On a day which promised calm, following the ceasefire deal in Gaza, the Israeli occupation violated the truce for the 394th time.

They launched a bloody attack on various areas of the Gaza Strip, resulting in callous murder of 40 citizens, entire families, wiped from the civil registry.

A dozen more were wounded, some remain in critical condition.

Another day, another massacre

In the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, a building inhabited by displaced persons seeking sanctuary, an Israeli missile struck the family, killing five members of the Zakaria Azzam family, including children, some of whom were only a few years old. After the bombing, a small chair and a child’s dress remained as silent symbols of suffering and lost innocence.

Shuja’iyya and West Khan Yunis have witnessed repeated massacres despite the ceasefire.

Israeli rockets destroyed entire houses and neighbourhoods, while paramedics were seen gathering charred and dismembered limbs trapped beneath the rubble.

The occupation is claiming these raids targeted armed resistance leaders, who they say were convening for a meeting.

The reality on the ground reveals the victims were mothers, children and ordinary men.

The mirage of a ceasefire

In just four hours, forty people have been exterminated, adding to the catalogue of Israel’s butchering of Gazans.

The following morning, the occupation carried out a military incursion east of Gaza City, expanding the buffer zone by about 300 metres. Dozens of families were trapped inside their homes amid intense shelling. Their fate remains unknown.

The Government Media Office in Gaza stated that since the ceasefire agreement came into effect, the occupation has carried out about 400 documented violations. They have killed 300 civilians, which is exacerbating crowding in the very few safe areas that remain.

The office held the mediators and guarantors, led by US President Donald Trump, responsible Israel’s continuing violations. They accused them of impotence by failing to prevent Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure, most notably shelters and hospitals.

The office cautioned that silence is no longer an option.

It called for immediate action to stop ‘ongoing crimes and violations’ and pressure the occupation to implement the ceasefire agreement.

Such a move would ensure the protection of civilians and halt the deterioration of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

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