Gaza ceasefire promises mostly unfulfilled after year

One year after US President Donald Trump declared the war in Gaza to be over, major parts of the October 10, 2025 ceasefire remain stalled, even after Hamas released the last 20 living hostages seized in its October 7, 2023 attack.

The anniversary marks a year without Hamas rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, while Israel has continued near-daily strikes in Gaza at a reduced level. Gaza's health ministry, which operates under Hamas and whose figures the United Nations considers accurate, says Israeli strikes have killed about 1,450 Palestinians since the ceasefire.

The agreement allowed Israeli forces to remain in 53% of Gaza. AFP reported that official accounts now put Israeli control at about 70%. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on the anniversary of the October 7 attack that 4,000 of 6,000 "Hamas monsters" had been killed, and he has vowed to kill everyone involved in the attack.

The political and security transition envisioned in the deal has also not taken hold. Hamas said in July that it was dissolving its governing body and handing administration to the US-supported National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, led by Ali Shaath. But Hamas remains effectively in charge of security, and it has not disarmed. Netanyahu has demanded verifiable decommissioning of all weapons, including individual guns, and Israel has not begun withdrawing forces.

Reconstruction has also failed to move beyond planning. Trump created a Board of Peace with former British prime minister Tony Blair and Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov among key figures, and in January promised $10 billion in US funding. Gulf allies have pledged more, but AFP reported that no money is known to have reached Gaza reconstruction. In September, the board proposed a $2.45 billion six-month recovery plan.