Civil Defense teams in the Gaza Strip announced on Wednesday that they recovered 51 bodies from the courtyard of the Sheikh Radwan Clinic in western Gaza City. The operation is part of ongoing efforts to locate and retrieve remains buried hastily during the months of Israeli aggression on the besieged territory.

According to the Civil Defense, rescue crews continue to work at the site and in nearby areas to extract additional bodies, as many were buried under rubble or in makeshift graves during the height of the war. The agency confirmed that the victims were among those who perished during the ongoing campaign of genocidal destruction carried out by the Israeli occupation.

The Gaza Ministry of Health reported earlier today that three more martyrs and four wounded were brought to local hospitals within the past 24 hours. Civil Defense teams warned that the actual number of victims remains higher, as many are still trapped under debris and in inaccessible streets amid severe shortages of equipment and fuel.

Continued casualties after ceasefire

The latest figures raise the overall death toll in Gaza to 69,185 martyrs and 170,698 wounded since the beginning of the Israeli genocide on October 7, 2023.

Despite the declared ceasefire on October 11, Israeli violations have persisted, resulting in 245 martyrs and 627 wounded since the pause took effect. The Civil Defense added that 532 bodies have been recovered from various areas across the Strip since the ceasefire began, underscoring the scale of devastation left behind.

escue workers and humanitarian officials have repeatedly called for international assistance, saying that many neighborhoods remain unsafe and inaccessible due to unexploded ordnance and structural collapses. The discovery at Sheikh Radwan Clinic highlights the continuing human toll and the massive challenges facing Gaza’s exhausted rescue teams in documenting and recovering the victims of the Israeli war.

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BBC reported on Tuesday that "Israel" has demolished more than 1,500 buildings in parts of Gaza still under its control, despite the ceasefire that began on October 10. The findings, based on satellite imagery reviewed by BBC Verify, show that entire neighborhoods have been flattened in areas occupied by Israeli forces.

Vast sections were leveled in less than a month, appearing to result from deliberate demolitions rather than combat damage. The actual number of destroyed structures could be higher due to the lack of complete satellite coverage, the BBC said.

An Israeli military spokesperson told BBC Verify that the army was acting "in accordance with the ceasefire framework." However, many analysts and rights observers argue that the large-scale demolitions violate the truce brokered by the United States, Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, showing that Tel Aviv continues to act with impunity despite international guarantees.

The ceasefire was outlined in US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza, which stipulates that "all military operations, including aerial and artillery bombardment, will be suspended." Trump has since repeated that "the war is over."

Despite this, the destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza has continued on a massive scale. BBC Verify identified hundreds of newly destroyed buildings behind the so-called Yellow Line, the boundary marking areas held by Israeli forces under the ceasefire deal. The line now effectively divides Gaza into zones under different levels of control.

Ongoing destruction

Since the ceasefire took effect, at least 242 Palestinians have been killed and more than 620 injured. Overall, more than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the war in October 2023. The continued toll underscores that, despite formal declarations, the violence has not truly ceased.

Aid access remains heavily restricted. Humanitarian agencies warn that assistance reaching Gaza is still far below the level required to sustain the population. Only a limited number of aid trucks are allowed in each day, and entire northern areas remain cut off. Meanwhile, thousands of displaced families continue to live in overcrowded tents or makeshift shelters with scarce food, medicine, and clean water.

Legal and policy experts interviewed by CNN warn that these actions may breach both the ceasefire terms and international law. Dr. H. A. Hellyer said, "This is definitely a violation of the ceasefire. But [Washington] DC is unwilling to recognise it as such, insisting that the ceasefire has to hold, even when it isn't actually holding."

Adil Haque, a law professor at Rutgers University, stated that during a ceasefire, "it is not plausible that such significant destruction of civilian property has been rendered absolutely necessary by military operations."