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In her tent in central Gaza early one morning last month, 31-year-old Fida al-Toutah, a mother of five, was combing her daughter's hair when the sound of gunfire erupted.
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"My mother shouted at us to get down," her son Ezz recalled, weeping as he spoke.
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He only realised Fida had been hit when he saw the bloodied hands of his younger brother, who had been clinging onto his mother as the bullets came in.
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What did she do wrong?" Ezz said.
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Fida died on 21 September from a gunshot wound to the head.
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She is among more than 1,400 people in Gaza who have been killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the ceasefire on 10 October last year, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the UN.
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The ceasefire saw thousands of Palestinians held by Israel released in return for all of the 48 remaining hostages held in Gaza, and an agreement to end the war - which was triggered by the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, when about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.
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On the ground in Gaza, it meant that Israel's large-scale bombardment stopped, which brought substantial relief and an increase in humanitarian aid and medical supplies entering the territory.
But even during the ceasefire, Israel has continued launching strikes in Gaza almost every day.
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In the past week alone more than 30 people have been killed, according to Gaza's health ministry.
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Israel says it is targeting Hamas operatives, and accuses Hamas of continued violations of the ceasefire.
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Every day there is killing and death lurking around," said Ahed, Fida's husband.
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In response to the BBC's questions about Fida's killing, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they had no record of the incident.
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The total death toll from Israeli attacks since the start of the war in Gaza three years ago now stands at more than 74,000, according to the Gaza health ministry.
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Outside Fida's tent, her brother Ibrahim pointed to the holes he said were made by a volley of bullets fired by Israeli forces.
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Imagine that a military vehicle came down here and fired a spray of bullets," he said.
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"There was also gunfire coming from the sky, from above, from quadcopters, and it was directed at unarmed civilians.
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Fida is the fourth of Ibrahim's siblings to be killed since the start of the war.
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"We left our neighbourhood Zeitoun to survive, but death is following us," he said.
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The family has moved seven times but safety has been out of reach.
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Most of Gaza's 2.1 million population has been displaced multiple times by the war, the UN says, with many forced to live in tented cities and unsafe structures.
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On the same day that Fida was killed, 14-year-old Ismail al-Bardawil was also shot dead.
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He was killed in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah, in southern Gaza.
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His family told the BBC that he was shot by Israeli forces while he and his brothers were fishing in the Mediterranean Sea, around 20m (66ft) from the shore.
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He is one of more than 300 children killed since the start of the ceasefire, according to Gaza's health ministry.
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The IDF said it had no information about this incident either.
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Over the past year, the IDF has released videos of its operations in Gaza targeted at Hamas and other groups.
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At least seven Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the start of the ceasefire.
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Both Fida and Ismail lived close to the so-called Yellow Line that separates the areas occupied by the Israeli military in Gaza from areas controlled by Hamas in the west.
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Areas around the line are considered the most dangerous because Israeli forces have frequently opened fire there.
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The strip was densely populated even before the war began.
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Now, its population is squeezed into under 40% of its area, which is controlled by Hamas.
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In those areas the group maintains a tight grip, clamping down on dissent and still recruiting fighters.
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In May this year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had directed the IDF to increase the area of Gaza under Israel's control to 70%.
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Architect Amal Alabadla, who lived in a comfortable flat prior to the war, now lives in a tent on the coastline.
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"Every time the rains come, it gets flooded.
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I feel very scared when the wind is strong because our tent gets destroyed or damaged," she said.
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Amal is forced to raise her two boys - Mohammed and Noah - on her own.
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Her husband was not in Gaza when the war broke out, and in three years they have not been reunited.
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Amal's three brothers, who helped her care for the boys, were killed in separate attacks before the ceasefire began.
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"During the winter, my son suffers from epilepsy seizures because of the cold.
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…and 13 more, not listed.
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