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Israel’s Gaza Strikes Continue Despite 2025 Ceasefire

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 2:03 AM UTC · How we work

Left

Beach Body Outlines

On October 7 2023, Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
Local leaders and activists highlighted Palestinian civilian deaths, calling Israel’s Gaza campaign genocide and demanding accountability.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the Gaza campaign a ‘devastating, ongoing genocide’ in his statement.
Activists in Tel Aviv traced over 1,100 body outlines on the beach, demanding accountability.
Israel launched airstrikes on the anniversary, killing three Palestinians despite a year-long ceasefire.

Right

Genocide Claim Sparks Backlash

On October 7 2023, Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s anniversary post called Israel’s Gaza campaign a genocide, prompting officials to label the remarks anti-Semitic.
Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman called the mayor’s remarks false moral equivalence.
UN ambassador Danny Danon likened the mayor’s framing to turning 9/11 into a day mourning al-Qaeda.

Center

Ceasefire Yet Casualties

On October 7, 2023, Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
Center coverage notes a U.S.-brokered ceasefire began on October 10, 2025, yet Israeli strikes have continued, causing further casualties.
Families held a minute of silence at the Nova music festival site on October 7, 2026.
Since the ceasefire, Gaza Health Ministry says 1,460 Palestinians and seven Israeli soldiers have died.

Blindspot

The Gaza Health Ministry reports that, since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began on October 10, 2025, 1,460 Palestinians have been killed and seven Israeli soldiers have died.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left-leaning and Right-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

After Israel seized the Sinai and Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day War, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on 6 October 1973, prompting a UN-brokered cease-fire on 22 October. The war’s stalemate spurred the 1978 Camp David Accords and, three decades later, U.S. diplomats again cite the 1973 cease-fire model while shaping a 2025 truce; about 2,800 Israelis were killed in the 1973 fighting.

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Beach Body Outlines

On October 7 2023, Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
Local leaders and activists highlighted Palestinian civilian deaths, calling Israel’s Gaza campaign genocide and demanding accountability.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the Gaza campaign a ‘devastating, ongoing genocide’ in his statement.
Activists in Tel Aviv traced over 1,100 body outlines on the beach, demanding accountability.
Israel launched airstrikes on the anniversary, killing three Palestinians despite a year-long ceasefire.

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