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Gaza marked the third anniversary of October 7 with at least four more dead, Al Jazeera reports: a Civil Defence volunteer near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, a 60-year-old in a Khan Younis drone strike, a 17-year-old south of the city, and a teenager who died of a month-old gunshot wound. The Israeli military says it killed two Hamas operatives leaving Kamal Adwan, one of whom it says planted explosives near the Yellow Line, per the Times of Israel. COGAT scheduled the crossings shut for the day. Nickolay Mladenov, writing in The National, sees three futures: renewed war, permanent limbo, or reconstruction through disarmament. The ministry counts more than 74,245 killed since October 2023 and 1,460 since the truce; UNRWA gives about 1,394 for the truce period. Israel counts four soldiers killed by militants in the same stretch, per Reuters. The stabilization force is committed on paper and absent on the ground.

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GAZA · GROUND TRUTH

At least four Palestinians were killed across Gaza on the anniversary, Al Jazeera reports; the army says it hit two Hamas operatives at Kamal Adwan.

500 · 0

Advance force, inside Gaza · Jeffers

Design 20,000 + 12,000 police · 9/24

74,245

Killed since Oct 2023 · Health Ministry

“More than” · Al Jazeera 10/7

1,460 · 1,394

Killed since the truce · ministry vs UNRWA

Ministry via Al Jazeera 10/6 · UNRWA via SCR

72,826

Trucks since the truce · Media Office

Of 210,600 agreed · 35% · 9/29

Four dead on the anniversary. Israeli attacks killed at least four Palestinians Wednesday, among them Civil Defence volunteer Mohamed Tamous near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya and a 17-year-old south of Khan Younis, Al Jazeera reported.
Two accounts at Kamal Adwan. The Israeli military says it killed two Hamas operatives leaving the hospital, one of whom it says planted explosives near the Yellow Line, per the Times of Israel. Hamas hasn’t addressed the claim.
A drone over Khan Younis. Hisham Ibrahim Abu Mustafa, 60, was killed and several people hurt, Al Jazeera reported. The Times of Israel logged an older man killed and seven injured, one critically, in southern Gaza.
Three futures, by Mladenov. Renewed war, permanent limbo, or reconstruction through disarmament, Nickolay Mladenov wrote in The National: “Despair is a poor foundation for peace and an excellent recruiting tool for extremism.”
Gates shut for the day. COGAT scheduled Gaza’s crossings closed Monday and again Wednesday for the October 7 commemorations, saying “humanitarian aid will not enter,” per the Jerusalem Post.
A warning before the anniversary. Katz ordered the army ready for “any possible scenario.” His ministry: “If our forces suffer losses, Hamas and the population of Gaza will pay a very heavy price, on a considerable scale,” per L’Orient Today.
More than 74,245. That’s the ministry’s count of the killed since October 2023, as Al Jazeera carried it Wednesday, after 181 previously unverified deaths were added this week. Most of the week’s rise is reconciliation, not new deaths.
Since the truce: 1,460. The ministry’s count rose from 1,422 on Sep 29 to 1,460 on Oct 5, per Al Jazeera. UNRWA, cited by Security Council Report, gives about 1,394.
Israeli dead, three counts. Since the truce: four soldiers, per an Oct 3 wire report in Al Arabiya; five, per Reuters reporting carried by Modern Diplomacy; seven Israelis, per the Next Century Foundation’s index.
Two-thirds, by Reuters’ count. Israeli forces now control “roughly two-thirds of the territory,” per Reuters via Modern Diplomacy. The Danish Refugee Council puts the zone near 70%; the UN’s restricted-land figure is 65%.
A trench along the line. Israeli forces are completing “an anti-vehicle barrier consisting of a wide trench and an earthen embankment” east of the Yellow Line, Yedioth Ahronoth reported via Middle East Monitor. The army hasn’t described it.
Trucks, measured three ways. Reuters’ year-on average is 227 trucks a day, aid and commercial. The Media Office counts 72,826 against 210,600 due. The Crossings Authority logged 1,446 at Kerem Shalom Sep 25 to Oct 1.
Rafah, patients only. In the week to Oct 1, 332 people left Gaza, all patients and companions, and 271 returned, per the Next Century Foundation. Kissufim and Erez stay shut, WHO says.
The force: committed, not deployed. Security Council Report says the force under US Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers hasn’t deployed. Reuters lists Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Albania, Kosovo and Uganda as committing personnel.
A word Hamas won’t use. Hamas rejected the term “disarmament” but indicated its weapons could sit under the proposed Palestinian administration, per Reuters via Modern Diplomacy. Israel says Hamas is rearming.
The violations ledgers don’t share a method. The Media Office counts 5,147 Israeli violations since the truce. The IDF’s own published tally is 14, between Sep 4 and 15, via Long War Journal.
The missing sit outside every total. The ministry counts 835 bodies recovered since the truce. Palestinian civil defence estimates more than 8,000 still under rubble.

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