More than 530 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since an October ceasefire, as Gaza health officials decry the \u2018continued genocidal war\u2019.<\/b>
\nIsraeli fire in Gaza killed at least 17 Palestinians, most of them women and children, hospital officials said on Wednesday. Israel said its strikes came after militants fired on its soldiers, seriously wounding one.
Seven women and five children were killed, hospital officials said, including a 5-month-old and a baby just 10 days old. They are the latest Palestinians in Gaza to die since a ceasefire deal, which has been punctuated by deadly Israeli strikes, came into effect on October 10, 2025. More than 530 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in that time, according to Gaza\u2019s health ministry.
\u201cThe genocidal war against our people in the Gaza Strip continues,\u201d said Dr Mohamed Abu Selmiya, director of Gaza City\u2019s Shifa Hospital, in a Facebook post. \u201cWhere is the ceasefire? Where are the mediators?\u201d
The attacks and the escalating death toll have rocked the US-backed truce and caused Palestinians in the strip to say it does not feel like the war has ended.
Mediators have condemned the attacks and Hamas has called them violations of the deal, but Israel\u2019s military says it is responding to Hamas violations or militant attacks on its soldiers. The military says four soldiers have been killed since the ceasefire took hold.
Early on Wednesday, Israeli troops fired on a building in the Tuffah neighbourhood in north Gaza, killing at least 11 people, most from the same family, said Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies. The dead included two parents, their 10-day-old daughter, her 5-month-old cousin and their grandmother.<\/p>\n