29/10/2025
No end...
On October 3rd, Donald Trump posted on social media that Hamas negotiators had agreed to what he called a “peace plan.” He wrote that “Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza.” The following day, Israel struck more homes in Gaza City, reportedly killing dozens, including a three-month-old baby. Mosab Abu Toha () received news that a relative, the father of a two-year-old and a six-month-old, had been killed. “I called friends who are first responders to help get Abdallah’s body,” a family member told him. “Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on anyone in the area.”
Since the ceasefire, Israeli forces have killed nearly 100 Palestinians in Gaza. This past Sunday, the Israeli military alleged that Hamas had broken the ceasefire by killing two Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza. Hamas said it was unaware of any clashes in the area, which was under Israeli control, and asserted its commitment to the ceasefire agreement. But, over the course of seven hours, Israeli strikes killed more than 40 people. “One of the victims was the eight-year-old son of a friend of mine,” Abu Toha writes. “The child, who was staying with his mother’s family in Al-Bureij camp, was killed along with several of his cousins. When I called my friend to share my condolences, he said that his son’s body had no head and no legs. So far, the ceasefire has not felt so different from the two years that preceded it.” An Israeli military spokesperson told The New Yorker that Israeli forces “will continue to uphold the ceasefire agreement and will respond firmly to any violation of it.” Abu Toha writes about the dissonance between Donald Trump’s ceasefire announcement and the reality of what’s continuing to happen in Gaza: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/KgJWQK
