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Gaza humanitarian catastrophe

Several Palestinian civilians have lost their lives in fresh Israeli attacks in Gaza, and as a result of deteriorating humanitarian conditions amid the regime’s ceasefire violations. According to local sources, a Palestinian mother and her child were killed in a fire that broke out inside a tent sheltering displaced people in the Yarmouk area of Gaza City. A Palestinian man also died in the incident, which left five others injured. The incident came amid dire humanitarian conditions faced by thousands of displaced people who have been forced to live in makeshift tents after their homes were destroyed during the Israeli aggression. Most of these tents lack the most basic safety standards, making them vulnerable to fires and collapses. Gaza medical sources said a Palestinian child living in a displaced family’s tent in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, passed away due to severe cold. The new fatalities have increased the total number of civilians who have lost their lives since the start of the ceasefire to nearly 420. The overall death toll from the Israeli genocide since October 2023 has risen above 71,270, with more than 171,230 other injured.

Plight of Palestinian prisoners

The Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies says the year 2025 was a bloody year for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. According to its latest report, 2025 marked the second year of a systematic campaign of extrajudicial killings by the Israeli regime. The Center said at least 32 Palestinian prisoners were killed in the regime's jails in 2025, after the execution of 43 prisoners in 2024. It noted that most of those prisoners were killed through deliberate torture, medical neglect, starvation, and severe beatings. The report identified victims from across the occupied territories, including a 17-year-old boy who died from starvation. It also documented the use of lethal interrogation methods by Israeli prison officials, including electric shocks, severe beatings, and forcing prisoners to strip in freezing conditions. Palestinian prisoners are also abused through starvation, medical neglect, and sexual assault. According to the Center, those who died in Israeli detention last year came from Gaza and the occupied West Bank, especially the cities of Jenin and Nablus. It added that Israel continues to withhold the bodies of those prisoners and refuses to return them to their families.

Israel banning aid groups

Doctors Without Borders has rejected Israel’s accusations against its staff as unfounded, calling them baseless public accusations made without evidence. MSF said the regime's claims about its staff being linked to Palestinian resistance groups endanger medical teams and could deprive hundreds of thousands of Palestinians of life-saving healthcare. It noted that Israel is trying to force humanitarian groups to comply with a complex registration process under unclear rules. MSF said the Palestinian health system has been decimated, with key infrastructure destroyed, and families are struggling to meet basic needs. It stressed that “the need now is to scale up services, not reduce them.” The organization said despite months of communications, it has not received clear criteria for registration from Israeli authorities. MSF warned that if international NGOs lose access to Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians will remain without basic healthcare.

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