<article data-history-node-id="431652" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-killed-279-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-government-media-office" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-killed-279-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-government-media-office" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel killed 279 Palestinians in Gaza since ceasefire, government media office says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed a total of 279 people and wounded 652 since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October, according to the government media office in the Strip.</p> <p>The office said Israel has carried out 393 attacks in this period, in violation of the ceasefire.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Relatives mourn over the bodies of children killed in an Israeli strike, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on October 29, 2025. " data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f3fa5f68-ee2b-4cc7-b893-a17ea328ab58" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_82CL3ET.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Relatives mourn over the bodies of children killed in an Israeli strike, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on October 29, 2025. " typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Relatives mourn over the bodies of children killed in an Israeli strike, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on 29 October 2025. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="431310" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/genocide-stopped-only-media-gaza-endures-daily-bombings-month-truce" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/genocide-stopped-only-media-gaza-endures-daily-bombings-month-truce" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'Genocide stopped only in media': Gaza endures daily bombings a month into truce</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, almost nothing has changed for Manar Jendiya.</p> <p>Originally from Gaza City, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;mother&nbsp;has remained displaced in Deir al-Balah since the truce took effect on 11 October, as most of her neighbourhood, Shujaiya, remains under&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;control.</p> <p>Two weeks into the agreement, Israeli forces heavily bombed the area where she was staying, forcing her to seek refuge elsewhere.</p> <p>One of the attacks killed her sister.</p> <p>“Her husband was killed earlier in the war, so she had been caring for her children alone,” Jendiya told Middle East Eye.</p> <p>“When the attacks in Gaza City escalated and evacuation orders were issued repeatedly, she didn’t want to risk losing her children as well, so she sought refuge in a makeshift tent in central Gaza,” she added.</p> <p>“She never imagined she would be killed here too, leaving her children without a mother or father.”</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/genocide-stopped-only-media-gaza-endures-daily-bombings-month-truce">Gaza endures daily bombings a month into truce</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A Palestinian girl in the Jabalia neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip, 4 November 2025 (Habboub Ramez/ABACA via Reuters)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="00a5e3ac-9fa5-4aa0-bfa0-c55fc56276a3" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/2025-11-04T000000Z_681540819_MT1ABCPR973171007_RTRMADP_3_ABACA-PRESS%20%281%29.jpeg" width="1400" height="788" alt="A Palestinian girl in the Jabalia neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip, 4 November 2025 (Habboub Ramez/ABACA via Reuters)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A Palestinian girl in the Jabalia neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip, 4 November 2025 (Habboub Ramez/ABACA via Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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