B’Tselem and Amnesty warn Gaza genocide is not over

Israeli human rights organisation, B’Tselem, issued a statement affirming that Israeli violence in Gaza has continued, despite claims of a ceasefire.

As coverage from Skwawkbox and the Canary has underlined, the sham ceasefire, brokered by the US, has been repeatedly been called into question, with reports of continued military attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip.

75 days into the ceasefire

B’tselem’s statement, issued on Christmas Day, documented the following ceasefire violations, including civilian deaths:

75 days into the “ceasefire”: the genocide in Gaza is not over

Since the “ceasefire” was declared on 10 October 2025, Israel has been continuing its onslaught on the ground. Israeli forces have killed 405 Palestinians and injured 1,114 throughout the Gaza Strip (as of 22 December).

Israeli forces continue to shoot residents and target Internally displaced people (IDP) compounds on either side of the “yellow line”, which left 58% of Gaza in Israeli control under the deal yet was never clearly marked. Nearly 1 million people who lived east of the line before the genocide are now crowded west of it in unlivable conditions.

Israel continues to systematically demolish buildings and infrastructure east of the “yellow line”.

Updated satellite images show hundreds of structures flattened in eastern Gaza City alone.

Israel continues to heavily limit the entry of aid, allowing more trucks in but hampering full-scale operations by the UN and its partners through access and bureaucracy restrictions. As of 16 December, only 57% of 556 planned aid missions were completed, including delivery of essential supplies, medical evacuations and infrastructure repairs.

Israel continues to restrict the operation of crossings in and out of Gaza. In mid-December, only two of the crossings were operating at any given time, and Rafah Crossing remained closed despite commitments to reopen it.

More food has entered and market prices have dropped. However, after months of severe malnutrition, with limited variety and prices still unaffordable for most, the UN estimates that 1.6 million people in Gaza “are projected to face extreme levels of acute food insecurity” in 2026.

Nearly 1.5 million displaced people are still in camps. Storm Byron flooded thousands of makeshift tents, inundating the Civil Defense in Gaza with emergency pleas for shelter and basic supplies. The Gaza Ministry of Health has reported 11 people killed by structures that collapsed in the storm and two children, one a newborn, who died of hypothermia.

More than 18,500 patients, at least 4,000 of them children, are still awaiting medical evacuation from Gaza, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Israel has allowed only 260 patients out of Gaza for treatment in this time, after decimating the healthcare system there.

Israel continues to bar the entry of medical teams and journalists, preventing lifesaving treatment and upholding the media blackout on documentation and reports from the ground.

The so-called ceasefire has been in effect for 75 days. In practice, Israel is continuing its campaign of killing, destruction, displacement and complete control of Palestinians’ lives in Gaza. The international community must stop enabling this façade and take action to help the people of Gaza.

The world looks away

Agnes Callamard, secretary general of human rights group Amnesty International, agreed. Callamard highlighted B’tselem’s post and said:

This is Amnesty’s conclusion as well. Israel’s genocide in Gaza is continuing.

Despite the paper-thin ‘ceasefire,’ Israel has killed over 400 people in Gaza, mostly children, while escalating its assault on the West Bank and carrying out airstrikes in Lebanon.

Meanwhile, the mainstream media has turned its back on these events, and remains conspicuously silent.

Featured image via B’Tselem