Overview
- Gaza’s Health Ministry reported a total of 73,001 deaths and more than 173,200 wounded since the conflict began, based on ministry officials’ updates.
- Israeli strikes have continued despite a U.S.-brokered October ceasefire, and an attack in Khan Younis was reported to have killed two people over the weekend.
- Major political elements of the ceasefire remain unresolved because Hamas has not disarmed and Israeli forces have not completed withdrawals, prompting mutual accusations of violations.
- The Gaza Health Ministry does not break down fatalities by combatant status but says women and children account for about half of the dead, and its figures are treated as broadly reliable by U.N. agencies.
- Humanitarian systems are under severe strain, hospitals face heavy caseloads and displaced families remain at high risk, while five Israeli soldiers have been reported killed since the ceasefire took effect.