Israel's Aggression Against Occupied Palestine: October 2025

During the first ten days of October, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) expanded their military operations in Gaza City to include several neighborhoods. A ceasefire was reached on 10 October, but it didn't last long. The IOF violated the ceasefire with a series of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, forcing around 5,000 Palestinians to leave Khan Younis. During October, Israel killed 2,776 Palestinians in occupied Palestine:  2,761 in the Gaza Strip and 15 in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. The total number of Palestinians injured in October reached 2,317, with 2,128 in the Gaza Strip and 189 in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.

Between 13 and 20 October, a prisoner exchange took place, resulting in the release of 1,968 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Additionally, Israel released the bodies of 195 Palestinians, some of whom could not be identified by their families due to the severity of their fatal injuries.

Moreover, Israel, the occupying Power, continued its policy of starvation and the blockade of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The World Food Program (WFP) confirmed that since the ceasefire went into effect on 10 October, no large-scale convoys have entered northern Gaza -an area that the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) had already declared famine-stricken in August. The Food Security Sector noted that, due to extensive destruction and logistical challenges in re-establishing supply lines, the resumption of partner operations was taking considerably longer than in cases following previous ceasefires.