New Delhi, July 17 -- GAZA CITY - "The entire people of Gaza have not lived a single day of ceasefire," said a relative of one of Thursday's victims, hours after Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians across the Gaza Strip through aerial strikes, tank fire, and vehicle attacks. The word 'ceasefire' still appears in diplomatic communiques nine months after the October deal was signed. More than 1,100 Palestinians have died since the agreement took effect.

Two of the dead were killed in an air strike near the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City. A third died when an Israeli bombing hit a camp sheltering displaced Palestinians on the city's western edge. Tank fire claimed a fourth life in eastern Gaza City, and Israeli forces struck ...