Over 500 Palestinians and 4 Israeli soldiers have been killed ever since Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire. The figures now raise the question of when Gaza will witness peace, not on paper but in reality.
While the ceasefire between
Israel and Hamas has significantly reduced the death toll in Gaza, the killings are still ongoing in the coastal enclave. The Palestinian strip can be seen at a transitional phase with neither a full-scale war nor a true ceasefire in place.
In nearly four months of the ceasefire, more than 520
Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes or gunfire, marking an average of just over 4.5 deaths per day. Another 1,400 people have been wounded in the region during the ceasefire. Israel also saw its share of death, with four soldiers killed while stationed in the coastal enclave.
However, the death toll is dramatically less than what it was while the war between Israel-Hamas war was ongoing. During the two years of war, between the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 and October 10, 2025, the daily average exceeded 92 deaths, according to figures provided by the
Gaza Ministry of Health.
While things have changed dramatically, international bodies like the United Nations are still raising concerns over the rising death toll. Here are three possible reasons why the Gaza peace is facing roadblocks.
3 reasons Gaza doesn’t have peace despite the ceasefire
1) Deadlock over Hamas disarmament
One of the key conditions of the
20-point Gaza ceasefire agreement, brokered by US President Donald Trump, was the disarmament of Palestinian militant group Hamas. The group’s surprise attack on southern Israel triggered a full-scale war that raged on for two years.
The issue has remained a main roadblock in the initiation of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal. While Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu remained insistent that Hamas has to disarm, the Palestinian militant group have been reluctant to do so.
While
speaking to Firstpost, last month, Dr Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine, said: “Netanyahu would continue putting all sorts of impediments because, truly, he does not want to stop this war, nor to have any sort of peace, nor to leave Gaza, nor to end the occupation. He wants to continue with the annexation and to create this greater Israel that he envisages.”
“We need to ensure that Netanyahu commits to his part of the commitments and all other signatories to the peace plan commit to what they have committed to. We ask that Hamas look at the interests of the National Palestinian Project and do whatever it takes to ensure the oneness and the integrity of the State of Palestine,” she said.
2) Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza
While the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire ensured partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the Jewish nation’s permanent withdrawal from the region remains another big issue. On Wednesday, Palestine’s UN envoy,
Riyad Mansour, said that the success and permanence of the Gaza ceasefire depend on Israel fully withdrawing from the territory and ending efforts to dictate Gaza’s future.
“We support the plan because it offers an immediate path toward ending the killing and suffering, the famine, and the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe inflicted on the Palestinian people in Gaza,” Mansour said on Wednesday. “While we recognise that thousands of lives have been saved by the ceasefire, these goals are yet to be fully achieved,” he said, welcoming the completion of the release of all Israeli hostages and prisoners, both alive and deceased.
Israel, on the other hand, has been reluctant to withdraw its troops from Gaza, often citing security concerns and accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire.
3) The deployment of the international stabilisation force
The deployment of the “
Board of Peace” along with the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) has also been another roadblock in the Gaza peace process. One of the clauses of Trump’s 20-point peace plan was the creation and deployment of an international stabilisation force (ISF) to provide security and oversight of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
The ISF is envisioned as a multinational force that would deploy to Gaza to help train police, secure the borders, maintain security by helping demilitarise Gaza, protect civilians and humanitarian operations, including securing humanitarian corridors, among “additional tasks as may be necessary in support of the Comprehensive Plan”.
As per the deal, the ISF will be supporting the Palestinian police force that will not be under Hamas or the Palestinian Authority. However, it is still unclear which countries will be part of the forces. Some even went ahead to reject the offer.
These roadblocks explain UN officials’ repeated warnings in recent weeks that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is far from over.
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