The Palestinian news agency (Safa) reported that Israeli occupation aircraft launched three air raids on areas east of Khan Younis city, coinciding with heavy artillery shelling and the demolition of houses in the northeast of the city, while Israeli warships opened fire in the sea off Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Saturday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 69,169 martyrs and 170,685 wounded since October 2023.
The ministry said in its daily statistical report that "hospitals in the Gaza Strip received 10 martyrs (including one new martyr and 9 recovered bodies), in addition to 6 injured people during the last 72 hours."
It did not mention the circumstances of the Palestinian’s death and injuries, but previous statements by the Government Media Office in Gaza and the Hamas movement confirm that Israel committed dozens of violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10, 2025.
She stated that "a number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, as ambulance and civil defense teams have been unable to reach them so far." She added that "since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025, the total number of martyrs has reached 241, the total number of wounded 614, and the total number of bodies recovered 522."
It also announced that the toll of the Israeli aggression has risen to "69,169 martyrs and 170,685 wounded since October 7, 2023".
In this context, medical officials in Gaza said on Saturday that they had received the bodies of 15 Palestinians returned by Israel to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in accordance with the ceasefire agreement, a day after Israel received the body of one of its prisoners from the Palestinian factions through the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, and announced today that the body belonged to the prisoner, Sergeant Lior Rodayev.
US-Israeli disagreement over aid delivery
On Saturday, Israeli sources said that Washington would have a "partial" role in bringing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, in response to a report published on Friday by the American newspaper "The Washington Post," which said that the United States had replaced Israel in overseeing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, as part of implementing President Donald Trump's plan.
Channel 12 quoted unnamed Israeli sources as saying that "the matter is not about transferring powers or responsibilities from Israel to the Americans, but rather that Washington will be part of formulating and implementing coordination, monitoring and supervision mechanisms related to humanitarian aid."
The sources confirmed that this would be "in full cooperation with the Israeli security authorities," and added that "there has been no change to the policy of bringing dual-use (civilian and military) equipment into the sector, and every decision in this regard will be fully coordinated and approved within Israel."
Meanwhile, the Hebrew newspaper Yediot Aharonot revealed yesterday that the United States has taken full control of the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza through the American operations center in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, known as CMCC, which includes representatives from 40 countries and organizations.
The newspaper quoted an American source as saying, "The Israelis are now part of the talks, but the final decision is in our hands."
This comes amid growing international criticism of the delayed arrival of aid to the sector, as Hamas and the government media office in Gaza say that Israel is "violating the humanitarian protocol of the agreement," noting that "the average number of trucks entering daily does not exceed 145 out of the 600 trucks that were agreed upon."
Egypt renews to move to the second phase of the agreement
In Cairo, Egypt renewed its demand for the parties involved to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10th.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty said during a call with EU High Representative Kaya Kallas that the second phase should include political, developmental and humanitarian aspects, in addition to launching the reconstruction process and ensuring the flow of humanitarian aid in line with the needs of the Gaza Strip’s population.
Abdel-Aati pointed out that Egypt is preparing to host the "International Conference for Early Recovery and Reconstruction of Gaza" during November, stressing that the full implementation of the agreement is "the only guarantee for stabilizing the situation and stopping the violations."
The ceasefire agreement, sponsored by Egypt, Qatar and Turkey with US mediation, ended the two-year Israeli war of extermination on Gaza, which resulted in the martyrdom of about 69,000 Palestinians and the injury of more than 170,000 others, most of them women and children, while the United Nations estimated the cost of reconstruction at about $70 billion.
