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Gaza ceasefire under strain

The October 2025 ceasefire formally holds, but Gaza medics report Israeli strikes killing people almost daily. The UN says more than 150,000 tents are waiting outside Gaza for Israeli permission; Netanyahu denies Israel is blocking supplies and blames Hamas.

Confidence: medium. Casualty counts come from Gaza authorities and Israel disputes them; outlets' daily tolls differ (four vs five on Nov 5); how the disarmament roadmap will be implemented is unclear. · Updated 11 Nov 2026, 2pm ET

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What's happening

A US-backed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on October 10, 2025. Since then, Gaza's Health Ministry reports more than 1,600 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire (the ministry, part of Gaza's Hamas-run government, does not distinguish civilians from fighters). The Israeli military says it is responding to ceasefire violations by militants. In July 2026, the US-led Board of Peace announced a roadmap for Hamas disarmament linked to Israeli withdrawal, but Israel and Hamas disagree on the sequencing; this week Tony Blair met Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Herzog as the Trump administration seeks to advance Gaza's demilitarization and reconstruction, saying the most urgent challenge is to turn the agreement into 'a credible stage-by-stage plan'. UNRWA says 18 of its emergency shelters in Gaza are unsafe as winter approaches.

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1,602Palestinians killed since the Oct 10, 2025 ceasefire (Gaza Health Ministry, latest report as cited by Al Jazeera on Nov 5, 2026)Al Jazeera · source

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