Hours after President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented to the world a new ceasefire agreement
A new ceasefire
Just hours after President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented to the world a new ceasefire agreement as a pathway to peace, Israeli forces shot and killed nine Palestinians in Gaza.
Diplomacy
The incident casts a dark shadow over what had been heralded as a turning point in the conflict, underscoring how violence endures even under the banner of diplomacy, as Netanyahu warns that «all hell will break loose», words previously used by the President of the United States in the same conflict.
Conditional
According to CBS News, Netanyahu warned Hamas that «if they don’t disarm, all hell will break loose.» The ceasefire, Netanyahu stated, was conditional: Israel would begin a phased withdrawal from certain parts of Gaza, while keeping troops stationed in designated buffer zones to counter any «resurgent terror threat.»
Suspicious
But that warning was soon followed by renewed violence on the ground. In the days that followed, several Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in and around Gaza City. Medical sources, including staff at al-Ahli hospital, reported multiple fatalities caused by live ammunition. The Israeli military stated that some of those targeted had been « approaching a restricted area » and were considered «suspicious».
The ceasefire
Yet the incident occurred inside the ceasefire boundaries, in what should have been a zone of calm. The line between peace and conflict now appears dangerously blurred, and, for some, deadly.
Undefined zones
Under the current framework, Israeli troops are to remain positioned along so-called «yellow lines», undefined zones that Israel alone designates as vital to its national security. These areas are neither clearly demarcated on the ground nor subject to any third-party oversight or verification.
Renewed military action
Netanyahu’s insistence that Hamas must fully disarm has been met with skepticism both within Gaza and internationally. Netanyahu has made it clear: if Hamas does not disarm voluntarily, «we will disarm them.» In practice, the ceasefire agreement functions not only as a roadmap to peace, but also as a potential pretext for renewed military action, and the recent killings may well mark its first phase.
Quickly and violently
During a White House meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei, Donald Trump reiterated that Hamas must either disarm voluntarily or be forcibly disarmed under the terms of the ceasefire he brokered. « It'll happen quickly and perhaps violently. But they will disarm», Trump warned.