Gaza's three-year toll Hamas alleges truce breaches

Oct 7

On the war's third anniversary, CCTV reports multiple Gaza deaths in Israeli attacks from the evening of October 6 through October 7. It relays Hamas's October 7 condemnation of Israel's humanitarian impact and alleged ceasefire violations, and Israel's previous-day statement that it would continue targeting Hamas. Citing UN-agency data, it gives more than 70,000 Gaza deaths over three years and displacement of nearly all of roughly 2.1 million residents. It recalls more than 1,200 killed in Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. Current deaths and cumulative figures retain their different periods; responsibility and ceasefire judgments are attributed.

On October 7, three years after the latest war began, Hamas condemns Israel's humanitarian impact in Gaza and alleged continuing ceasefire violations. CCTV's anniversary account explains that assessment through reported Israeli attacks from the previous evening through that day, Israel's October 6 statement that it would continue targeting Hamas, and UN-agency three-year death/displacement figures. Responsibility and breach judgments remain attributed; recent deaths and cumulative tolls are distinct. Kan quotes the same morning anniversary statement calling Al-Aqsa Flood a historical milestone, asserting a right of resistance and demanding that Washington and mediators compel Israel to implement the roadmap. Elior Levy criticizes the statement and what he considers Hamas's normalization through US contacts. These quoted demands and his assessment remain distinct from CCTV's attributed humanitarian/ceasefire account, without turning either source's judgment into an adjudicated fact.