'Genocide stopped only in media': Gaza endures daily bombings a month into truce
Palestinians say that Israel's war continues amid
daily killings, home demolitions, threatening drone broadcasts, and a ban on
essential supplies
By Maha
Hussaini in
Gaza City, occupied Palestine
Published date: 10 November 2025
A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, almost nothing has
changed for Manar Jendiya.
Originally from Gaza City, the Palestinian mother has remained displaced in Deir
al-Balah since the truce took effect on 11 October, as most of her
neighbourhood, Shujaiya, remains under Israeli control.
Two weeks into the agreement, Israeli forces heavily
bombed the area where she was staying, forcing her to seek refuge elsewhere.
One of the attacks killed her sister.
“Her husband was killed earlier in the war, so she had
been caring for her children alone,” Jendiya told Middle East Eye.
“When the attacks in Gaza City escalated and
evacuation orders were issued repeatedly, she didn’t want to risk losing her
children as well, so she sought refuge in a makeshift tent in central Gaza,”
she added.
“She never imagined she would be killed here too,
leaving her children without a mother or father.”
Jendiya’s experience is shared by many in Gaza, who
say Israel’s two-year genocide is far from over.
On the ground, Israeli attacks and the humanitarian
crisis they have caused continue.
Almost daily, explosions demolish large swathes of
homes across the Gaza Strip. Shelling and gunfire continue to kill and wound
people, while drones hover overhead broadcasting disturbing recordings.
Meanwhile, essential food items and medical supplies
remain scarce amid an ongoing Israeli siege.
“The genocide has only stopped in the media,” said
Jendiya.
“They’ve stopped talking about it, but for us, it’s
still ongoing.”
Explosions in the east
Jendiya lost her husband in one of the so-called
“flour massacres” during the first year of the war, when Israeli forces opened
fire on civilians waiting for aid, killing hundreds.
Today, she is displaced with her children and in-laws
in a school in central Gaza City.
“I had sought refuge in eastern Deir al-Balah,” said
the mother of three. “When the ceasefire began, we decided to stay because
whether there or in Gaza City, we would still be in a tent, so it made little
difference.”
But the attacks
continued.
“Bombardments came early every morning. Nothing had
changed, and we didn’t feel safe. So we moved back to the centre of Gaza City.”
Even there, Jendiya says, she still feels unsafe amid
intermittent strikes and the looming threat of renewed war.
“I keep storing food, afraid the siege will tighten
and starvation will return,” she said.
“Every morning we hear explosions in the east,” she
said, referring to areas beyond the so-called Yellow Line, where Israeli forces
are continuing to demolish homes en masse.
“Each day brings new attacks and new victims,” Jendiya
added.
Israeli forces have killed at least 242 Palestinians
since the ceasefire came into effect, including dozens of children, in a
violation of the agreement.
Israel has also breached other terms, including the
continued closure of the Rafah crossing, which is used to evacuate severely
wounded people to Egypt.
The siege also remains largely in place, with only
around 150 aid trucks allowed through daily, on average, out of the 600 agreed
upon. Most carry non-essential food and medical supplies, while critical items
remain scarce.
‘Spreading panic’
Beyond the daily bombardments and killings, Gaza
residents also face the constant menace of Israeli drones.
In parts of Gaza City, drones broadcast threatening
messages, ordering locals to “hand over bodies” of Israeli captives and playing
disturbing sounds - including ambulance sirens - late at night.
“The last time I heard the drone was three days ago,
right above my house,” said Anas Moeen, 30.
“There’s something deliberate about the recordings
they broadcast,” he added.
“They are incomplete, distorted, and unclear - I think
that’s intentional to spread panic and anxiety.”
Moeen added that their presence during the ceasefire
is clearly meant to unsettle residents and send a message: the army is close
and still watching.
“They are addressing civilians with messages like
‘hand over the bodies of captives’ and ‘respect the ceasefire’, but as
civilians, this is not our responsibility,” Moeen said.
“What we understand from these messages is that the
army can reach us at any moment, that the war isn’t over, and we could be the
next target whenever the drone operator decides.”
Residents also report that the drones now don't
resemble the quadcopters used earlier in the war.
The drone seen lately closely resembles the
Israeli RA-01 model, with some design variations. Many residents say it
is the first time they have seen such drones in Gaza since the start of the
war.
“These were higher-flying, triangle-shaped drones,”
Moeen explained. “I’ve seen similar ones used as suicide drones, but this one
was broadcasting messages.
“It felt like it could explode at any moment.”
‘Hysterical’ gunfire
In addition to the threatening messages, Israeli
drones continue to drop leaflets in Gaza. On Sunday, the leaflets incited
against Hamas.
Alongside this “psychological warfare”, Israeli
attacks on the ground have escalated in recent days, said Moeen.
Explosions and gunfire from military vehicles
intensified after Israel’s first major ceasefire breach on 19 October, Moeen
explained.
On that day, Israel said two soldiers were killed in
Rafah before launching a wave of air strikes that killed 100 Palestinians and wounded 150
others.
Even worse, the army is still “deep inside Gaza”, he
added.
“Military vehicles are only about two kilometres from
my home, even though I live in a relatively central part of Gaza City.
“We’re not talking about occasional strikes; it’s a
constant routine of air raids, artillery shelling, and gunfire so intense it
could almost be called hysterical,” he said.
“Sometimes a soldier keeps his finger on the trigger
for 15 minutes straight.”
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