Hamas fighters killed about 1,200 people and took 240 captive during their attack. Israel has responded with deadly bombardment and artillery assaults, including on the ground in Gaza, killing more than 16,000 people, at least 7,000 of them children. Attacks by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the occupied West Bank have killed more than 200 other Palestinians and forced entire villages to decamp.
Language has been a constant bone of contention between countries while talking about the war. The world has not agreed on whether to use the word ceasefire or humanitarian pause to describe the ending of violence and hostilities.
According to the UN, a ceasefire is a cessation of all acts of violence against the civilian population while a humanitarian pause is a temporary cessation of hostilities purely for humanitarian purposes.
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