Hours after President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the world with a new ceasefire agreement

A new ceasefire

Just hours after President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the world with a new ceasefire agreement as a path to peace, Israeli forces shot dead nine Palestinians in Gaza.

Diplomacy

The incident casts a shadow over what had been heralded as a turning point in the conflict, highlighting how violence persists even under the banner of diplomacy, as Netanyahu warns that "all hell will break loose," words previously used by the US president in the same conflict.

Conditional

According to CBS News, Netanyahu warned Hamas that "if they don't disarm, all hell will break loose."

The ceasefire, Netanyahu said, would be conditional.

Israel would begin a phased withdrawal from parts of Gaza, while keeping troops stationed in designated buffer zones to counter any "resurgent terrorist threats."

A resurgence of violence on the ground

But this warning was quickly followed by renewed violence on the ground. In the days that followed, several Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in and around Gaza City. Medical sources, including staff at al-Ahli Hospital, reported several deaths caused by live ammunition. The Israeli military said some of those targeted were "approaching a prohibited area" and were considered "suspicious."

The ceasefire

Yet the incident occurred within the confines of the ceasefire, in what should have been a zone of calm. The line between peace and conflict now appears dangerously blurred and, for some, deadly.

Undefined areas

Under the current framework, Israeli troops must remain positioned along so-called "yellow lines," undefined areas that Israel alone designates as vital to its national security. These areas are not clearly demarcated on the ground and are not subject to any third-party monitoring or verification.

Renewal of military action

Netanyahu's insistence on the complete disarmament of Hamas has been met with skepticism, both in Gaza and internationally.

In practice, the ceasefire agreement functions not only as a road map for peace, but also as a potential pretext for further military action, and the recent killings may well mark the first phase of this.

Quickly and violently

During a meeting at the White House with Argentine President Javier Milei, Donald Trump reiterated that Hamas must either disarm voluntarily or be forcibly disarmed under the terms of the ceasefire he negotiated: "It will happen quickly and perhaps violently. But they will disarm," Mr. Trump warned.