A newly published investigation portrays an internationally promoted “peace framework” for Gaza as a political shield behind which killings, starvation and mass displacement have continued unchecked. Far from halting violence, the initiative is described as a mechanism that repackages the ongoing genocidal war into a managed diplomatic process, allowing atrocities to persist while the language of calm and stability dominates international discourse.

Despite repeated claims that a truce has been in place since late 2025, the report details a steady toll of Palestinian deaths and injuries, including journalists and children, caused by ongoing Israeli fire. Daily life in Gaza, it argues, has remained lethal, with averages that undermine any serious definition of a ceasefire. The narrative of calm, the report suggests, has been sustained politically even as Palestinian prisoners continue to be killed and wounded, exposing a stark gap between rhetoric and reality.

Central to this reality is a shifting military boundary imposed without clarity or warning. Palestinians attempting to return to their destroyed homes or search for food have been shot under rules that change arbitrarily. Entire neighbourhoods continue to be levelled, not as collateral damage, but through systematic demolition. At the same time, humanitarian access promised under the truce has failed to materialise. Aid convoys are delayed or rejected, fuel and shelter materials remain restricted, and hospitals are deprived of medicines, not because supplies are unavailable, but because humanitarian organisations have been barred from operating.

The report places Gaza within a wider regional pattern. In the occupied West Bank, settler violence, village attacks and settlement expansion continue with impunity, while international focus remains fixed elsewhere. It argues that regional escalation and diplomatic theatre serve to distract from accountability, with Western powers offering political cover rather than enforcing consequences. Initiatives marketed as peace efforts are criticised for excluding Palestinians altogether, reducing Gaza to a development project rather than recognising it as a homeland. Without self-determination, sovereignty and accountability, the report concludes, such schemes amount to an international management of oppression rather than a path to justice.