"Donald Trump called the pause in hostilities he has brokered the first step to a strong, durable and everlasting peace. No one can do more to determine the outcome than the US president. This was, for him, a modest statement, acknowledging that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of his plan it being their decision, not his, to break a multi-point agreement into a multi-stage discussion."
"In finally reining in Benjamin Netanyahu, and in offering Qatar a security guarantee that persuaded it (with Egypt and Turkey) to lean more heavily upon Hamas, Mr Trump has created an opportunity which must be seized. To recognise that his intercession has brought this ceasefire is also to acknowledge that Mr Trump, and Mr Biden before him, could have ended this conflict long ago."
"More than three dozen of the hostages taken by Hamas-led militants on 7 October 2023 are believed to have been killed in captivity. More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza. The tens of thousands of children who have been orphaned or are suffering acute malnutrition offer some indication of how profound and lasting the damage will be."
Donald Trump brokered a pause in hostilities and described it as a first step toward a strong, durable and everlasting peace. He framed the agreement as modest, noting Israel and Hamas accepted the first phase and chose to split a multi-point deal into stages, deferring the hardest issues. Tentative relief followed in Israel and Gaza at the halt, with hopes for an end to annihilation, hostage releases and resumed large-scale aid. The pause is fragile; massive casualties, orphaned and malnourished children, and entrenched existential perceptions risk renewed fighting despite both sides currently viewing a deal as preferable.
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