Gaza health ministry says 1,580 killed since the ceasefire began, as strikes hit Khan Younis and Nuseirat
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Saturday that 1,580 Palestinians had been killed and 5,711 wounded in Israeli fire since the October 2025 ceasefire took effect. Medical sources told Anadolu that two people were killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday and a third died of earlier wounds.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said that, as of Saturday 31 October, 1,580 Palestinians had been killed and 5,711 wounded by Israeli fire since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025, Anadolu Agency reported.
Two Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday and a third died of wounds from an earlier attack, medical sources told Anadolu. A source at Nasser Medical Complex said one person was killed in a strike on a tent sheltering displaced people west of Khan Younis. A source at Al-Awda Hospital said a man was killed in a strike north of the Nuseirat refugee camp, and that four people were injured in a strike east of the Maghazi camp. Al-Shifa Hospital said a man injured several days earlier in a strike on a vehicle in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa area had died.
Local sources told Anadolu that Israeli artillery and military vehicles shelled parts of Beit Lahia, Gaza City, Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, and that Israeli naval vessels fired along the Gaza City coast. Anadolu’s report did not include comment from the Israeli military on the incidents.
Background: The ministry, which is part of the Hamas-run administration, says more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began in October 2023. Its figures do not distinguish between civilians and fighters.
US angle: The ceasefire took effect in October 2025 under a plan backed by US President Donald Trump.
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