![Palestinians inspect the heavily damaged buildings, some of which have been completely destroyed, and collect usable items after Israeli attack on central Gaza, violating the ceasefire, in Gaza City, Gaza on October 29, 2025. [Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AA-20251029-39554169-39554151-ISRAELI_ATTACKS_ON_GAZA_IN_VIOLATION_OF_THE_CEASEFIRE-1.jpg)
On 10 October 2025, a U.S.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Gaza took effect. The world was told violence would pause, civilians would breathe, reconstruction would begin. Instead, Israel has turned the cease-fire into a mask for continued aggression. Overnight on 28–29 October, Israeli airstrikes killed more than one hundred Palestinians, including forty-six children. Entire families vanished beneath rubble as jets tore through residential neighbourhoods in central Gaza. Civilians once again paid the price for a truce violated with impunity. “If this is a cease-fire, then what does war look like?” a father in Deir el-Balah cried over the body of his ten-year-old daughter. His anguish is not poetic metaphor; it is Gaza’s daily reality, carved into the faces of parents […]
