One year after the truce, more than a hundred NGOs denounce a Gaza still under attack

One year after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect, signed on October 10, 2025, more than a hundred humanitarian organizations — including Amnesty International, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Save the Children and Oxfam — issued a joint statement describing the truce as “existing only on paper”. This was reported by Amnesty International in its statement.

According to the coalition of NGOs, Israeli attacks in the enclave have killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, including at least 327 children, over the year since the agreement was announced. A field report published by The New Humanitarian reports instead that Israel has continued to carry out near-daily attacks, with a death toll of nearly 1,500 in the same period. The two figures, which differ from one another, come from separate sources and are reported here as published, as the available dossier does not allow for their reconciliation.

On the material front, the coalition of NGOs reports that more than 80% of all structures in the Strip are damaged or completely destroyed, while 65% of the population still lives in tents. In terms of territory, Israeli troops reportedly directly occupy about 65% of Gaza, leaving around 2.1 million Palestinians crammed into the remaining 35% of the territory.

“Accountability cannot be buried under the rubble” (transl. from English) — Agnes Callmard, Secretary General of Amnesty International

The joint statement comes a year after an agreement that, at the time, had been presented as the end of hostilities in the Strip. The data collected by the signatory organizations — on destroyed structures, on the population displaced into tents, and on civilians killed in the months following the signing — paint a picture of a truce that, according to those who monitored it on the ground, has stopped neither the destruction nor the casualties. It remains to be seen whether the pressure from more than a hundred international organizations will lead to a change in the implementation of the agreement in the coming months.