Palestinian International Organization for Peace and Human Rights

October 20, 2025

What happened?

A report published on October 20, 2025, stated that airstrikes killed 45 people, including women and children, despite a ceasefire declared on October 10.

Impact of the incident on civilians

The new losses raise the importance of documenting incidents and assessing compliance with civilian protection rules and ceasefire arrangements.

Protecting residential areas

International humanitarian law requires parties to a conflict to distinguish between combatants and civilians, to verify targets, and to take precautions in attack. The legality of any operation remains contingent on the information available at the time of its execution and the extent of anticipated harm to civilians.

What is needed to protect the population?

These developments necessitate careful monitoring of the facts related to the issue of “the killing of 45 Palestinians during raids after the ceasefire in October,” making information available to the affected families, providing treatment, relief or redress according to the nature of the harm, and distinguishing between established information and the legal characterization that requires a competent investigation.

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