At least 118 Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since ceasefire: Official

GAZA CITY, Palestine

At least 118 Palestinians have been killed and 822 others injured in Gaza since the start of a ceasefire agreement on Jan. 19, a local health official said on Tuesday.

“The toll includes those killed in direct attacks, succumbed to their injuries, or lost their lives in the explosion of unexploded ordnance,” Gaza’s Health Ministry Director-General Munir al-Bursh said in a statement.

He noted that the victims included 92 people killed in direct attacks by Israeli forces since the ceasefire agreement.

According to the official, medical teams have retrieved the bodies of 641 Palestinians from the rubble in Gaza since Jan. 19, including around 197 who remained unidentified.

The three-phase ceasefire deal has been in place in Gaza since Jan. 19, halting Israel’s genocidal war, which has killed more than 48,200 people and left the enclave in ruins.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants in November last year for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.