The ink had barely dried on the ceasefire agreement when the skies over Gaza once again filled with smoke. Hours after a truce meant to end two years of genocidal war was officially approved, Israeli forces resumed air and artillery strikes across the besieged Strip, shattering what was supposed to be the first dawn of peace. Instead of silence, Gaza’s people awoke to the same echoes of war that have haunted them for months, explosions, dust, and the cries of the wounded.

Reports from the ground described renewed shelling in the Nuseirat refugee camp and strikes on residential areas in Gaza City and Khan Younis, where displaced families had just begun returning to their homes. Among the casualties were two Palestinians killed and several injured in Hamad City, in the south. These attacks came less than twenty-four hours after an earlier airstrike in Gaza City claimed twenty-seven lives. The ceasefire, brokered with international mediation, had promised a permanent halt to military operations, a withdrawal of Israeli troops, and a large-scale prisoner exchange, commitments that now seem uncertain.

For many in Gaza, this renewed violence feels like a bitter repetition of the past: every promise of peace followed by betrayal, every truce broken before it begins. Even as diplomatic statements speak of “progress,” people on the ground are once again counting the dead and searching for shelter. The ceasefire, once seen as a fragile hope, now stands as yet another reminder that in Gaza, even peace comes under fire.