[News] Israel Continues to Violate Gaza Ceasefire Agreement: Killing Civilians, Blocking Shelters, Delaying Patient Travel

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 Israel Continues to Violate Gaza Ceasefire Agreement: Killing Civilians,
Blocking Shelters, Delaying Patient Travel
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Palestinians return to destroyed homes in Rafah. [Khaled/Reuters]

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Israeli occupation has been violating the
ceasefire agreement in Gaza by shooting and killing civilians, preventing
the agreed-upon number of tents, shelters, and essential aid from entering
the besieged enclave, and delaying travel approvals for patients and the
wounded.

*Targeting Civilians*

Since the ceasefire took effect on January 19, Israeli forces have
repeatedly launched airstrikes and opened fire on Palestinians. During this
time, at least 92 Palestinians have been killed, and more than 800 have
been injured, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

On Sunday, three Palestinian policemen were killed in an Israeli airstrike
east of Rafah in southern Gaza, Gaza’s Interior Ministry confirmed, marking
the latest Israeli violation of the ceasefire agreement. The officers were
hit while securing the entry of aid trucks through the Karem Abu Salem
(Kerem Shalom) crossing.

The Interior Ministry called on mediators and the international community
to compel the occupation to stop targeting the police force, which is a
civil apparatus.”

Hamas issued a statement condemning the “treacherous” drone attack as “a
serious violation of the ceasefire agreement”.

*Essential Supplies, Shelters*

Despite the ceasefire agreement, Israel has been restricting the entry of
essential supplies into Gaza.

The Gaza Government Media Office reported that Israel has obstructed the
entry of tents, shelters, and heavy equipment necessary for rubble removal,
which was agreed under the ceasefire terms.

The Director of the World Food Programme noted that some Israeli
restrictions on aid have persisted, affecting the delivery of generators,
solar panels, and other vital supplies.

Under the agreement, Israel is supposed to allow 600 aid trucks to enter
the Palestinian enclave daily. However, Gaza’s authorities said of the 600
trucks supposed to come in daily, the territory only saw “100 to 150 at
best”.

The Government Media Office said that by 7 February, of the 12,000 aid
trucks that were supposed to reach the enclave only 8,500 made it.

Quoting an official with knowledge of the ceasefire negotiations, Reuters
says that “Israel had rejected requests by the United Nations, Qatar, and
others to allow temporary housing units to be brought into Gaza to shelter
displaced people as required under the ceasefire agreement”.

Hamas says Israel blocked the entry of 60,000 mobile houses and 200,000
tents as well as heavy machinery used to remove the rubble.

Israel denies the accusation, saying that over 100,000 tents have entered
Gaza.
Truck drivers on the Egypt-Gaza border told Reuters that construction
materials and tents have been blocked from entering since the start of the
ceasefire.

Medical supplies, clothes, and soft drinks are also reportedly held up,
waiting to enter Gaza after checks by Israeli officials.

On Sunday, the Government Media Office stated that the number of trucks
entering Gaza in the past two days has not exceeded 30% of the daily amount
required under the humanitarian protocol.

An Israeli political source also told the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corp
(Kan) that Netanyahu has refused to allow the entry of aid trucks carrying
mobile homes and heavy equipment into the enclave after security
consultations with authorities on Saturday night.

Netanyahu’s move comes after Trump said on Saturday that Israel will have
to decide what to do about an expired deadline for Hamas to release all the
Israeli captives held in Gaza.

Kan’s unnamed source said the US president wants to change the agreement
with Hamas so all the captives will be released together, earlier than the
date set for phase two of the ceasefire. That phase has yet to be
negotiated.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said Israel’s refusal is “a clear evasion of
its pledges and obligations” in the ceasefire with Hamas.

“[It] is an explicit declaration of its failure to the agreement,” it said.
The statement added that Palestinian groups in Gaza confirmed that they
would “abide by their pledges in it as long as the occupation is committed”
to the deal.

It added: “This [Israeli] refusal shows the whole world who is the party
obstructing the agreement, which requires the guarantor mediators to
intervene and pressure the occupation to fulfill what it signed.”

*Patient Travel*

Israel has also limited the number of Palestinians permitted to leave Gaza
for medical treatment abroad. While the agreement stipulated that 150
patients be allowed to leave per day, on February 10, only 53 were
permitted, with some patients, including a child with cancer, being denied
travel.

Additionally, Gaza’s Health Ministry confirmed that Israel is barring some
sick and injured Palestinians from leaving the territory to receive
treatment abroad, as was instructed in the agreement.

At least 24 injured Palestinians have succumbed to their wounds since the
start of the ceasefire, according to the ministry.

The Government Media Office added that at least 100 children have died due
to “procrastination” from Israel in letting them leave for treatment.

On Sunday, a source in the Health Ministry said that the planned trip of
people in need of medical care was postponed due to the delay in Israel’s
approval. The source accused Israel of deliberately delaying travel
approvals for lists of patients and wounded to obstruct their evacuation.

The group was going to be the 15th batch of people leaving Gaza to receive
medical care outside the enclave since the ceasefire began.
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