The ink on the U.S.-brokered ceasefire is long dry, yet Gaza's hospitals continue to be soaked in blood. As the ceasefire is repeatedly invoked by all parties, records from the past two days alone show that Israeli military strikes have not stopped—they have landed precisely on an already collapsed healthcare system, displaced civilians in tents, and fishermen trying to make a living. From Khan Younis to Gaza City, from West Bank villages to Israel's Supreme Court, the so-called "ceasefire" has brought no safety—only deaths and deprivations that continue to be obscured by statistics.

Nasser Hospital: A Surgeon's Last Night

The most searing image of the past 48 hours came from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. In the early hours of Thursday local time, two missiles struck the main building's surgical department. According to Gaza's Health Ministry, the attack killed at least six people, including 52-year-old general surgeon Dr. Rizq Abu Shuaira, and wounded at least 28 others. Hospital director Dr Ahmed al-Farra confirmed to the media that one of the missiles did not explode and remains inside the building, threatening survivors, while the strike directly paralysed four key departments: surgery, inpatient surgical wards, radiology, and laboratories.

This was not the first attack on Nasser Hospital—it was the seventh since October 2023. But this time the cost was especially high: Nasser Hospital was the last medical facility in southern Gaza that could offer specialised surgery. A nurse on duty that night described how Dr. Abu Shuaira had been making rounds just minutes before the strike, and was then killed in the rubble. The Israeli military acknowledged the attack, claiming it targeted a "senior Hamas commander" without providing evidence. Hamas dismissed the claim as "a blatant attempt to cover up a new war crime committed against a civilian medical facility protected under international law."

Gaza City and the Tents: Death with Nowhere to Flee

On the same day as the Nasser Hospital strike, an airstrike near the gate of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City killed at least one person. More suffocating still, death came not only from explosions. In a tent for displaced people in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, a 9-month-old infant, Raqiq Kanan, died of hypothermia. His father told Al Jazeera that he woke in the morning to find the child "blue all over," and by the time he reached Nasser Hospital, there were no vital signs. Over the past three winters, dozens of Palestinian infants have died in the same way, and this winter, tents, waterproof flooring, and heating equipment remain critically scarce.

At sea, five Palestinian fishermen were intercepted by the Israeli navy off the coast of Deir al-Balah. According to WAFA, Israeli forces opened fire on the fishing boat, then boarded and interrogated them, throwing the five fishermen overboard while the remaining fishermen were still detained on the warship, their fate unknown.

The West Bank: Settlers' Flames and the Court's Coldness

In the occupied West Bank, violence is likewise escalating. According to WAFA, on Friday evening the Israeli army stormed a wedding celebration in the Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah. Soldiers reportedly unleashed barrages of tear gas canisters at approximately 150 attendees. The Israeli military rounded up four people, including the groom, and took them from the event. Meanwhile, Israeli settlers attacked the village of Al-Lubban Asharqiya south of Nablus on Wednesday, setting fire to a vehicle scrapyard—more than 100 cars were burned, the flames spreading to nearby homes and dozens of olive trees, with losses estimated at over 1 million shekels. Israeli military vehicles subsequently entered the village but did not intervene in the settler attack.

Separately, Israel's Supreme Court rejected a petition by Physicians for Human Rights Israel, declining to release 14 Gaza doctors held under administrative detention, some of whom have been imprisoned for more than two years without charge. The court claimed it had reviewed the severe shortage of doctors in Gaza but found no "exceptional grounds" to intervene. This means that at this moment—when Gaza's healthcare system is on the verge of collapse, and a surgeon has been killed beside his operating room—the hospital directors and specialists in detention will remain behind bars.

In the Name of Ceasefire

The ceasefire resulted in Hamas handing over all the remaining hostages, living and dead. Yet, since the ceasefire took effect on October 11, 2025, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, Israel has killed far more people than were killed on October 7 2023, in the Hamas-led attacks. At least 1,622 Palestinians in Gaza have died since the ceasefire came into effect, and 5,878 have been wounded, the majority left with horrific injuries. In the past 24 hours alone, another eight were killed and 29 wounded. Since October 7 2023, the total death toll in Gaza has climbed to 74,653, with 176,007 injured.

These figures are especially glaring within the framework of a "ceasefire." A ceasefire is supposed to mean the guns fall silent, ambulances can pass safely, and children in tents need not die of cold. But the record of the past 48 hours shows that for Gaza's doctors, fishermen, infants, and displaced people, the ceasefire has not changed the direct threats they face—bombs are still falling, the seawater is still cold, and a court ruling cannot change the temperature inside a prison cell.