Ongoing military operations and civilian casualties

Today on State of the World Despite a ceasefire in Gaza, civilians don't feel safe . You're listening to State of the World from NPR. We bring you the day's most vital international stories up close where they're happening. I'm Greg Dixon . There's been a ceasefire in effect in Gaza for eight months , but in that time, more than a thousand Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces , a thousand killings since President Trump declared the war in Gaza over. In today's episode, NPR's Honest Baba takes us to the Palestinian territory and a warning his report will contain the sound of gunfire. In Gaza, he says nowhere is safe for civilians, even in a ceasefire. In the heart of Gaza City, in what was once considered an upscale neighborhood called every now . Small signs of everyday life have resumed in this ceasefire , like people gathering at this popular and simple cafe. Mahmoud Kohan says this cafe isn't just a place to meet friends but a space to feel normal again . The twenty four year old Saints he was stunned when a man sitting just a few tables away was suddenly shot dead . Surveillance footage from this outdoor cafe in Arima shows Halid Al Masre , a forty year old businessman and the father of three , seated with friends when he suddenly slumps over . His friends jump in panic, confused, blood is oozing from his head . People at the cafe say Elmasri was shot by a remote controlled Israelidi Nashine gun mounted on a large train , nearly half a mile away where Israel's occupies territory. People living closer to the crane say the gun opened fire daily, but bullets rarely travel this far . Gaza's health ministry says the gunfire that day also tore through a nearby makeshift t ents, killing a nineteen year old and wounding others. When asked by NPR, Israel's military did not acknowledge the incident . Israeli forces now occupy nearly seventy percent of the Gaz a Strip. Israeli civilians and attack drones constantly roam over the sliver of territory where two million Palestinians are squeezed . And as the world att'sention was focused on the US Israeli war with Iran, Israeli forces steadily took over more territory in the Gaza Strip and killed more people last month than any time this year according to Gaza's health records , Israeli gunfire brings out in Palestinian areas where Israel is bushing deeper . Israel's military acknowledges shooting at people who are within half a mile of its forces , saying they pose a threat to troops. Some of those killed have been children collecting firewood . Other times, it's people unaware of Israel's shifting zone of control , like Abu Ajin, once a farmer in Gaza . He was walking along a main road with his son, Ryan, and brother in law near their home in Central Gaza this month. Suddenly, bullets began flying overhead. Abu Ajin says Israeli forces shot him below the knee and his five year old son Rayan in the head . He says four Israeli soldiers then dragged them into a car , ignoring his place to help his dying son. Israel's ministry says, soldiers identified several Gazans approaching them, initiated apprehension procedures , and opened quote warning fire. The military said it regrets harm to civilians without elaborating. Abula Jin says he was blindfolded and was shilled for around six hours as his son died in his arms . He says Israeli soldiers then released them to an open area of Gaza where Palestinians could take them to a hospital where his son was pronounced dead. His brother in law remains det ained . And this week, four missile strikes targeted a car in Gaza City in broad daylight, sending people running for cover. Israel's military says it struck a Hamas militant, but Gaz Health Ministry says the only person killed was a seventeen year old girl who had already lost her father in the war. She was struck on her way to find internet access to take final exams for the school year . Back at the cafe, Gohil says anyone can be killed at any time in Gaza from a bombard, tank fire or missile. He says there is no safety , whether there is a ceasefire or not . And as Barbara NPR news gets a city That's the state of the world from NPR . Thanks for listening