According to the aid organization Islamic Relief, since a ceasefire was announced last October, an average of one Palestinian in Gaza has been killed or injured every 90 minutes in Israeli attacks.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the UK-based charity said at least 1,454 Palestinians have been killed and more than 5,000 injured over the past year. Among the dead are at least 320 children — nearly one child per day.
Gaza's Health Ministry said 1,471 Palestinians have been killed and 5,189 injured since the ceasefire, including four killed and 28 injured in the past 24 hours. According to the ministry, Israel has killed at least 74,254 people since October 2023.
On Thursday, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in the southeast of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, and an Israeli airstrike on a home in central Khan Younis injured several people, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
In the occupied West Bank, a 13-year-old boy was shot in the leg during an Israeli raid on Yamoun, west of Jenin, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Islamic Relief said Israel has used the so-called "Yellow Line" — the boundary marking the area under Israeli military control — to push Palestinians out of 65 percent of Gaza's territory, cramming nearly 2.1 million residents into the remaining 35 percent.
According to the report, an Islamic Relief aid worker in Gaza (whose name is withheld for safety reasons) said: "In reality there is no ceasefire. They target shelters and crowded areas, so there is still a great deal of fear."
The organization said Israel continues to block shelter materials, fuel and medical supplies. About 82 percent of structures in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, more than half of health services have closed, and more than 20,000 seriously ill patients have been denied permission to leave for treatment.
The charity called on world leaders to step up pressure to protect civilians and uphold international law. "A ceasefire that exists in name only cannot be an excuse for the international community to fail to act," the statement said.
