Hamas hands over the bodies of three more captives after a “complex search operation” in Gaza City. Israeli forces have killed another Palestinian in Gaza despite the United States-brokered ceasefire, bringing the toll since the agreement to 236.

Lebanon’s National News Agency says that an Israeli drone fired three missiles near the Zefta–Nmeiriyeh junction in the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon. Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 68,858 people and wounded 170,664 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.

The Palestinian man shot dead by an Israeli settler north of Hebron this morning has been identified as Ahmed Rabhi al-Atrash, the Wafa news agency reports.

As we reported earlier, the man was shot in the head in the Ras al-Joura area in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli forces blocked its crew from reaching the man to provide treatment after he was shot.

A ceasefire has been in effect in Gaza since October 10, but Israel has not stopped its brutal violence.

In the span of three weeks, Israeli attacks have killed more than 220 Palestinians. On Tuesday, Israel massacred more than 100 people in 24 hours. Israel continues to refuse to let in the amount of aid agreed in the ceasefire. It is blocking materials and equipment for reconstruction and large-scale medical evacuations.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers and settlers continue to attack the Palestinian people and their property with impunity. They have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians, including 213 children, since October 7, 2023. Just on October 16, Israeli soldiers shot dead a nine-year-old child while he was playing football with friends.

A ceasefire clearly will not stop the killing as long as Israel receives political, military and logistical support from the West to continue its occupation and colonisation of Palestine. Two years of street protests throughout the world have sought to pressure governments to reverse their position on Israel, but they have failed to achieve significant change.