Gaza Burns Under Ceasefire Lies

In the shadow of a fragile ceasefire that Netanyahu’s government touts as a triumph, the bombs fall anyway—Israeli forces pounding central and southern Gaza, suspending aid deliveries, and leaving a trail of fresh devastation. This isn’t restraint; it’s a cynical reset button on two years of unyielding carnage, where the death toll has now surged to 68,159 Palestinians killed—mostly women and children—and 170,203 wounded, according to Palestinian health authorities. Just in the last 24 hours, 18 more lives were snuffed out, with countless others buried under rubble that rescue teams can’t reach amid the chaos.

Consider the math of Netanyahu’s “peace”: Since the October 11 truce took hold, 35 Palestinians have been martyred and 146 injured, while crews have exhumed 414 bodies from the ruins—numbers that scream anything but de-escalation. Israeli settlers, emboldened by the same regime, torch Palestinian farmers’ vehicles in Turmus Ayya north of Ramallah and brutally assault an elderly woman and a foreign activist during olive harvests, turning sacred land into a battlefield of impunity. These aren’t rogue acts; they’re the rotten fruit of a leadership that has greenlit genocide—killing, starving, destroying, and displacing—while thumbing its nose at international pleas and International Court of Justice orders to halt the horror.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Tom Fletcher lays it bare: Gaza’s humanitarian apocalypse is beyond comprehension, with entire cities razed, thousands of families entombed under debris, and a desperate scramble for heavy equipment Israel blocks at every turn. Hospitals gasp for fuel and medicine; children await schools that no longer exist. The UN’s 60-day lifeline demands thousands of aid trucks weekly, local bakeries churning out bread with flour and fuel that’s barely trickling in—all while Netanyahu’s forces strike anew, proving the ceasefire is just another stall tactic.

Why trust this man? Netanyahu, architect of endless war and architect of his own corruption trials, has built a career on deception—promising security that delivers slaughter, vowing restraint that unleashes settler terror. He’s not a statesman; he’s a saboteur of peace, gambling Palestinian lives for political survival. The world must see through the fog: any deal with Netanyahu is a pact with peril. Demand accountability, not alibis—end the blockade, prosecute the attacks, and oust the untrustworthy overlord before Gaza’s graves multiply further. The people of Palestine deserve more than breadcrumbs of hope; they demand justice, now.