Israel has killed nearly 100 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 230 since the fragile truce brokered by the United States came into effect on October 10.<\/p>\n
Over a tense period of accusation and counter-accusation, Israel\u2019s army has shot at unarmed Palestinians and bombed Gaza on more than one occasion. The latest was on Sunday, when it claimed Hamas fighters had attacked its soldiers in the Rafah area, which Israel controls.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s war on Gaza, described by international organisations and a United Nations commission as a genocide, has killed more than 68,000 people and wounded 170,200 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people died in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and nearly 200 were taken captive.<\/p>\n
So, who broke the ceasefire? Is there still a ceasefire? Are the Palestinian people finally getting peace and aid? Here\u2019s what we know:<\/p>\n
What happened? Why did people say the ceasefire was broken?<\/p>\n
The Israeli military said on Sunday that Hamas had violated the agreement and two of its fighters had killed two Israeli soldiers in Rafah.<\/p>\n
Israel then carried out a \u201cmassive and extensive wave\u201d of strikes across the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
Hamas\u2019s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said it was unaware of any clashes, pointing out that Israel controls the Rafah area and that the Brigades had no contact with any Palestinian fighters in Rafah.<\/p>\n
This was not the only time Hamas has been accused of violating the ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Israel has said Hamas is dragging its feet on returning the bodies of 28 captives who were killed during Israel\u2019s bombardment of Gaza.<\/p>\n
Hamas has said from the outset hat it needs heavy digging equipment to be able to excavate and find all the captives\u2019 bodies, as well as the bodies of some 10,000 Palestinians believed to have died beneath the rubble of Israel\u2019s bombing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
What were the terms of the ceasefire?<\/p>\n
The ceasefire is a 20-point proposal unveiled by the US at the end of September and mediated with the help of Qatar, Egypt, and Turkiye.<\/p>\n
The conditions include:<\/p>\n
Hamas\u2019s response accepted the condition of releasing all captives and leaving Gaza\u2019s governance to an \u201cindependent Palestinian administration\u201d.<\/p>\n
As for the remaining demands on Hamas, it said they needed to be \u201caddressed within an inclusive Palestinian national framework, of which we will be an integral part and to which we will contribute\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Did Israel abide by the terms?<\/p>\n
Israel has violated the deal 80 times, the Government Media Office in Gaza says, killing at least 97 Palestinians.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the Israeli military fired on a civilian vehicle, killing 11 members of the Abu Shaaban family in the Zeitoun neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
There were seven children and three women in the car \u2013 the family was trying to reach their home.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Israel killed dozens in Gaza in air raids and attacks.<\/p>\n
On Monday, after Israel said it would abide by the deal again, it killed several Palestinians in northern Gaza\u2019s Shujayea neighbourhood, alleging they \u201cposed a threat\u201d to Israeli soldiers after they crossed the unmarked \u201cyellow line\u201d behind which Israel\u2019s army has pulled back.<\/p>\n
Israel also imposed restrictions on aid, keeping the Rafah crossing closed and telling the UN on Tuesday that it would only allow 300 aid trucks \u2013 half of the number in the deal.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Did Hamas abide by the terms?<\/p>\n
Hamas released all 20 living captives and, despite accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire over and over, has also recovered and returned 12 of the 28 bodies of the captives.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Hamas reiterated that it is committed to the terms of the ceasefire deal, but that recovery was very difficult given the sheer volume of rubble Israel created with its relentless bombing.<\/p>\n
Without new equipment and external assistance, Hamas noted, the effort would be slow and could not be guaranteed.<\/p>\n
Hamas\u2019s efforts at retrieving captives\u2019 bodies come as Gaza\u2019s civil defence said more than 10,000 slain Palestinians remain trapped under debris and rubble across the enclave.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Were people able to go home and receive aid?<\/p>\n
Not really.<\/p>\n
Entire neighbourhoods have disappeared under Israeli bombs, making it almost impossible for people who lived there to figure out where their houses were.<\/p>\n
In addition, the \u201cinvisible yellow line\u201d beyond which Palestinians run the risk of being shot and killed is striking fear in many, especially people who don\u2019t know if their home is on the Israeli or Palestinian side of the yellow line.<\/p>\n
A rough map shows that the yellow line leaves about 58 percent of Gaza under Israeli control.<\/p>\n
Food and resources also remain fatally scarce in the besieged enclave as Israel continues to block humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n
The Israeli government did not pledge to fully pull its forces out of Gaza, saying it may keep a buffer zone until there is no \u201cresurgent terror threat\u201d \u2013 a loophole experts told Al Jazeera gives it a margin to remain indefinitely.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
So, is the ceasefire broken or still on?<\/p>\n
US President Trump has said the ceasefire is still in effect, reiterating that US officials would ensure the situation is \u201cvery peaceful\u201d.<\/p>\n
After Israeli attacks killed dozens on Sunday, the Israeli army said a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed, in addition to aid inflow.<\/p>\n
Hamas has maintained that it remains committed to abiding by the ceasefire terms and working towards lasting peace.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel has killed nearly 100 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 230 since the fragile truce brokered by the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":318832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[113,337,70,3497,99,13191,3097,50,4851],"class_list":{"0":"post-318831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-conflict","9":"tag-explainer","10":"tag-gaza","11":"tag-humanitarian-crises","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-israel-palestine-conflict","14":"tag-middle-east","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-palestine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115407134767284878","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}