The Israeli army’s shelling of a residential area in Gaza on December 18 is not an isolated incident—it is the latest proof that the U.S.-brokered ceasefire exists only on paper. When homes are struck, civilians terrorized, and families buried beneath rubble, the word “ceasefire” becomes a cruel deception.
This attack follows a familiar and devastating pattern: agreements announced with fanfare, then quietly violated with impunity. Gaza’s civilians—already exhausted by months of siege, displacement, and deprivation—are once again paying the price for diplomatic theater that offers no real protection. Children sleeping in tents and families sheltering in damaged buildings cannot survive another “miscalculation.”A ceasefire that does not restrain military force is not peace; it is permission. When violations bring no consequences, they become policy. U.S. credibility is now directly at stake. Brokering agreements while ignoring their collapse signals that Palestinian civilian lives are negotiable.
International law is clear. Civilian areas are not battlefields. Collective punishment is a crime. Silence in the face of repeated violations is complicity.
If this ceasefire is to mean anything, violations must be publicly acknowledged, independently investigated, and met with real consequences. Otherwise, Gaza will remain trapped in a cycle where promises are made, broken, and paid for in blood.
Words cannot shield civilians. Accountability can.
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