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An Israeli relative shot dead an 11-year-old girl whose family had returned to the designated safe zone on Thursday. More than 400 people have been reported dead since a ceasefire agreement was reached to end the fighting in Gaza three months ago.
Hamsa Husu was taken to Al-Shifa Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, after shells and rockets hit her home in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza. Outside the hospital morgue, her uncle, Kamis Hsu, told The Associated Press that the family returned home on October 11, 2025, a day after the ceasefire took effect.
Hsu, who said his niece dreamed of becoming a doctor, said he heard the sound of Israeli soldiers harassing the area hit by shells and squirrels early Thursday. He left the apartment and ran to the house where Fifty lived and found her lying on the floor.
They took the girl to a nearby clinic, but the ambulance there had a flat tire. He said they waited about 15 minutes, before taking her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
“They say there is a ceasefire and the war on Gaza has stopped. Is this just in the media, there are explosions and belts of fire every day?” he asked. “The shooting will not stop. Where is the ceasefire?”
Khamis Hsu said that the Fallujah neighborhood in Jabalia, where his family lives, is on the western side of the yellow cease-fire line, but is still under daily shelling by Israeli soldiers.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It is said that since the beginning of the ceasefire agreement, military actions have been taken in response to the violation of the agreement.
At least 425 Palestinians have been killed in the three months since the ceasefire agreement took effect, Gaza’s health ministry reported Thursday.
The total number of Palestinian deaths in the Israel-Hamas war has reached at least 71,395, according to the Ministry of Health, and another 171,287 have been injured.
The latest ceasefire agreement is in its early stages as efforts continue to recover the bodies of the last hostages in Gaza.
Israel’s Hostages and Disappeared Families Forum said on Wednesday that it had been notified that groups had begun searching for Ran Givili. The 24-year-old policeman was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants kidnapped 251 people and killed nearly 1,200 civilians, according to Israeli figures.
Israel strikes Gaza rocket launch site.
Separately, the Israeli military said on Thursday it had launched a targeted attack on a rocket launch site near Gaza City, targeting a failed stronghold, raising questions about when the next Gaza ceasefire will begin.
The military said the suspected projectile did not enter Israeli territory and the launch site was discovered after the test was discovered.
They accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire twice in the past 24 hours. A Palestinian militant source told Reuters it was investigating the allegations.
US President Donald Trump discussed next steps regarding the Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump has said there will be hell to pay if Hamas does not disarm, but withdrawing Israeli forces is a ‘different issue’.
Israel is waiting to hand over the last part because of the current reconciliation process. An Israeli official close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will not move to the next phase of the ceasefire until Hamas returns the body of the last Israeli hostage still held in Gaza.
Israel has not yet opened the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, another condition of the US-backed plan, and only after the rest are returned.