Nearly 300 killed in “extended blows” on Gaza: why cessation of fire in Israel-Hamas was convicted from the beginning

Israel also used the cessation of fire to pursue larger political and military objectives in Gaza, the Westordan, Southern Lebanon and Syria.

He also climbed the construction of settlements and carried out more and more violent operations in the West Bank. In addition, there were inappropriate attacks on Palestinian residents in Israel.

And although nearly 1,800 Palestinian prisoners were released during the ceasefire, Israel owned over 9,600 Palestinians in detention on “security reasons” at the end of 2024. Thousands of Palestinians are held by Israel in administrative detention, which means without trial or accusation.

During the cessation of fire, Israel also accelerated the efforts to evacuate the UN Agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, from its headquarters in East Jerusalem. And the Israeli government also proposed increasingly draconian laws aimed at restricting the activity of Israeli organizations for human rights.

In the last two months, two terms have passed for the withdrawal of Israeli forces in the south of Lebanon. Instead, Israel proposed to establish a buffer area on the Lebanese territory and began to destroy the villages, to uproot olives and to build semi-permanent outposts along the border.

In a speech from February, Netanyahu also demanded “the complete demilitarization of Syria” following the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Defense Minister Israel Katz said that this month, Israel will hold his troops in the south of Syria to “protect” the residents against threats because of the new Syrian regime.