated crimes committed by the IOF against civilians in the Gaza Strip reaffirm that Israel is pursuing a new systematic policy that dictates a daily pattern of bombardment and killing, showing complete disregard for the ceasefire announced on 10 October. Since that date, airstrikes and artillery shelling have continued unabated, resulting so far in the killing of 211 Palestinians, including approximately 70 children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

According to PCHR’s documentation, from 20:00 on Tuesday, 28 October 2025, until 10:00 on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes, the most intense since the announcement of the ceasefire. The most prominent of these were as follows:

At approximately 20:00 on Tuesday, 28 October 2025, Israeli warplanes targeted al-Banna family house in al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, killing 10 people, including 3 women and 4 children. The victims were identified as: Maha Ihab Ziad al-Banna (18); Fatimah Walid Isma’il al-Banna (37); ‘Abdelrahman Ihab Ziad al-Banna (15); Mustafa Ihab Ziad al-Banna (3); ‘Abdelaziz Fathi Haidar ‘Oweidah (2); Fathi Haidar Fathi ‘Oweidah (36); Anas Fawaz Haidar ‘Oweida (9 months); Fathiyah Mohammed Salman Faiz ‘Oweidah (24); Mohammed Ibrahim ‘Atiyah Abu Srie’a (30); and his wife, Maha Mohammed ‘Othman al-Haddad (26).

At around 20:55 on the same day, Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on a white Tucson SUV on al-Qassam Street in Khan Yunis. As a result, six people were killed and identified as: ‘Ayish Sa’di ‘Ayish al-‘Amasi (33), his wife Heba Ghazi ‘Issa al-Qidra (28), their children Anas (8), Sa’di (6), Rima (3), and Mohanad ‘Abed al-Raouf Tawfiq Safi (26). Also, many others were injured.

At around 21:45, Israeli warplanes targeted al-Qidra family house in al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis, killing Kareem Hazim Maher al-Qidra (12) and his uncle Hatim Maher Mousa al-Qidra (38).

At approximately 22:30, Israeli warplanes bombed Hana family house on al-Yarmouk Street in central Gaza City, killing 10 people, including a woman and 7 children. Those killed were identified as: Ibrahim Sa’eed Mustafa Hana (59), Yasser Mohammed Fathi ‘Afana (18), Sarah Mahmoud Sameer Shakshak (8), Fadi Mahmoud Sameer Shakshak (5), Kenzi Ahmed Salem Abu Nahel (7), Islam Ibrahim Sa’eed Hana (12), the twins Halima and Hala ‘Ali Sa’eed Hana (13), Nour Ibrahim Sa’eed Hana (14), and Halimah Mohammed Abd Hana (75).

At around 23:50, Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on Abu Sharar family house in al-Buriej refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. The strike killed ‘Ali Fawzi Fawzi Abu Sharar (33); his wife Nour Mohammed Ahmed Abu Sharar (30); and their two children, Yousif (9) and Sham (4), while residents of nearby houses also sustained various injuries due to the strike.

At approximately 00:15 on Wednesday, 28 October 2025, Israeli warplanes targeted Abu Dalal family house in al-Nusirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. As a result, nine people, including four children and two women, were killed, while residents of nearby houses and tents were injured. Among those injured were PCHR’s lawyer, Ahlam ‘Ali Mohammed al-Aqra’ “Mimah” (50); her husband Moneer Mohammed ‘Abdullah Mimah (61); and their 21-year-old daughter. Their injuries were deemed moderate.

Those killed in the strike have been identified as: Yehia Ameen Helmi Abu Dalal (51); his wife Hala Hasan ‘Abed al-Jaleel al-Sebakhi (46); their children Mohammed (19), Mostafa (11), Bayan (9), and Ameen (26), as well as Ameen’s wife, ‘Abeer Yousef Mohammed Diyab (24), and their 4-year-old twins, Sham and Yehia.

At around 00:30, Israeli warplanes targeted ‘Aqel family house in al-Nusirat refugee camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip. The strike killed six people, including two women; one of them was pregnant, and three children, while residents of nearby houses sustained various injuries. Those killed were identified as: Hanaa Sa’eed Abu Matar (‘Aqel) (42); her two children Batool (12) and Mohammed (7) Zaid Zaki ‘Aqel; Nour As’ad Sa’eed al-Zayyan (35), their neighbor who was five months pregnant, as well as Zaid Zaki ‘Abed al-Hadi ‘Aqel (44) and his daughter Hala (15).  

