Ceasefire Updates
Source: Drop Site News
The Egyptian Red Crescent said at least 400 trucks carrying food, fuel, and medical supplies were headed for the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the branch of the Israeli military that oversees the West Bank and Gaza, said on Tuesday that it would only allow half of the 600 daily aid trucks agreed upon in the ceasefire deal, saying Hamas violated the agreement by not releasing all the bodies of dead Israeli captives. Meanwhile, the European Union said on Wednesday that it is on standby to deploy a long-standing humanitarian mission, known as EUBAM, at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza, if conditions on the ground improve.
On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, President Donald Trump warned that Palestinian militants must “disarm, or we will disarm them,” saying the process “will happen quickly—and perhaps violently.” He also claimed he had spoken to Hamas and that the group agreed to disarm, while senior leaders in Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other resistance factions have repeatedly rejected disarmament in public interviews.
From an article at The Guardian: Naseem al-Radee and Mohammed al-Asaliya were among 1,700 Palestinians released from Israeli detention after prolonged, often brutal confinement without charge. Both described systematic torture, medical neglect, starvation, and unsanitary conditions in prisons like Nafha, leaving detainees severely underweight and with lasting injuries. Their release coincided with devastating personal losses in Gaza: Radee learned his wife and most of his children were killed during his 22-month imprisonment.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee, approved by Israel and all Palestinian factions including Hamas, will manage daily life in postwar Gaza. The group will operate under a U.S.-chaired “Board of Peace” overseeing reconstruction funds, while Israel must withdraw to allow aid and deployment. Egypt will soon host a Gaza reconstruction conference with U.S. and German support.
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed that “there will be Jewish settlements in Gaza” during an event in Sderot. Speaking days after a ceasefire with Hamas forced Israeli forces to withdraw from parts of the Strip, Smotrich, a leading settler movement figure in Netanyahu’s coalition, argued that Israel has “no security” without settlements and promised “a series of victories and big miracles” in the future.
West Bank
Between January 2023 and June 2025, more than 3,500 attacks by Israeli settlers and forces in the West Bank killed 38 Palestinians and injured 3,939, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Most incidents occurred in Ramallah, Nablus, and Hebron between October 2023 and October 2024, as over 2,900 Palestinians have been displaced due to state violence and movement restrictions.
The Egyptian Red Crescent said at least 400 trucks carrying food, fuel, and medical supplies were headed for the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the branch of the Israeli military that oversees the West Bank and Gaza, said on Tuesday that it would only allow half of the 600 daily aid trucks agreed upon in the ceasefire deal, saying Hamas violated the agreement by not releasing all the bodies of dead Israeli captives. Meanwhile, the European Union said on Wednesday that it is on standby to deploy a long-standing humanitarian mission, known as EUBAM, at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza, if conditions on the ground improve.
On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, President Donald Trump warned that Palestinian militants must “disarm, or we will disarm them,” saying the process “will happen quickly—and perhaps violently.” He also claimed he had spoken to Hamas and that the group agreed to disarm, while senior leaders in Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other resistance factions have repeatedly rejected disarmament in public interviews.
From an article at The Guardian: Naseem al-Radee and Mohammed al-Asaliya were among 1,700 Palestinians released from Israeli detention after prolonged, often brutal confinement without charge. Both described systematic torture, medical neglect, starvation, and unsanitary conditions in prisons like Nafha, leaving detainees severely underweight and with lasting injuries. Their release coincided with devastating personal losses in Gaza: Radee learned his wife and most of his children were killed during his 22-month imprisonment.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee, approved by Israel and all Palestinian factions including Hamas, will manage daily life in postwar Gaza. The group will operate under a U.S.-chaired “Board of Peace” overseeing reconstruction funds, while Israel must withdraw to allow aid and deployment. Egypt will soon host a Gaza reconstruction conference with U.S. and German support.
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed that “there will be Jewish settlements in Gaza” during an event in Sderot. Speaking days after a ceasefire with Hamas forced Israeli forces to withdraw from parts of the Strip, Smotrich, a leading settler movement figure in Netanyahu’s coalition, argued that Israel has “no security” without settlements and promised “a series of victories and big miracles” in the future.
West Bank
Between January 2023 and June 2025, more than 3,500 attacks by Israeli settlers and forces in the West Bank killed 38 Palestinians and injured 3,939, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Most incidents occurred in Ramallah, Nablus, and Hebron between October 2023 and October 2024, as over 2,900 Palestinians have been displaced due to state violence and movement restrictions.
