The research, released by the multidisciplinary group Forensic Architecture and published by Drop Site News on Saturday, found that the regime built at least 13 new military outposts inside Gaza after the ceasefire came into force on October 10 and accelerated the expansion and consolidation of 48 existing outposts.

The findings suggest Israeli forces are not merely holding temporary positions but are physically reshaping Gaza in ways consistent with long-term control.

The analysis, based on satellite images taken between October 10 and December 2, shows the regime maintaining a dense network of military infrastructure east of the so-called “yellow line,” a partial withdrawal boundary set under the ceasefire.

Researchers said Israeli forces now control more than half of Gaza and have continued to extend that control through ongoing construction and demolition activity.

According to Forensic Architecture, the regime has expanded road networks linking military outposts inside Gaza to Israeli bases, roads and illegal settlements outside the coastal enclave, reinforcing logistical integration between occupied areas in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories.

The group documented continued construction of a new road in Khan Younis in southern Gaza that reroutes the regime’s Magen Oz military corridor to run entirely within areas under its control.

Military expansion has been accompanied by systematic destruction of Palestinian property, particularly in eastern Khan Younis and elsewhere in southern Gaza, including Rafah.

Buildings that had not previously been destroyed were demolished after the ceasefire, while new outposts and military roads were constructed across the same areas.

One case study cited in the report detailed a newly established Israeli outpost in Jabaliya in northern Gaza, where a densely populated tent area was dismantled and surrounding buildings were razed.

Satellite imagery and ground photographs showed the construction of roads, large militarized berms and new structures on elevated ground east of the “yellow line,” overlooking areas from which Palestinians were forcibly displaced.

Meanwhile, Mouin Rabbani, a former United Nations official and senior analyst on Israeli-Palestinian issues, said the findings were consistent with the regime’s long-standing strategy of creating irreversible facts on the ground.

He told Drop Site News that Tel Aviv had consistently pursued incremental steps that become permanent once international pressure fades or political costs are judged manageable.

Under the initial phase of the ceasefire linked to US President Donald Trump’s so-called 20-point Gaza plan, Israeli forces were meant to withdraw to the “yellow line,” leaving between 53% and 58% of Gaza under Israeli control, according to official maps released by Washington and later by the Israeli military.

However, Forensic Architecture found that since the ceasefire the regime has seized additional land by placing at least 27 physical markers west of the “yellow line” shown on its own maps.

Trump’s plan states that the regime would not occupy or annex Gaza and that its forces would eventually withdraw as an “International Stabilization Force” takes over.

The report concluded that through the expansion of outposts, integration of road networks and continued demolition of Palestinian neighborhoods, the regime is entrenching a presence that goes beyond temporary “security measures” and points to a permanent role on the ground in Gaza.