"On Sunday, October 19, Israel launched massive air strikes across the Gaza Strip, killing 44 Palestinians. It was the 48th time Israel violated the ceasefire and brought to at least 97 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since it was declared 10 days earlier. Israel suspended all aid from entering the Strip but then agreed to resume deliveries. While both Hamas and Israel have since reaffirmed their commitment to the ceasefire deal, it remains almost impossibly fragile. The genocide is not over."
"There was always a strong possibility Israel would resume its pulverizing assault on Gaza once the living hostages were released. The Israel-Hamas agreement-signed only after the narrow ceasefire and hostage exchange were separated from the rest of Donald Trump's 20-point plan-did not call for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. It provided no guarantees that the promised 600 daily truckloads of humanitarian aid would be allowed to enter."
"The early days of the ceasefire provided Gaza's 2 million people a few days of respite from Israel's constant killing and its deliberately imposed starvation and famine. If it holds, it could mark the end of the worst phase of Israel's brutality in the Strip. But we should have no illusions about its prospects-or about what lies ahead for the people of Gaza."
On October 19 Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip killed 44 Palestinians, marking the 48th ceasefire violation and bringing total Palestinian deaths from Israeli fire to at least 97 since the ceasefire began ten days earlier. Israel briefly suspended aid deliveries then agreed to resume them. The ceasefire did not require Israeli troop withdrawal, offered no guaranteed entry for the promised 600 daily truckloads of humanitarian aid, and imposed no consequences if Israel blocked heavy equipment needed to recover bodies. Gaza's two million people received only a short respite from killing, starvation, and famine; civilian protection remains absent and the situation remains dire.
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