"after two full years of Israel trying to annihilate the people of Gaza, Palestinians can begin living again without the constant specter of death and destruction hanging over them. Hopefully, Trump's clear desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and the grandiosity of the stagecraft around his ceasefire deal-complete with a trip to the Israeli Knesset and a lavish "peace summit" in Egypt-means that he is too invested in the end of the genocide to let it resume."
"If the current ceasefire does hold, and if Israel and Hamas agree to implement the next phases of Trump's deal, there will be a temptation to let Gaza slip out of the foreground of our collective mind's eye. This is, in some ways, understandable. It has been a punishing, draining two years for anyone who cares about Palestine. The devastation of the genocide has left deep scars."
"The scale of Israel's decimation of Gaza is so extreme that it can sometimes feel abstract. But it is all too real. Israel has destroyed or damaged almost every residential building and the vast majority of all the structures in Gaza. 95 percent of the population is displaced. There is virtually no health system left. Israel has committed scholasticide, obliterating Gaza's educ"
Hamas freed the last remaining Israeli hostages while Israel began releasing thousands of Palestinian detainees, and diplomatic theater accompanied a ceasefire deal. The hope exists that the ceasefire will end two years of sustained annihilation efforts and allow Palestinians to live without constant threats. There is a danger that global attention will fade once hostilities pause, yet Gaza remains catastrophically damaged. Almost every residential and most structural buildings are destroyed or damaged, 95 percent of people are displaced, health systems are virtually gone, and education has been obliterated, requiring prolonged aid and reconstruction.
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