Hamas documents nearly 270 Israeli violations since ceasefire took effect

As the Gaza ceasefire hangs in the balance of Israel living up to its commitments to allow sufficient aid entry to the besieged territory, Hamas released a list, detailing “key violations of the ceasefire”.

In a document provided to the media by a Hamas official, the Palestinian movement presented a list of the kinds of ways that Israel has been violating the terms of the ceasefire/prisoner-exchange agreement ratified in January.

The document breaks down the number of ceasefire violations, recorded at 269 between January 19 and February 11, as well as provides five separate categories of violations that either directly violate or violate the spirit of the deal including field violations, prisoners, humanitarian aid, denial of essential medical supplies and also political violations.

The Hamas document also details twenty-two ways the ceasefire has been violated, fitting inside the above-mentioned categories.

The 269 violations were made up of 26 murders and 59 injuries inflicted, 36 gunfire violations, 29 ground incursions, 9 bombardments, in addition to five fishermen and drivers being placed in detention, while “105 violations were recorded involving the flighting of reconnaissance planes and drones, including (Hermes 450, Hermes 900, Super Heron, Zoveit, QuadCopter), with many of these carrying ammunition, particularly over areas designated for captive’s handover.”

As previously reported, the agreement’s implementation was even delayed for three hours on January 19 to give way to one last Israeli bombing campaign.

While the ceasefire was supposed to begin at 8:30 AM that day, Israel used a short delay in the handover of a prisoner list to continue its assaults, which was a violation of the terms of the agreement.

It wasn’t until 11:15 AM that the Israeli military would stop firing on Palestinian civilians on the ceasefire implementation day, which caused the deaths of 19 people.

While Hamas handed over the three Israeli female captives on time, some 92 Palestinian women and children who were being held hostage by Israel were scheduled to be released at 3 PM that same day, yet weren’t released until 3 AM the following day instead.

Israel also has a pattern of violating ceasefire agreements that have been copiously documented in the past and present. In fact, there has not been a single ceasefire agreement in Israel’s history that it has not in some way violated.

In 2014, Israel invaded and launched a large-scale aerial assault on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the murder of 2,310 Palestinians, 70% of whom were civilians, while injuring 10,626 others.

Following the 2014 ceasefire, Israel also played the game of arbitrarily preventing aid, equipment, fuel, and reconstruction material into the besieged coastal territory. In fact, the restrictions were so severe that the full reconstruction plan was never fulfilled.

The Israeli military acts as if it has a free hand to attack anywhere inside Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, the West Bank and Gaza.