Gaza: The genocide has not ended

Source: B'Tselem

Israeli human rights organisation Btselem have issued a new report on the situation in Gaza. They write: 'Although the 'ceasefire' agreement was signed nearly three months ago, Israel continues to kill Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip, systematically demolishes buildings and infrastructure and restricts the entry of humanitarian aid.

'Since the start of the 'ceasefire' on 10 October 2025, Israel has killed 422 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Winter rains are flooding tent camps in displacement sites across Gaza, where nearly 1.5 million people are crowded together, leaving entire families without any shelter from the harsh winter conditions and without basic necessities.

'The combination of cold, flooding and the destruction of sewage and water infrastructure as a result of Israel's genocidal assault is creating an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.

'Thousands of distress calls have been reported to the Civil Defense emergency hotline across the Strip. Seventeen people were killed when buildings collapsed during the storm, and three children died of hypothermia, including a two-week-old infant.

'While tens of thousands of people are waiting for medical evacuation, in recent months Israel has allowed the evacuation of only 260 patients out of Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is preventing the entry of medical teams into the Gaza Strip and denying residents access to treatment. Despite an increase in the amount of food entering Gaza, and as prices remain beyond reach for most residents, an estimated 1.6 million people are expected to suffer from acute hunger in 2026

'As of last Friday, Israel has barred staff from 37 humanitarian organizations from entering the Gaza Strip. This is another step in a long list of restrictions and obstacles imposed on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, in violation of the commitments Israel undertook as part of the agreement. This is a direct continuation of an Israeli policy aimed at maintaining inhuman conditions in the Strip, while deliberately harming a civilian population under blockade and attack.

'Since October 2023, the Israeli regime has been carrying out genocide in the Gaza Strip. As of early January 2026, the assault has claimed the lives of more than 71,391 people and left some 171,279 injured. These figures are an underestimation given the widespread destruction and the collapse of the healthcare system. A central tool serving the genocide in Gaza has been the forced displacement of approximately 1.9 million people (90% of the population), who have been repeatedly pushed into ever-shrinking, overcrowded areas lacking the infrastructure required to meet even the most basic needs of IDPs.

'Even now, Israel continues to hold most of the territory of the Gaza Strip and systematically prevents IDPs from returning to the areas from which they were pushed out. Turning millions of people into destitute IDPs, while systematically bombing the so-called "safe zones" to which they were ordered to evacuate, is not a byproduct of the fighting. It is a deliberate Israeli attempt to shatter the family unit, unravel the social fabric and undermine Palestinians' ability to survive as a group in the Gaza Strip.'

Read Btselem's full report: No Place Under Heaven: Forced displacement in the Gaza Strip, 2023-2025.