At approximately 02:00, Israeli warplanes targeted a tent established in the yard of Al-Buriej Preparatory School “B” for Boys in Al-Buriej refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. The strike killed Zaki Zaki Ibrahim Dweik (19) while five others sustained various injuries.

At around 02:40, Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on a tent for displaced people near Fajer Displacement camp, northwest of al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis. As a result, three children were killed and identified as: al-Mo’tasem Bellah ‘Abed al-‘Aziz ‘Abed al-Naser Abu Ti’imah (11), Jehad ‘Abed al-‘Aziz Abu Ti’imah (8). And his sister Yasmeen (16).

At around 03:45, Israeli warplanes targeted Abu Dalal family’s house in al-Nusirat refugee camp, center of the Gaza Strip. The strike killed nine people, including three children and a woman, while residents of nearby houses sustained various injuries. Some residents also remain missing under the rubble due to the intensity of the strike. Those killed were identified as: Nizar ‘Azmi Mahmoud Abu Dalal (47) and his son Majd (24), Nazmi ‘Ami Abu Dalal’s wife Hanaa Mostafa Mahmoud al-Louh (44) and her children Bader (16), Mohammed (12), Baraa (21), Duha (18), Raghad (20) and Misk (15).

At approximately 03:45, Israeli warplanes targeted a tent for displaced people in southwest of al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis. The strike killed 8 displaced people, including a woman, 5 children, and an elderly man, while many others sustained various injuries. Those killed were identified as: Bayan Ibrahim ‘Abed al-Shawwaf (39), her children ‘Abed al-Rahman (19), Siwar (6). Sana (13), Salma (16), and Mira (3) Jamil Mahmoud al-Bayoumi, as well as Hala Rami Mohammed al-‘Afifi (12) and Mohammed Salem ‘Abed al-Mo’to Duhair (84).

At around 04:15, Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on Insan displacement camp in Deir al-Balah, in the center of the Gaza Strip. As a result, five people, including two children and two women, were killed, while five others sustained various injuries. Those killed were identified as:  Eslam Tareq Mohammed al-Batrikhi (34), Omar Subhi Mahmoud Robi (35), his wife Shimaa Sami Robi (30), and their two children Owis (9) and Raseel (5).

At around 04:40, an Israeli drone targeted a tent for displaced people in the yard of Deir al-Balah Municipality in central Gaza Strip. As a result, parents and their three children were killed and identified as: Mahmoud Isma’il Ahmed al-‘Attar (40), his wife Suha Fathi al-‘Attar (31), and their children ‘Abdullah (11), Jehad (8), and Jouri (4).

At approximately 05:40, Israeli warplanes targeted a tent for displaced people in southern Abu Sarrar intersection in al-Nusirat refugee camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip. As a result, Mohammed Ahmed Yousef al-Manirawi (36), journalist working with Falastin local newspaper, his mother-in-law, Mirvat Yousef Mohammed al-Khaldi (55) were killed, while three other people sustained various injuries.

These crimes constitute a new episode in the ongoing series of daily violations and form part of a consistent pattern of Israeli aggression and collective punishment against the population of the Gaza Strip. They amount to grave breaches of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and international humanitarian law, which strictly prohibit the targeting of civilians and civilian objects. Furthermore, the repeated attacks on children, women, journalists, and shelters reflect a deliberate intent to inflict the highest number of casualties and to spread terror among the civilian population.

PCHR warns that the international community’s continued silence towards these crimes and failure to hold Israel accountable grant it a green light to persist in its killing and destruction, paving the way for a new phase of systematic genocidal crimes against Palestinian civilians.

PCHR calls on the international community, the United Nations, and the Security Council to uphold their responsibilities and take immediate action, including providing urgent protection for civilians, ending the IOF’s military presence in the Gaza Strip, halting the use of tactics and weapons that target civilian neighborhoods, and compelling Israel to cease its attacks and siege of the Strip.