UN Says Israeli Attacks Killed At Least 11 Palestinians In Gaza During Ceasefire

Despite a ceasefire in effect since October 10, 2025, civilians continued to die in Gaza, with the UN human rights office saying it was "horrified" by the ongoing violence.

“UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced yesterday, Monday, the death of 136 UN staff members while performing their duties over the past year, including 80 staff who were working in the Gaza Strip”

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Ajith Sunghay, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the occupied Palestinian territory, said, "People die every day, both from Israeli attacks and from restrictions imposed by Israel on the entry of humanitarian aid."

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The UN said at least 11 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack that occurred on Wednesday, and it reported that 477 people had been killed since the start of the truce according to Gaza's health authorities.

OHCHR also tallied at least 80 Palestinians killed by Hamas since the ceasefire, while violence continued across the strip including near the "yellow line," a separation zone drawn by Israeli authorities inside Gaza.

Between the ceasefire and January 21, 2026, OHCHR recorded at least 216 deaths, including 46 children and 28 women, notably from drone strikes targeting shelters for displaced Palestinians and residential buildings.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced that 136 UN staff members died while performing their duties over the past year, including 80 staff working in the Gaza Strip.

Guterres said the victims came from 32 countries, including 97 civilian staff and 39 members of peacekeeping forces, and he noted that 80 of the dead were working for UNRWA in the Gaza Strip.

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He stressed that "targeting UN staff, peacekeepers, and humanitarian workers constitutes a violation of international law," while the UN News account described repeated violence and restrictions that continued through the ceasefire.

The UN News report said Palestinian journalists were being killed and that international journalists were still denied entry to Gaza, including an Israeli strike that targeted a vehicle carrying three Palestinian journalists near the Netzarim area in central Gaza.

In the same UN News account, OHCHR warned that the "Israeli army" continued to flout its obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law, including the right to life.

A UN report described the intensification of attacks and the systematic destruction of entire neighborhoods in Gaza, saying the denial of humanitarian aid appeared to aim at a permanent demographic change.

“In Gaza, civilians continue to die despite the ceasefire”

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The UN in Brief report said at least 463 Palestinians, including 157 children, in the Gaza Strip are believed to have died from hunger, and it described famine and malnutrition as the direct result of measures taken by the Israeli government such as blocking the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

It warned that "Any use of famine of the civilian population as a method of warfare constitutes a war crime," and it added that such acts can also amount to crimes against humanity if committed within a systematic or widespread attack.

Separately, Al-Jazeera Net said the ceasefire was announced after two years of an Israeli genocide war that left behind enormous destruction including 90% of the civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.

Al-Jazeera Net also cited the United Nations estimate that rebuilding the destroyed Gaza Strip will cost about 70 billion dollars.