Israeli drones kill six Palestinians across Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli drones struck six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing them across northern, central, and southern areas despite a so-called ceasefire that has been in place for over a year. Medical workers and emergency responders confirmed these deaths while deadly raids persisted throughout the region. One of the latest fatalities occurred near the Jabalia refugee camp.

A Palestinian man died and several others were wounded when an Israeli drone hit a group of civilians close to the al-Faluja cemetery west of Jabalia, according to Wafa news agency reports citing local medical sources. Another strike in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah killed one person and left several injured. Earlier attacks in the Tuffah neighborhood of northeast Gaza City claimed two lives while wounding others, staff at al-Shifa Hospital stated. Witnesses told Al Jazeera that those struck were returning from a burial site after an earlier attack. A separate drone strike in eastern Gaza City also resulted in one death, per al-Shifa Hospital. In central Gaza, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital reported one killed and another injured in Deir el-Balah.

Gaza's Health Ministry issued an update on Saturday noting that 1,511 Palestinians have died and 5,375 been injured since the United States-brokered ceasefire began on October 10, 2025. In a report covering the previous 48 hours, the ministry listed six deaths and 43 injuries across the entire strip. Since Israel's war started in October 2023, the ministry said 74,469 Palestinians have been killed and 175,492 injured.

The heavy toll on children remains a stark reality as UNICEF highlighted the crisis on Friday. Ricardo Pires, a spokesman for the United Nations children's agency speaking in Geneva, stated that more than 340 children had died since the ceasefire began. He noted seven children died during attacks over the last two weeks, with at least 33 others seriously injured. UNICEF also said about 800,000 children remain displaced, many living in tents or unsafe structures as winter approaches.

Violence continues while Gaza's population faces tighter restrictions on where they can live. Mapping published by Al Jazeera on October 12 showed Israeli forces control or restrict access to roughly 65 percent of the territory. The Yellow Line, originally set to mark Israeli military positions after a partial withdrawal under the ceasefire agreement, has been pushed deeper into Palestinian areas according to that report. Only about 35 percent remains accessible, yet it is home to 2.1 million people. On Friday, Gaza's Health Ministry warned that more than 1.4 million Palestinians were projected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse for the rest of the year.