Israel kills 97 Palestinians in Gaza since start of ceasefire

Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinians and injured 230 others since the start of the ceasefire, and violated the truce agreement 80 times, the Gaza Government Media Office says.
The Israeli military has killed dozens of Palestinians in a wave of air raids that it said were in response to a ceasefire violation by Hamas, which the group has denied.
Despite ceasefire, Israel openly uses aid as weapon against Palestinians
Nearly a year after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu over war crimes charges, including using starvation as a weapon of war, the Israeli prime minister continues to threaten Palestinians with restricting aid.

On Sunday, the Israeli government temporarily halted the flow of humanitarian assistance, and for days, it has been partially blocking the aid to pressure Hamas to locate and transfer the bodies of slain captives.

Blocking aid appears to be a clear violation of the ceasefire. It is also a breach of international humanitarian law.

The ICC Statute bars “using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including wilfully impeding relief supplies as provided for under the Geneva Conventions”.

Moreover, UN investigators concluded in a report last month that Israel was using hunger as part of its genocidal campaign in Gaza.

“Israel’s use of starvation as a method of war through the total siege on the Gaza Strip has had devastating impacts on children as well, resulting in starvation, alarmingly high rates of acute malnutrition, increasing risks of outbreak of diseases such as cholera and chronic diarrhoea and significant excess mortality,” the report said.

Even after the ceasefire, Israel has continued to block aid to Gaza, while blaming other parties, including Hamas and the UN, for the humanitarian crisis in the territory.