Why the Gaza "ceasefire" is a sham and a scam

Let me be brutally honest, this Gaza “ceasefire” is not peace. Apparently taking effect on 10 October 2025, in reality it has been a slow burning genocide, rebranded for positive Western headlines. [1]

The world’s gaze has drifted away. Gaza was trending… until it wasn’t. And now? It’s being quietly suffocated. Trump’s so-called 20-point “peace plan” — the basis for the ceasefire — promised:

All military operations will be suspended.” [2]

He even boasted that the war is over, saying,

Together we achieved what everybody said was impossible. At long last, we have peace in the Middle East.” [3]

Saudi’s MBS hailed it. Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif welcomed it. Türkiye’s Erdoğan praised it. Arab leaders smiled for the cameras, shaking hands with Trump — as he ludicrously claimed to have solved “3,000 years of conflict”. [4]

BACKGROUND

In the 77 years of its existence, the Zionist state has steadily eaten away at Palestine, with the current 'truce' leaving it with even more control over Gaza than before
The latest so-called ceasefire began on 10 October, after more than two years of genocide that has taken at least 70,400 lives and may yet take 186,000
Donald Trump and his acolytes have marketed the 'peace plan' as solving thousands of years of conflict — conveniently ignoring Israel's recent establishment and falsely claiming that Jews and Muslims have been at war for centuries
The reality is, Orthodox Jews in and outside of Israel are overwhelmingly opposed to Israel and its actions in Palestine, but you won't hear about this
The other key reality is, aid is still being blocked by the Zionist regime, occupation forces are still in Gaza and Palestine, and civilians are still being bombed
Trump would like you to believe that things are perfectly peaceful, but this could not be farther from the truth

Slow genocide continues

But the reality is that since this so-called ceasefire began in early October, Israel hasn’t stopped for a single minute.

There has been no pause, no restraint, not even a breath taken. More than 1,500 buildings (the true number may be far higher) have been flattened in areas they supposedly no longer needed to attack. [5]

Over 360 civilians killed, 922 injured, and 617 bodies recovered from under rubble — of course, mostly children, women, and the elderly. On top of that, UNICEF reports two children killed every day during the ceasefire, and 67 children have been killed after the truce began. [6] [7]

This is a ceasefire in name only!

What about aid?

What aid? Israel still blocks its passage.

As of the end of October, only 10 per cent of needed medical supplies had entered Gaza. Just 90 trucks a day, even though the agreement was 600 trucks daily. [8]

Relatively speaking, things have somewhat improved since, but by all accounts the scale of the aid being received is far below that which is needed. [9]

This isn’t peace. This is controlled starvation. A slow death. A managed massacre. And Israel is continuing with airstrikes, sniper fire, arrests, incursions, and blockades.

Gazan journalist Sara Awad worded it as follows,