More than 100 humanitarian, human rights and civil society organisations say the so-called Gaza ceasefire exists only on paper, citing the continuation of Israeli military strikes and serious limitations placed on aid distribution and rebuilding, one year after the US-backed agreement.

What the organisations said

In a joint statement reported on 10 October, the organisations said the ceasefire was in name only, with Israeli forces continuing to kill and injure Palestinians daily and restrictions on aid and rebuilding preventing families from recovering. They said more than 1,400 Palestinians, including at least 324 children, had been killed over the past year. Those figures are the organisations' own statement, not an independently verified count.

Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said it was utterly shameful that a full year after the ceasefire was signed, so little had improved for Palestinians in Gaza. Inger Ashing, chief executive of Save the Children, said a ceasefire is meaningless if children are still being killed and families are still unable to rebuild their lives, noting that since 10 October 2025, when the ceasefire was announced, nearly one child had been killed every day, according to the statement.

The withdrawal line dispute

The statement also said Israeli forces had moved the so-called Yellow Line further into Gaza, beyond the agreement's withdrawal boundary, restricting Palestinians to an increasingly congested region. The ceasefire, brokered by the United States a year ago, calls for eventual reconstruction, but the organisations say little progress has been made towards a deal including terms for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw.

The statement is an advocacy position by the signatories, and its figures and characterisation are theirs; it does not settle the contested question of which side violated the agreement's terms.