MARUF CT Press Statements

 MARUF CT Statement on the Recent Ceasefire Announcement 10/10/2025

MARUF CT Statement on the Recent Ceasefire Announcement 

[Hartford, CT] – October 10, 2025 – MARUF CT welcomes the recently announced ceasefire in Gaza, with a measured sense of relief. The Palestinians’ path to freedom and self determination, after the immense suffering they have endured over the past two years of a brutal genocide, is long and uncertain, requiring sustained international support, accountability, and a genuine commitment to justice and peace.

Since October 2023, Israel has dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza, with the following results:

• 67,000 Gazans have been brought to hospitals and recorded as killed.

• Approximately 20,000 children have been killed, including 1,015 infants under a year old.

• Nearly 10,000 are missing and still buried under the rubble.

• 460 Palestinians have died of starvation.

• 170,000 have been injured, including 19,000 who will need long-term rehabilitation.

• 4,800 people have had limbs amputated, nearly a fifth of them children.

• 2,700 families have been completely erased from the registry.

• 6,000 people are now the sole survivors of their families.

• More than 90% of all homes have been destroyed or rendered unliveable.

• More than 835 mosques have been completely destroyed and at least 180 others damaged, while three churches were also damaged.

These realities point to multiple violations of international humanitarian law, including indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilians; deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure; use of starvation as a method of warfare; and collective punishment of the civilian population. MARUF CT cofounder Jenny Haddad Mosher said “true peace cannot be achieved without justice and accountability. We call on the U.S. government to uphold both U.S. and international laws by ensuring no further weapons or military aid are provided to Israel until it is held accountable for its actions in Gaza.”

We also demand our government hold Israeli leaders accountable to fulfill their commitments under the ceasefire deal, end the siege, and ensure the protection of Palestinian lives and rights to their land and self-determination.

MARUF CT will continue to speak truth to power as our moral duty compels us to stand firmly for justice, human rights, and the protection of all oppressed peoples until freedom and dignity are secured for all.

Questions? Please contact MARUF CT co-founders Vina McDermott and Hend Elsantaricy at

info@marufct.org

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