The ‘Structural Violence Under a Different Name’ That’s Still Killing in Gaza
Doctors Without Borders tears into the so-called “ceasefire” nearly a year after its signing as the carnage against Palestinians continues with no end in sight
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On the morning of October 10, 2025, the Israeli government declared that a ceasefire with Hamas would go into effect at noon.
Three days later, the White House released the following statement:
We, the undersigned, welcome the truly historic commitment and implementation by all parties to the Trump Peace Agreement, ending more than two years of profound suffering and loss — opening a new chapter for the region defined by hope, security, and a shared vision for peace and prosperity.
The same day, President Trump praised the deal at the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit in Egypt:
Nobody thought this could happen. With the historic agreement we have just signed, those prayers of millions have finally been answered.
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Together, we’ve achieved what everybody said was impossible. At long last, we have peace in the Middle East.
Nikki Haley commended the president for “paving the way to peace.”
“After two long years, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief,” Haley, US Ambassador to the UN during Trump’s first term, also tweeted.
“This is an historic moment. It deserves enormous credit and recognition on the world stage,” House Speaker Mike Johnson declared on the House floor. “For generations, we have aspired to peace in the Middle East, everyone around the world, and now President Trump has delivered it.”
Johnson also said that he would work with Speaker Amir Ohana of the Israeli Knesset, as well as speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world to jointly nominate President Trump for the following year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
During the nearly 10 months that have since passed, the atrocities plaguing Gaza have continued without interruption. According to data furnished by the Gaza Ministry of Health, the IDF has killed at least 1,209 Palestinians and wounded at least 3,943 since the first full day of the ceasefire.
This week, Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), issued a statement to relay the firsthand accounts of its workers over the course of much of the past year.
“It is a continuation of the genocide, calibrated to be violent enough to keep Palestinians suffering every day, yet silent enough to avoid stirring international outrage,” the organization said.
“For Palestinians, a ceasefire would mean people have the conditions to grieve, begin rebuilding their lives, and recover from the violence they have endured. That has not happened in Gaza,” MSF continued.
Among the numerous incidents detailed by MSF in its statement follow below:
On July 16, an Israeli strike near an MSF clinic in Al-Mawasi sent four injured people to our teams. The following day, two apartment buildings housing our staff in Gaza City were struck without warning, trapping families inside as explosions shattered windows. In one building, rubble and bodies crashed into the lower-floor apartment of an MSF staff member.
The same day, MSF teams in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, treated 12 people – seven of whom were children – who were injured after Israeli forces struck a funeral in Al-Nuseirat. In total, this strike killed eight people and injured 20. Among those killed was the 21-year-old son of an MSF staff member. Our colleague got the news while working in another emergency room.