Israel has been accused of violating ceasefire agreements in both Lebanon and Palestine. In a classic move from the Zionists, they’re actually accusing Hamas of being the ones to violate the terms of the deal.
By the end of January 2025, Israel had killed at least 83 people in Lebanon. Meanwhile, in Palestine Israel has killed at least 118 people since the start of the ceasefire.
Since both ceasefires have been enacted, the BBC have been breathlessly running a live feed of the release of Israeli hostages as its lead story on the homepage. Whilst tens of Israeli’s have been released by Hamas, hundreds of Palestinians held without charge or trial, including children, have gone ignored.
What are people abducted from their homes and held without charge or trial, if not hostages? Once again, it is outlets from the Middle East who have been covering violations of ceasefire agreements.
Israel: incursions into territory
Al Jazeera reported that:
This week, Lebanese media reported repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement by the Israeli military, including attacks on the town of Taybeh and village of Kfar Kila, both on the border with Israel.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL) released a statement as a February 18 deadline for Israel to leave certain areas in Lebanon passed with Zionist troops unmoved. They wrote:
Today marks the end of the period set for the withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces south of the Blue Line and the parallel Lebanese Armed Forces deployment to positions in southern Lebanon, as envisaged by the Cessation of Hostilities Understanding of 26 November 2024.
Another delay in this process is not what we hoped would happen, not least because it continues a violation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1701.
They note that the IDF have withdrawn from areas of south Lebanon, which has enabled some Lebanese people to return home. UNIFL’s conclusion was that when the terms of the ceasefire deal are not respected:
sustained political commitment is the only way forward.
That appears to be the polite UN version of saying that unless political leaders stop enabling Israel’s absolute impunity, more Lebanese people will die.
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) told Al Jazeera that Hezbollah has attacked once since the start of the ceasefire agreement:
Hezbollah has largely refrained from violence – there have been no direct attacks on Israeli soil since the ceasefire took effect, aside from a single attack on December 2 against the Israeli Rwayset Al Alam site in the occupied territories that we code as Syria.
Even by Israel’s absurd standards, Hezbollah have largely stuck to the ceasefire deal. Indeed, Hezbollah’s actions certainly stand in stark relief to the terror Israel continues to spread in Lebanon with attacks that are wounding and killing people who thought they were safe.
What ceasefire?
Since the so-called ceasefire in Palestine and Israel went into effect, Gaza’s health ministry has reported:
that 92 people have been killed and 822 were injured by the Israeli army since the start of the truce.
Hamas says that on top of these attacks, Israel has also delayed the return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza, which is one of the ceasefire agreement’s key commitments.
Hamas have also explained via a report that Israel have violated the ceasefire a shocking 269 times. Newsweek has seen a copy of the report which they said claimed that:
Israeli operations since the deal that was entered implementation last month have resulted in 26 deaths, 59 injuries, 105 aircraft violations, 36 gunfire violations, 29 ground incursions, nine instances of “bombardment” and the detention of five Palestinians drivers and fishermen.
Another violation was the delay of the release of hundreds of prisoners:
Israel also restricted family members, including those from the West Bank, from visiting the freed detainees and delayed providing a list of 400 Palestinian prisoners, according to the report.
A direct quote from the report laid out how statements from both Israel and the US threaten the viability of the remaining parts of the ceasefire:
continued political statements by [the] Israeli Prime Minister and ministers openly calling for the expulsion of Gaza’s population, sending a clear message that the occupation does not wish to honor the agreement and aims to implement Trump’s plan to displace Gaza’s residents.
In addition to wounding and killing Palestinians, Israeli forces have continued to spread terror in spite of the ceasefire. Under the ceasefire agreement, Israel was to allow in 600 aid trucks per day. Of course, this would take time to address the Israeli ravaging of Palestinian infrastructure. However, Gaza’s municipality spokesperson claimed that only around 100-150 trucks have been allowed in per day.
Israeli impunity
Israel has made a mockery of the supposed ceasefire agreements in both Lebanon and Palestine. They’re able to keep killing people, and to keep restricting the necessary conditions for life because international governments continue to allow them to. Trump has been belligerently fanning the flames of war, and Starmer has hardly been much better.
It was joyful to see Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire. Finally, after horrors upon horrors, they were able to have a moment of togetherness with their loved ones. A moment without terror raining down upon their heads. But, we all knew it was only ever going to be a moment.
No media outlet worth anything should continue to call Israel’s actions anything to do with a ceasefire. They’re nothing of the sort.
Featured image via the Canary
