Gaza ceasefire remains intact but fragile

A man in a grey sweatshirt emotionally embraces a woman in a hijab, placing his hand against the side of her head and looking into her eyes. A bus and other people are in the backdrop.

Many families reunited outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, after buses brought hundreds of Palestinian detainees back. Source: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana

Israel is calling on Hamas to uphold the Gaza ceasefire agreement and return the bodies of hostages. Hamas, however, claims it was unable to return all the remains, as many remain inaccessible and unrecoverable. Meanwhile, Australia has confirmed it has no plans to deploy troops to any international stabilisation force in the Middle East, as talks continue over Gaza’s post-ceasefire future. For now, the ceasefire remains intact, but fragile.

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Published 20 October 2025 10:50am

By Essam Al-Ghalib

Presented by Swati Sharma

Source: SBS

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Israel is calling on Hamas to uphold the Gaza ceasefire agreement and return the bodies of hostages. Hamas, however, claims it was unable to return all the remains, as many remain inaccessible and unrecoverable. Meanwhile, Australia has confirmed it has no plans to deploy troops to any international stabilisation force in the Middle East, as talks continue over Gaza’s post-ceasefire future. For now, the ceasefire remains intact, but fragile.

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