They Call It a Ceasefire, Let's Call It What It Is

On Monday May 25th at 1:49pm, Noura Al-Aqaad was 250 meters from Ghaith Camp in Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis, when her six-year-old son Siraj came running and screaming. He had a word for it: ithnan, ithnan. Two, two. He meant two rockets.A six-year-old girl named Mennatallah Abu Libda was playing at the door of her family's tent nearby. She was the same age as Siraj. She was killed.Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced in October 2025, Gaza's Government Media Office has documented a minimum of 3,005 Israeli violations. At least 922 Palestinians have been killed. At least 230 of them were children.This episode is Noura Al-Aqaad's account of what the ceasefire looks like from inside a displacement tent in Al-Mawasi — the area Israel designated as a humanitarian safe zone and the UN formally documented as unsafe. It draws on testimony provided directly to Warrior Woman Gaza, alongside verified reporting on ceasefire violations, the political context behind the escalation, and the pattern of Israeli violations across both Gaza and Lebanon.There is no ceasefire. Noura has a word for it, too.Read the full article at warriorwomangaza.substack.com and support the Al-Aqaad family directly at chuffed.org/project/144536Warrior Woman Gaza is a newsletter documenting the life, words, and survival of Noura Al-Aqaad and her family in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Every subscription and donation supports them directly. If this episode reached you, please share it. The names in this story deserve to be said out loud and kept. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit warriorwomangaza.substack.com/subscribe