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9 October, 2025
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The ceasefire deal is being celebrated, but there are also concerns Israel could backtrack, and that it won’t end the decades-long occupation
Left Foot Forward
The ceasefire deal is being celebrated, but there are also concerns Israel could backtrack, and that it won’t end the decades-long occupation
The news of a ceasfire deal in Gaza have been welcomed, but groups fear Israel could renege on the agreement and warn it won’t end the occupation of Palestine.
After 734 days of Israel’s war in Palestine, it has been announced that a ceasefire will begin in Gaza within 24 hours after this evening’s Israeli cabinet meeting.
This comes after Donald Trump’s announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire deal. Israel confirmed that it signed a final draft of the deal this morning.
On X, Palestine Solidarity Campaign wrote: “We share the huge relief expressed across Palestine this morning that a ceasefire, however tenuous, might now take effect.
However, they said: “Israel’s bombing campaign had not stopped in the past few days as talks were underway, and the casualty numbers have continued to mount.
“Palestinians in Gaza desperately need the bombing to end, and the prospect of a prisoner release is also positive”.
PSC highlighted that Gaza needs an “immediate influx of aid” to prevent mass starvation.
They also voiced concerns about Israel backtracking on the ceasefire deal.
“We also share the trepidation of the Palestinian people rooted in the knowledge that Israel has violated every ceasefire agreement it has ever signed. Far-right Israeli ministers have already indicated that they will reject a ceasefire and vote to continue the genocide.”
They also believe Trump’s plan “will not bring an end to Israel’s decades of apartheid and oppression of the Palestinian people”.
“Israel’s ramped up ethnic cleansing in the West Bank is not addressed in this agreement and can now be expected to escalate further,” they said.
The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians also welcomed the deal, and said “an immediate end to the relentless atrocities against the Palestinian people is callously overdue”.
However, they also shared concerns that Israel breached a previously agreed ceasefire deal which came into effect on 15 January, and ended on 18 March, when Israel launched an airstrike that killed at least 404 Palestinians as they slept in their tents.
The ICJP wrote in a statement: “Back in March, Israel reaffirmed its disregard for abiding by a ceasefire, international law and the lives of Palestinians, so today we ask: what, if anything, has changed?”.
The statement also said: “While a ceasefire may bring a stop to the immediate Israeli atrocities in Gaza, it cannot be considered as an accomplishment without ensuring that accountability is upheld, complicity in international crimes is brought to an end, unhindered humanitarian relief for Gazans is allowed to flow, and ensuring Palestinians are afforded their right to self-determination.”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the new ceasefire deal marks “a moment of profound relief that will be felt around the world”.
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said: “News of a ceasefire deal in Gaza brings real hope. The UK and our allies must do all we can to get the hostages home, get aid in to starving people, and finally end this horrific violence.”
Since 7 October 2022, Israeli strikes on Gaza have it has killed more than 67, 139 Palestinians, of which 20,000 of them were children, 1,722 health and aid workers and over 248 journalists.
Richard Tice accuses UN of ‘lying’ about Gaza famine ignoring the fact Israel banned them from delivering aid
The Reform deputy leader claimed UNRWA trucks were the ‘slowest’ to distribute food, but Israel banned the agency from making aid deliveries in March
Richard Tice went on a trip to Israel at the end of September, where he met with Israeli ministers, amid the government’s ongoing siege in Gaza, which a UN inquiry recently declared is a genocide.
Following his trip, Tice wrote a piece in ‘Conservative Woman’, a right-wing blog that has published articles containing conspiratorial claims, falsely claiming that the famine in Gaza is “a blatant lie”.
In his piece, he asked “Why is UNRWA the slowest to move aid on, often leaving it sitting on pallets for weeks?”.
On GB News, Tice repeated this claim, stating: “And do you know what I learned? It’s the UN trucks, primarily from UNRWA that are the slowest to get distributed.”
He added: “I am very concerned we are being fed misinformation deliberately by vested interests who have got a very different agenda.”
As UNRWA pointed out in a statement, the organisation “has been banned by the Israeli authorities from bringing in any humanitarian assistance including food for over seven months now (since 2 March 2025)”.
The statement added: “UNRWA currently has thousands of trucks of aid waiting in neighbouring countries (Egypt, Jordan) for the green light to enter Gaza. These trucks are loaded with food, medicines, and hygiene supplies.
“Any aid entering Gaza is not UNRWA’s since 2 March as UNRWA is not allowed by the Israeli authorities to bring in any aid inside Gaza at present.”
On GB News, Tice said that on his four-day trip to Southern Israel, he had “unique access” to the border crossing at Kerem Shalom.
He said he saw “trucks and trucks, dozens of trucks arriving”. Tice also claimed: “I was right in the centre of it, seeing more pallets of fruit and flour and bananas and avocados and onions and sugar than I’ve ever seen before.”
These claims directly contradict the UN’s latest reports: according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, as of 1 October, 455 malnutrition-related deaths, including 151 children, have been documented since October 2023.
An alert issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on 29 July 2025 warned that “the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.”
He also claimed, without providing any proof, that Hamas and gangs that are stealing food, “in particular from the UN” and selling it on the black market.
Tice has not yet recorded his recent trip to Israel in the MPs’ Register of Interests.
Olivia Barber is a reporter at Left Foot Forward
9 October, 2025
The Reform deputy leader claimed UNRWA trucks were the ‘slowest’ to distribute food, but Israel banned the agency from making aid deliveries in March
Richard Tice went on a trip to Israel at the end of September, where he met with Israeli ministers, amid the government’s ongoing siege in Gaza, which a UN inquiry recently declared is a genocide.
Following his trip, Tice wrote a piece in ‘Conservative Woman’, a right-wing blog that has published articles containing conspiratorial claims, falsely claiming that the famine in Gaza is “a blatant lie”.
In his piece, he asked “Why is UNRWA the slowest to move aid on, often leaving it sitting on pallets for weeks?”.
On GB News, Tice repeated this claim, stating: “And do you know what I learned? It’s the UN trucks, primarily from UNRWA that are the slowest to get distributed.”
He added: “I am very concerned we are being fed misinformation deliberately by vested interests who have got a very different agenda.”
As UNRWA pointed out in a statement, the organisation “has been banned by the Israeli authorities from bringing in any humanitarian assistance including food for over seven months now (since 2 March 2025)”.
The statement added: “UNRWA currently has thousands of trucks of aid waiting in neighbouring countries (Egypt, Jordan) for the green light to enter Gaza. These trucks are loaded with food, medicines, and hygiene supplies.
“Any aid entering Gaza is not UNRWA’s since 2 March as UNRWA is not allowed by the Israeli authorities to bring in any aid inside Gaza at present.”
On GB News, Tice said that on his four-day trip to Southern Israel, he had “unique access” to the border crossing at Kerem Shalom.
He said he saw “trucks and trucks, dozens of trucks arriving”. Tice also claimed: “I was right in the centre of it, seeing more pallets of fruit and flour and bananas and avocados and onions and sugar than I’ve ever seen before.”
These claims directly contradict the UN’s latest reports: according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, as of 1 October, 455 malnutrition-related deaths, including 151 children, have been documented since October 2023.
An alert issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on 29 July 2025 warned that “the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.”
He also claimed, without providing any proof, that Hamas and gangs that are stealing food, “in particular from the UN” and selling it on the black market.
Tice has not yet recorded his recent trip to Israel in the MPs’ Register of Interests.
Olivia Barber is a reporter at Left Foot Forward
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