Israel Gaza attacks persist during Iran ceasefire window

Israel carried out military operations in Gaza on 36 of the 40 days between February 28 and April 8, according to the figures in the source material. The same period overlapped with a two-week ceasefire that the United States and Iran agreed to after 40 days of conflict. During those 40 days, the source says Israeli actions in Gaza killed at least 107 people and injured 342 others.

The activity described took place despite what the source calls a broader ceasefire agreement in Gaza reached six months earlier. The source states Israel has reportedly violated that Gaza ceasefire thousands of times. Alongside the reported military operations, the period was marked by tightened limits on humanitarian assistance and on the movement of patients needing urgent care.

Israeli authorities closed all crossings into Gaza on February 28, including the Rafah crossing, the source says. That closure stopped the transfer of wounded patients out of the territory. The source adds that limited medical evacuations restarted on March 19, but only a small share of those covered by an agreement were able to leave for treatment.

Specifically, the source reports that 625 out of 7,800 agreed-upon travelers were permitted to depart Gaza for medical care, which it describes as approximately 8%. Separately, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is cited as saying that more than 18,500 critical patients require medical evacuation. The gap between the number of people needing evacuation and the number allowed to travel underscores the scale of unmet medical needs described in the source.

Restrictions also applied to goods entering Gaza. The source says that only 4,999 of 23,400 trucks specified under the ceasefire agreement were allowed into the Strip, described as roughly 20%. It adds that these limits worsened food insecurity across the territory.

On food conditions, the source cites the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) as reporting that 77% of Gaza’s population faced high levels of acute food insecurity during the period. The IPC is also cited as saying 1,885 people were experiencing famine conditions. The source does not provide additional detail on how long these conditions persisted beyond the stated timeframe.

For global markets and politics, the figures outlined in the source place renewed attention on humanitarian access, cross-border logistics, and the durability of ceasefire arrangements occurring alongside separate diplomatic tracks. Key uncertainties in the source include how long the described restrictions and operational tempo continued after April 8, and whether the stated ceasefire terms were adjusted or enforced differently over time.