Soumaya Ghannouchi: Gaza is experiencing a 'fake truce' and the occupation is repeating the genocide model in Lebanon

Tunisian writer Soumaya Ghannouchi shed light on the ongoing tragedies in the Gaza Strip, considering that what the international community promotes about a ceasefire is nothing but a fake narrative behind which daily crimes hide. Ghannouchi affirmed that the Eid images coming from the Strip revealed a bitter reality that completely contradicts the calm political discourse that Western capitals are trying to market.

The writer stated that the occupation continues to implement its expansionist plans and direct military aggression against civilians, in a clear attempt to forcibly displace them outside the Strip's borders. This escalation comes amid absolute international silence, and even complicity in falsifying facts by claiming the truce's steadfastness while Palestinian blood flows in the streets and markets.

The article monitored tragic scenes from the Eid days, including the martyrdom of the mother 'Hidayah' in front of her daughters while buying Eid clothes, and the burning of displaced persons' tents that no longer provide any protection for their occupants. These events confirm that the Israeli war machine does not differentiate between a religious occasion or a displacement area, but rather targets the Palestinian presence everywhere.

Ghannouchi pointed out that statistics issued by UN sources confirm the martyrdom of more than 26 Palestinians during the Eid days alone, most of them women and children. These numbers make the debate about the existence or non-existence of a truce worthless for the victims who are killed in both cases, revealing the extent of deception in the current political discourse.

Reports indicate that occupation forces have killed about 1,000 Palestinians since the announcement of the so-called October truce, raising the total number of martyrs and missing persons to nearly 73,000. This reality proves that the Palestinian side largely adhered to the calm, while the occupation continued to violate it systematically and daily without deterrence.

The writer criticized the new international definition of a truce, which seems to grant the occupation the right to launch raids, demolish homes, and kill civilians without it being described as a violation. In contrast, news headlines are filled with accusations of 'escalation' if any slight reaction comes from within the besieged Gaza Strip.

Ghannouchi considered that this falsification aims to remove the Gaza issue from the top of global news headlines and alleviate popular pressure on Western governments. This atmosphere allows the occupation to continue its attack, while political leaders market themselves as peacemakers through illusory initiatives that have no basis on the ground.

The writer paused at the role of Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, describing his statements about the 'plan to end the war' as the height of political deception. Ghannouchi questioned the fate of the victims who fell on Eid, emphasizing that Blair avoids answering the identity of the party launching daily raids and expanding its military control.

She also revealed the collapse of the promises of the alleged 'Peace Council,' where reconstruction plans and the entry of international forces disappeared in suspicious silence. International press sources indicated that this council's fund has become completely empty, confirming that the real mission was to manage public perceptions, not to stop the war of extermination.

In a related context, Ghannouchi drew attention to Benjamin Netanyahu's statements in which he boasts of controlling 60% of the Strip's area and his endeavor to raise this percentage. These statements, coinciding with his ministers' calls for 'voluntary migration,' reveal the true intentions of the occupation to transform Gaza into an area completely under its control.

The writer warned that the absence of international consequences has created a state of arrogance in the occupation, leading to the transfer of the same criminal patterns to Lebanon. The scenes coming from southern Lebanon, of the destruction of towns and the targeting of journalists and medical facilities, have become a repeated version of what happened and is happening in Khan Yunis and Gaza.

She explained that the targeting of the health sector in Gaza has reached unprecedented global levels, with more than 1,700 medical personnel martyred since the beginning of the aggression. This pattern, which has been normalized in Gaza, is now expanding to Lebanon, sending a clear message that the immunity granted to the occupation will lead to an expansion of the scope of targeting.

Ghannouchi touched upon Jonathan Pollard's statements, which considered the confrontation with Iran merely a prelude to targeting countries like Turkey and Egypt in the future. Although these countries are mediators in negotiations, the Israeli mentality shaped by impunity sets no limits to its future military aggression.

The writer concluded her article by emphasizing that Gaza remains the central issue and the cornerstone of everything happening in the Middle East, because it is the spot where all red lines have been removed. What has been tried and tested in Gaza, from collective punishment and displacement, will continue to threaten the entire region unless the occupation faces real consequences for its actions.

The new definition of a truce grants Israel the right to continue raids and kill civilians, yet the world insists on calling this situation a ceasefire.