
Ceasefire violations strain fragile Israel-Hamas truce
Clip: 10/19/2025 | 5m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Ceasefire violations in Gaza strain fragile truce between Israel and Hamas
On Sunday, there were major strains on the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which has only been in place for a little more than a week. Israel said it carried out strikes across Gaza in response to Hamas attacks on its troops, and announced it’s cutting off aid shipments into Gaza “until further notice.” Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Tel Aviv.
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Ceasefire violations strain fragile Israel-Hamas truce
Clip: 10/19/2025 | 5m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
On Sunday, there were major strains on the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which has only been in place for a little more than a week. Israel said it carried out strikes across Gaza in response to Hamas attacks on its troops, and announced it’s cutting off aid shipments into Gaza “until further notice.” Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Tel Aviv.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipJOHN: GOOD EVENING I'M JOHN YANG.
TONIGHT THERE ARE MAJOR STRAINS ON THE FRAGILE CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL WHICH IS ONLY BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK TO READ ISRAEL SAID IT CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF STRIKES ACROSS GAZA IN RESPONSE TO HAMAS ATTACKS ON TROOPS NEAR RAFA ON THE BORDER WITH EGYPT.
ISRAEL SAYS IT IS CUTTING OFF AID TO GAZA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
ONE ISRAELI TARGET WAS A SEASIDE COFFEE SHOP.
GAZA HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY DOZENS OF PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED.
IN ISRAEL IT HAS BEEN A BITTERSWEET DAY.
CELEBRATIONS IS MORE FREED HOSTAGES WERE RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES AND FAMILIES, AND MOURNING AS ONE WAS LAID TO REST, HE WAS KILLED IN THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS AND HIS BODY KEPT IN GAZA UNTIL NOW.
THE REMAINS OF TWO MORE HOSTAGES WHO DIED IN CAPTIVITY WERE RETURNED SO THEY MAY BE GIVEN PROPER BURIAL.
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IS IN TEL AVIV TONIGHT.
IT SEEMS THE CEASE-FIRE HAS RUN INTO A LOT OF PROBLEMS RATHER RAPIDLY THIS WEEKEND.
WHAT IS THE LATEST?
REPORTER: THERE WERE PROBLEMS FROM THE BEGINNING ON MONDAY, 20 HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED AND ONLY FOUR OF THE DECEASED HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED.
THAT PROMPTED OUTCRY FROM FAMILIES AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT STARTED THREATENING TO CLOSE THE RAFA CROSSING AND NOT ALLOW AID IN.
HAMAS HAS NOT AGREED THAT THEY WILL STOP BEING IN CHARGE OF THE GAZA STRIP SO THEY REINFORCED AS THE IDF PULLED BACK AND THEY STARTED ARRESTING AND PUBLIC EXECUTIONS OF THESE GANGS THEY SAY ISRAEL HAS TRIED TO FIGHT THEM, AND THEY WANT TO REESTABLISH THEIR POWER.
THERE WAS A COMMENT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO SAID IF THEY ARE KILLING PEOPLE IN GAZA, THAT VIOLATES THE CEASE-FIRE AND WE WILL GO BACK AND KILL THEM.
HE DID NOT MEAN U.S.
TROOPS BUT ISRAELI TROOPS.
THEN THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS AND BOTH SIDES ARE SAYING, EACH SIDE IS VIOLATING.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS A BUST THAT CROSSED -- A BUS THAT CROSSED INTO DOES A CITY, A FAMILY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR HOME.
11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN THE IDF FIRED A SHELL AT THE BUS INCLUDING SEVEN CHILDREN.
IN RAFA, THE IDF SAID THEY WERE ATTACKED BY HAMAS AND TWO SOLDIERS WERE KILLED.
THEY RESPONDED WITH A MASSIVE WAVE OF AIRSTRIKES THAT HAVE KILLED DOZENS OF PEOPLE THUS FAR.
MANY VIOLATIONS ON BOTH SIDES.
THE DEFENSE MINISTER HAS SAID THEY ARE GOING TO PUT DOWN BORDER MARKS.
THEY WILL REESTABLISH THE CEASE-FIRE, AND ANYONE FIRING ON THAT LINE COULD BE FIRED UPON.
JOHN: THE IDEA OF THE CEASE-FIRE WAS TO NEGOTIATE THE BIG QUESTIONS, WHAT GAZA WOULD LOOK LIKE AFTER THE WAR.
IS THERE A CHANCE THIS COULD FALL APART AND THEY NEVER GET TO THOSE BIG QUESTIONS?
REPORTER: THERE ABSOLUTELY IS AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM FROM THE START.
WHEN TRUMP WAS HERE MONDAY ADDRESSING ISRAELI PARLIAMENT HE SAID THIS IS IT, IT IS ALL OVER, BEST THING TO HAPPEN IN DECADES.
THAT WAS REALLY PREMATURE.
THE FACT TRUMP IS A DEAL GUY, THEY WANTED TO PUSH THIS THROUGH, AND STOP THE KILLING.
THEY WANTED TO STOP PEOPLE IN GAZA DYING, THEY WANTED TO GET AID IN.
THERE HAS BEEN THE LOT BEHIND THE SCENES WERE ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED, MEDIATORS IN EGYPT AND QATAR FOCUSING ON DECONFLICTION, STOPPING BOMBINGS IN SCHELLING'S AND GETTING AID IN -- SHELLINGS AND GETTING AID IN.
BUT WE MAY NEVER GET THERE.
NOTHING ELSE HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED AND THE FRUITS OF THAT ARE BORN NOW.
IF WE STAY IN THIS STAGE WHERE IT IS ABOUT STOPPING AND STARTING MANY ARE CONCERNED THIS WILL TURN INTO A LEBANON SITUATION.
NEARLY A YEAR SINCE THAT CEASE-FIRE AND THERE BEEN HUNDREDS OF VIOLATIONS WHERE ISRAEL HAS STRUCK BOTH WITH AIRSTRIKES AND SHELLING LEBANON.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE IMPUNITY FOR THAT UNDER WORRIED THE SITUATION WILL REPEAT HERE WHERE ISRAEL CONTINUES TO STRIKE WHEN THEY SAY THERE IS A VIOLATION, OR THAT HAMAS HAS DONE SOMETHING, WHICH MEANS WE WILL NEVER PROGRESS TO THE NEXT STAGE, RECONSTRUCTION.
CAN THEY EVER GET MATERIALS IN?
WILL ISRAEL ALLOW BUILDING MATERIALS IN, UNLESS HAMAS IS BACK IN POWER WHICH THEY HAVE NOT AGREED TO.
BEYOND THAT A PALESTINIAN STATE, THERE ARE REFERENCES TO THAT.
THIS TECHNOCRATIC COMMITTEE, IS THIS FOR GAZA, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WILL UNITE ALL THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES?
WHAT IS THE FUTURE HERE?
IT IS AN AMBITIOUS PLAN AND WE ARE LANGUISHING IN THE FIRST STAGE WHICH WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE.
JOHN: LEILA MOLANA ALLEN, IN TEL AVIV TONIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH LEILA: THANK YOU JOHN.
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