The ministry said in a statistical statement that two Palestinians were killed in the past 24 hours, including one person who died from his wounds. It did not clarify the circumstances of the deaths of the two martyrs, while the Israeli occupation army continues its violations of the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, 2025, through bombing and shooting, which leads to martyrs and wounded.
In this context, the ministry reported that the death toll from Israeli violations since October 11 has risen to "775 martyrs and 2,171 wounded".
In this context, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society warned of the worsening health crisis in the sector, stressing that only about 700 patients have been able to leave Gaza to receive treatment abroad since the Rafah crossing was reopened on a limited basis on February 2, compared to more than 18,000 patients and wounded people waiting for medical evacuation.
The association's spokesman, Raed Al-Nims, said that the pace of evacuation was "very slow" and did not match the scale of the needs, noting that thousands of critical cases were at risk of losing their lives due to a lack of medical resources and delays in approvals.
This comes as Israel controls the crossings into the Gaza Strip, including the Rafah crossing on the Palestinian side, while continuing to occupy more than 50% of the Strip’s area, exacerbating restrictions on the movement of patients and limiting their opportunities to receive treatment outside Gaza.
Al-Nims called on the international community to intervene urgently to ensure that the crossings are opened permanently, and to keep the medical file separate from any political or security considerations, while stressing the need to provide safe and sustainable corridors for medical evacuation.
Since the reopening of the Rafah crossing, those returning to Gaza have reported being subjected to Israeli harassment, including detention and harsh interrogation lasting for hours, before being allowed to continue their journey to the Strip.
Before the war of extermination, hundreds of Palestinians used to leave Gaza daily through the crossing, and hundreds of others would return to the Strip in a normal movement. The mechanism of work at the crossing was subject to the Ministry of Interior in Gaza and the Egyptian side, without Israeli interference.
Despite the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, Israel continues its genocide through a continuous siege and daily bombing, and prevents the entry of agreed quantities of food, medicine, medical supplies, shelter materials and prefabricated homes into Gaza, where about 2.4 million Palestinians, including 1.5 million displaced people, live in catastrophic conditions.
The agreement was reached two years after a genocidal war launched by Israel on October 7, 2023, with American support, which left massive destruction affecting 90% of civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about $70 billion.
