Gaza’s ‘ceasefire’ exposes why Zionism must be defeated

IDF strikes continue

Nearly three months into the supposed ceasefire between Nazi IDF forces and the united Palestinian resistance in Gaza, the fire has hardly ceased. Since Oct. 10, the IDF has violated the ceasefire in Gaza at least 875 times. Out of these 875 violations, 421 were airstrikes or artillery shelling. 

These strikes have resulted in the deaths of more than 400 people. Injuries from the strikes number well over 1,000. Many of these strikes have targeted aid distribution stations and the Egyptian border crossing. UNRWA’s facilities in the strip have also faced IDF bombardment in the period since the ceasefire. 

While the attacks are not the same pace as seen between Oct. 7, 2023, and Oct. 10, 2025, they are still aimed at the oppression and genocide of the Palestinian people. Meanwhile, there are no verified reports of any Hamas or other resistance group violating the ceasefire. This ceasefire is really less a pause in fighting than it is a license for slow death in Gaza. 

The Western world happily tolerates constant IDF ceasefire violations yet continues to frame the resistance as terrorists and criminals.

Weather and famine plague Gaza

As if U.S. imperialist-backed occupation wasn’t bad enough, the weather has battered the Gaza Strip constantly over the past several months. Rain and wind have pelted the strip, leading to severe flooding. Hundreds of tents washed away as the rain pounded Gaza. 

To be clear, the weather is not the real cause of this suffering. Intense cold, rain, and wind are proving fatal to the Palestinians in Gaza because the U.S. and the IDF destroyed most of the livable structures. 

Further, the flood waters coursing through Gaza are full of debris from Zionist bombing. Between the leveled apartment complexes and the debris-filled water, the Zionist occupation has managed to plunge Gaza further into hell. 

All of this, during a ceasefire.

Mossad escalates against West Bank

Gaza is not alone in being the focus of U.S. imperialist and Zionist genocidal aspirations. The situation in the West Bank has worsened with every month since the events of Oct. 7, 2023. 

The last two plus years have seen a significant intensification of the IDF police state that rules the West Bank from Tulkarem to Nablus to Ramallah. Video footage showing IDF soldiers shooting children, raiding homes, and even throwing Palestinians off buildings has continually circulated. 

The assault on human rights and Palestinian life in the West Bank has only escalated since the supposed ceasefire. Cities like Beit She’an, Jenin, Hebron and many others have faced daily raids from IDF soldiers and armed settler militias. 

Raids have included the murder of dozens of Palestinians and the indefinite arrest without due process of hundreds. Zionist occupation and apartheid in the West Bank is as much a heinous crime as the genocide in Gaza. 

U.S.-backed Zionist settlers and troops have no right to any role in determining Palestine’s future, whether it’s in Gaza or the West Bank or occupied Palestinian land within the “48” borders. 

Don’t forget Palestine

Ending the escalation of genocide that began on Oct. 7 is simply not enough. Palestine will only achieve justice when every inch of Palestinian land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea is free from U.S. imperialism and Zionist rule. 

U.S. progressives cannot rest on their laurels simply because the pace of the genocide has marginally slowed. Now, more than ever, it is crucial to expose the crimes of the U.S. military industrial complex and the Zionist regime in their destabilization of the entire Middle East. 

Struggle cannot stop until Palestine is 100% free. The political line for the working class and the entire anti-imperialist movement has to be the return of all Israeli-occupied land to the people of Palestine. Existing in any form, Israel will continue to carry out its reason for existence: to terrorize and destabilize the region on behalf of the U.S. 

Lev Koufax is an anti-Zionist Jewish activist.