New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- Aid toggled by US pressure, shelters hit, and Trump hedges while Gazans count the dead.

The first real test of the Gaza ceasefire arrived with explosions, broken glass and another stretch of bodies on hospital floors. Israeli warplanes struck across the enclave after an attack that the army said killed two soldiers. By night, officials said the truce would resume and aid would again be let in. For families in central and southern Gaza, the day read as something simpler and uglier, a familiar pattern in which Washington speaks of peace while Israel bombs, and civilians pay a price that international law was meant to prevent.

Palestinian health authorities reported at least twenty six people killed, including a woman...