Ceasefire in Name Only: Six Months of Continuing Violence and Erosion of Humanitarian Terms in Gaza

A report covering the six months following the October 2025 ceasefire agreement portrays a situation in which the truce has been repeatedly undermined on the ground. Between 10 October 2025 and 14 April 2026, local authorities say there have been 2,400 recorded violations, ranging from live fire incidents and aerial and ground bombardments to repeated demolitions of residential buildings and limited military incursions into populated areas. Rather than stabilising conditions, the period has been marked by sustained destruction across civilian neighbourhoods.

The human toll, according to the same documentation, has been severe. A total of 754 people have been killed, including a significant proportion of children, women and elderly individuals, with civilians said to account for the overwhelming majority of fatalities. Around 2,100 people have been injured under similar circumstances, many of them also from vulnerable groups. In addition, 50 people were detained during the period, taken from residential areas beyond the designated boundary line referenced in the agreement. Officials argue that these figures illustrate a pattern of harm occurring inside densely populated zones rather than isolated incidents on the margins.

Movement and humanitarian access have also remained heavily constrained. At the Rafah crossing, fewer than 3,000 crossings were recorded in both directions out of an expected 36,800, while only a fraction of aid and commercial flows reached the territory compared to agreed levels. Out of more than 110,000 planned truck entries, just over 41,000 reportedly entered, with fuel deliveries particularly restricted at a level described as critically insufficient. Daily averages of supplies remain far below what was set out in the ceasefire arrangements, affecting electricity generation, medical services, and basic infrastructure repair.

Officials further state that multiple core provisions of the agreement have not been respected, including the full withdrawal to agreed lines, unrestricted humanitarian access, entry of heavy machinery for debris removal, and delivery of shelter materials. They describe the cumulative effect as a sustained erosion of the ceasefire framework during what they characterise as an ongoing genocidal war environment, leaving civilians exposed to repeated cycles of displacement, shortages, and destruction.

Source : Safa News