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JAber al-Attar, 51-year-old doctor, lives northern gazaI was happy when the news of ceasefire came between israel And HamasTwo years of continuous bombing came to an end.
But just four weeks after its announcement, she received a call when she went to work at Nusrat’s al-Awda hospital, telling her that her daughter, Maysa, had been killed by Israeli drone fire as she took shelter in a tent.
He explains, “There is absolutely no security there; We have no hope of getting any security.” Independent From the same tent in Al-Atatra area of Beit Lahiya, where he is living after being displaced. “I spent my life in hardship and misery.”
Jaber’s daughter is one of at least 410 Palestinians killed since the ceasefire took effect on October 10, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
During a victory speech in the Knesset, US President Donald Trump promised “peace for all eternity”. But for Gazans, the nightmare is not over: This is a ceasefire in name only.
The Health Ministry says that in addition to the more than 400 Palestinians killed, 1,134 people have been injured by Israeli shelling and gunfire. At least three Israeli soldiers have also been killed by Palestinian militants, while two were killed on Friday Police described it as a “rolling terrorist attack” In northern Israel.
The images show a landscape unchanged from two months of peace, with apartments razed to the ground and families wandering among the debris. Humanitarian agencies continue to warn that not enough aid is reaching the strip, which has been in the grip of a hunger crisis for most of the year.
Jaber says, “From the first moment, and every day, morning and evening, there is firing and artillery shelling in the yellow and non-yellow zones. There is no peace of mind. We have nowhere else to go. There is nothing except your own destroyed place.”
“We are still suffering today. There is heavy shelling and horrific shelling, but this is the state of our country: a tragedy we did not choose.”
The deadliest night of the “ceasefire” to date came on 29 October, when Israeli forces killed at least 109 Palestinians during an overnight attack. The Israeli military said the attack was a response to the killing of an IDF soldier by Hamas. The militant group said it had no connection with the incident.
Dozens of Palestinians, including children, have been killed after crossing the “yellow line”. It refers to the border that Israeli forces agreed to withdraw under Mr Trump’s ceasefire, but Gazans say its status is constantly changing – with deadly consequences.
The Israeli military says its operations, particularly within the yellow line, are “conducted to directly address threats from terrorist organizations in Gaza”.
But in one particularly horrifying incident, two young boys – Fadi, 8, and Juma, 11 – went to collect firewood for their wheelchair-bound father in Beni Suhaila, near Khan Younis. They were killed in a drone strike near a school sheltering displaced people.
The IDF described the children as “two suspects who crossed the yellow line, carried out suspicious activities on the ground and approached IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them”.
Israel says it has followed the terms of the ceasefire and has repeatedly described the victims of its attacks as suspected terrorists.
There is also ongoing controversy over aid, with humanitarian groups warning that far less aid than is required is entering the strip. Hamas claims fewer trucks are entering Gaza than agreed, but Israel says it is meeting all its obligations under Mr Trump’s plan.
As the trade conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, the suffering of ordinary Palestinians continues.
Jaber says he has suffered psychologically since his daughter’s death, with his weight dropping from 100 kg to 75 kg. “I used to have three houses and now I’m homeless in a tent,” he says.
Imad Abu Shawish, a 38-year-old freelance journalist, has seen the horrors of Gaza up close after the ceasefire.
On 22 November, they sifted through the debris of an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Nusirat, which killed 11 members of the Abu Shawish family, including two married couples and seven children.
Only one daughter from both families survived: 19-year-old Batoul. Imad pulled him out from under the flattened building with his hands.
“There is absolutely no security there, no security,” he explains. Independent. “My life has changed to a great extent. My eating habits have changed. My emotional and psychological behavior has changed. My feelings towards others have changed. I am still in shock, deeply shocked.”
He continues: “I don’t know where I am or what I’m going through. What happened to me? I still don’t have any answers. I’m frightened, anxious, scared and terrorized. Maybe it’s because I’m afraid the war will come back at any moment and we’ll be killed.
“I don’t think these bad feelings will disappear from our minds easily. We need internal healing and psychological treatment.”
Palestinians are also suffering from the severe winter weather, with strong winds and torrential rains destroying the tents of hundreds of thousands of homeless families.
“Everyone’s tents are flooded,” says Abed al-Moneim al-Zein, 60, from northern Gaza, who is currently displaced in Khan Yunis. “There aren’t enough tents, mattresses or blankets.”
His brother Amin, 56, of Beit Lahiya, was killed along with his wife and three daughters, 19 days after the ceasefire took effect.
Abed recalls, “Amin loved his city very much; He loved her very much.” “He was always smiling and attended all events in the city, from functions to football matches.
“The area he went to was not the yellow zone. He went to seek shelter after losing his home. It was a school in the center of the city.”
Abed continued: “Life is non-existent. There are no basic necessities. We live in fear, stress, anxiety and terror. The war has affected us immensely, beyond human endurance.”
The Israeli military said in a statement: “IDF troops under Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the ceasefire framework and will continue to act to eliminate any immediate threat.
“On the contrary, Hamas is not fulfilling its part of the agreement and has violated the ceasefire hundreds of times.”