Hamas says Israel violated Gaza ceasefire 269 times as truce comes under pressure

# Hamas says Israel violated Gaza ceasefire 269 times as truce comes under pressure

*Event date: 2025-02-18*

Hamas has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire in Gaza 269 times, according to a report shared with Newsweek by a senior Hamas official. The group said the alleged violations came during a three-week ceasefire agreement that began on January 19 and argued that Israeli actions since implementation have repeatedly undermined the deal.

The Hamas report listed what it described as a wide range of breaches. In the version shared with Newsweek, the group said Israeli operations had caused 26 deaths and 59 injuries, alongside 105 aircraft violations, 36 gunfire violations, 29 ground incursions, nine instances of bombardment and the detention of five Palestinian drivers and fishermen. In a separate statement, Hamas went further and said 92 Palestinians had been killed and 822 wounded since the ceasefire began.

The document also alleged that the third release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Hamas-held hostages was delayed by six hours and that the detainees were returned to Gaza without coordination or confirmation of their wishes. It said Israel also restricted family visits, including from the West Bank, and had delayed providing a list of 400 Palestinian prisoners.

Beyond the prisoner exchange, Hamas accused Israel of failing to meet agreed humanitarian deliveries. The group said less than half of the promised fuel had entered Gaza and only about a quarter of the tents specified in the agreement had been delivered. It also said other needed supplies and assistance were still being kept out.

The group framed those allegations as evidence that Israel was not serious about the later phases of the ceasefire. The report also criticized public statements by Israeli leaders about Gaza’s population and said those remarks sent a signal that the agreement was not being honored. Newsweek said it had reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for comment.

The latest accusations land at a sensitive moment. They follow the first major setback to a deal that had been hailed as a breakthrough after months of failed negotiations and came amid fresh warnings from Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu over hostages and the future of the truce. In that sense, the report is both a ledger of alleged ceasefire breaches and a sign of how quickly the political space around the agreement is narrowing.

The accusations also show how ceasefire compliance has become a live political test, with every alleged breach feeding pressure on the next stage of talks.