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Gaza Death Toll Since Israel Shattered Ceasefire in March Reaches 2,000, Entire Families Wiped Out

HeadlineApr 25, 2025

In Gaza, Israeli attacks have killed more than 60 people since early Thursday, bringing the death toll since Israel shattered a ceasefire agreement last month to nearly 2,000. Among the recent dead are a family of five — a pregnant mother, a father and their three children — who were killed by an Israeli drone strike on their tent in the southern Gaza Strip. Another strike early Thursday collapsed a home in Gaza City, killing a Palestinian former prisoner and his entire family.

Ahmed Mourad: “Our neighbor was in prison for 13 years, and after he was released, he got married and had children. His eldest daughter is 8 years old, and his youngest son is a year-and-a-half old. He was born during the war. Ali al-Sarafiti’s entire family died and was erased from the civil registry, along with his siblings and himself. They all died.”

Israel’s military on Thursday offered a rare apology to the United Nations, after an Israeli tank shelled a guest house in Gaza last month, killing a U.N. staff member and wounding six others. Israel initially denied responsibility. Israeli attacks have killed at least 285 U.N. workers since October 2023.

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