Basem Naim, July 3 -- GAZA - A child photographed this week amid the rubble near the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza City stands as a kind of measure of the October ceasefire. The truce that was supposed to end the killing has been violated, according to a Hamas official, 3,503 times since it took effect. The dead since then number 1,059 Palestinians.

of the 3,503 incidents recorded since the ceasefire began in October 2025, 1,546 were shellings, 1,359 were shootings, 387 were airstrikes, 145 were ground incursions, 66 resulted in arrests, and 387 homes were demolished. Another 3,429 Palestinians were wounded. The figures come from Hamas and Gaza's Government Media Office and have not been independently verified.

That is an average ...