Photos: What a year of ceasefire in Gaza looks like — SkimNews
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- Israel's military expanded control to roughly 70% of Gaza in the year since the Oct. 10, 2025 ceasefire, squeezing more than 2 million Palestinians toward the coast.
- Israeli attacks during the ceasefire killed more than 1,400 Palestinians — nearly 500 of them women and children — according to Gaza's Health Ministry, though bombings slowed from wartime tempo.
- The ceasefire deal included a promised international peacekeeping force and reconstruction in Gaza, but neither materialized after 12 months.
- Trump pushed Israel to agree to the ceasefire and Hamas to release remaining Israeli hostages — the conditions that took effect Oct. 10, 2025.
- On the eve of Jan. 1, 2026, Israel banned more than 40 international aid organizations from bringing staff or aid into Gaza.
- U.N.-backed experts had declared a famine in northern Gaza during the war; more food is now entering, reversing starvation, even as Israeli forces control most of the territory.
Why it matters: The ceasefire delivered Trump's headline political wins — hostage release and a slower bombing tempo — while 1,400 were killed, Israel expanded control to 70% of Gaza, and the deal's humanitarian pillars (peacekeeping force, reconstruction, aid access) remain unfilled, leaving more than 2 million Palestinians in a shrinking coastal zone.
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