DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Six months after the Gaza ceasefire deal took effect on October 10, 2025, the U.S. 20-point ceasefire plan for the territory is largely failing on the humanitarian front, according to a scorecard released Thursday by five international aid groups. These groups reported that conditions have deteriorated further in Gaza since the Iran war began, leaving the ravaged Palestinian territory of 2 million people in a state of prolonged uncertainty.
Most of Gaza's population now resides in vast tent camps, while other residents shelter in damaged apartment buildings. Health workers and other humanitarian workers have reported little progress in the anticipated surge of medical supplies and other aid, despite the ceasefire being in place for six months. Aid entering the territory remains limited, flowing through a single, Israeli-controlled border post.
Elite-Driven Failure
The ceasefire work, which remains largely undone, includes the disarming of Hamas, the ending of its two-decade rule, the deployment of an international stabilization force, and the initiation of vast reconstruction efforts. The Board of Peace, a U.S.-created and Trump-led entity, kicked off with $7 billion in pledges and sweeping intentions to resolve not only Gaza but other global conflicts. However, the Board of Peace has not met again since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran nine days after its initial meeting.
This supranational body is still awaiting a response from Hamas regarding its proposal on disarming, which the article describes as a major concession and perhaps the hardest step. Hamas' charter explicitly calls for destroying Israel. A U.S. official, speaking anonymously, stated that Hamas has not been given a definite deadline to respond but added that “patience is not unlimited.”
Nickolay Mladenov, director of the Board of Peace, told the U.N. Security Council last month that the world should not lose sight of Gaza as a new war flared. He presented the choice in Gaza as between “a renewed war, or a new beginning; the status quo, or a better future,” asserting that “There is no third option.”
Cost to the Displaced Population
The humanitarian groups' scorecard revealed that during the first two weeks of March 2026, trucks entering Gaza declined by 80%, and the price of basic goods increased dramatically. Medical evacuations have stalled, further exacerbating the plight of the displaced population. Palestinians have expressed fading hopes for any immediate improvement in their lives.
Maysa Abu Jedian, a displaced woman from Beit Lahiya, stated, “There is pollution and disease. It’s as if there’s no ceasefire at all.” Eyad Abu Dagga, sheltering in a camp in Khan Younis, echoed this sentiment, saying, “The war is still ongoing and life is still terrible as it is.” These accounts highlight the lived reality of a population subjected to the consequences of elite-orchestrated agreements that fail to deliver on promises.
While the heaviest fighting has subsided, Israeli forces have carried out airstrikes and fired on Palestinians near military-held zones. Militants have carried out shooting attacks on troops, with Israel stating its strikes are in response to these and other ceasefire violations. Gaza’s Health Ministry, part of the Hamas-led government, reports that Israeli attacks have killed 738 people in the six months since the ceasefire. The ministry, whose detailed casualty records are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts, does not provide a breakdown of civilians and militants. Overall, the ministry states 72,317 Palestinians have been killed since the war in Gaza began with the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel.
Sovereignty Undermined by Globalist Distractions
The unwavering focus on Gaza, once the subject of passionate international outcry, has been lost with the rise of a new regional war, decreasing pressure for progress on the ceasefire. The humanitarian groups’ scorecard noted that any forward movement on aid issues in the Palestinian territory has “generally required sustained diplomatic pressure at the highest levels, particularly from the United States. That pressure, however, has not been applied consistently or at the scale needed to secure full implementation.”
The Trump administration is not the only player reportedly distracted; the entire Middle East, including key Gaza mediators Egypt and Qatar, now focuses on Iran and that war’s effects on their economies. With added uncertainty over Israel’s renewed war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, there could be even less interest from countries to contribute troops to a Gaza stabilization force. Indonesia, one of the few confirmed troop contributors, has already seen three of its peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon in recent days, underscoring the instability that globalist interventions often fail to contain.