The October 2025 Gaza ceasefire did not stop the killing.
At least 687 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since it took effect — more than four a day.
The war never stopped. It was pushed out of view.
The shift came after the February 28 U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. As coverage turned to the war, Gaza disappeared from the media.
The killing never stopped
The Gaza Government Media Office counted 2,073 Israeli violations of the ceasefire between October and mid-March. At least 1,845 Palestinians were wounded.
The attacks never stopped. They continued under a ceasefire label.
In November 2025, before the Iran war pushed Gaza out of view, the International People’s Tribunal on Palestine met in Barcelona. After hearing testimony from witnesses and experts, it reached a unanimous conclusion: The United States and Israel are responsible for genocide, ecocide and forced starvation.
The tribunal cannot enforce its findings. The institutions that can act — the International Criminal Court and the UN Security Council — have done nothing.
The ceasefire did not stop the war.
What the ceasefire promised — and what happened
What the ceasefire was supposed to deliver never materialized. The October agreement outlined a halt to military operations, expanded aid, Israeli withdrawal, reconstruction and a permanent end to the war.
None of it happened.
Phase Two never began. Aid is still being blocked. As of mid-March, only Kerem Shalom remained open for cargo — the only entry point for 2.3 million people. It has become a choke point, leaving people without medicine, fuel and basic goods. Only about 40% of contracted aid trucks have been allowed in since October, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.
When Operation Epic Fury began, Israel shut all crossings. Medical evacuations stopped. Humanitarian operations halted for days. Limited movement later resumed, but Gaza remains sealed.
This continues while the war on Iran fills the headlines.
The total number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, has passed 72,000, and the real number is higher. Tens of thousands more have died from hunger and the collapse of health care. In the occupied West Bank, at least 1,071 Palestinians have been killed.
During the ceasefire, the violence never stopped. Israeli forces have repeatedly shot at civilians, carried out airstrikes and shelling, raided residential areas and demolished property.
Individual attacks make this clear. On Oct. 29, 109 people were killed following the death of a single Israeli soldier. On Nov. 22, at least 21 were killed in strikes across Gaza. On March 15, an airstrike killed a family in Az Zawayda. Later that day, a drone strike killed eight police personnel.
These attacks continue while global attention is fixed elsewhere.
This is policy
Israeli officials have said what they are doing. On Oct. 9, 2023, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced a “complete siege” on Gaza — no food, no water, no fuel, no electricity. Military officials spoke about destroying everything tied to Hamas. Former National Security Council head Giora Eiland called for making Gaza “a place where no human being can exist.”
That is what is happening.
In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, citing starvation as a method of warfare.
Starvation is a method of this war, not a consequence of it.
Famine was formally declared in Gaza in August 2025. By October, hundreds had already died from starvation, including children. The real number is higher.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation forced starving civilians into tightly controlled aid sites. Thousands were killed trying to get food.
Destroying the means to live
The destruction of Gaza’s food system is nearly total. Cropland has been wiped out. Water systems have collapsed. Livestock and fisheries have been destroyed.
This is the deliberate destruction of how people survive.
Gaza is not only being destroyed. The conditions for life are being eliminated.
The damage to the land makes it permanent. Tens of millions of tons of rubble now cover the territory. Sewage systems have collapsed. Waste flows untreated into the ground and sea. Groundwater is being poisoned.
The land itself is being rendered uninhabitable.
This has continued throughout the ceasefire — and now under the cover of the Iran war.
Gaza pushed out of coverage
The Iran war did not create these conditions. Gaza largely disappeared from major media coverage.
By mid-March, Gaza was effectively cut off from the outside world. Negotiations have stalled. Aid remains restricted. Israeli attacks continue across Gaza.
With Gaza out of the headlines, Israel continues its operations as before.
The United States is driving this. It has sent billions in military aid since October 2023 and continues to arm Israel. At the same time, Washington blocks action at the UN and escalates the war in the region.
Nothing is stopping it
The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to prevent genocidal acts. No one enforced that order.
UN resolutions have been blocked. ICC arrest warrants remain unexecuted.
The October ceasefire was never a peace agreement. The bombing moved out of the headlines. The killing did not stop. Aid stayed restricted. Reconstruction never began.
The 687 Palestinians killed since Oct. 10 were not killed in a war. They were killed in a ceasefire.
The ceasefire did not stop the killing. It continued out of view.
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