A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas largely ended the Gaza war after two years of Israeli attacks and more than seventy thousand Palestinian deaths. The agreement was promoted by the United States and outlined a step-by-step path toward Hamas disarmament and Gaza reconstruction. Despite these stated goals, the situation remains unsettled, with Israel striking areas of Gaza it does not control and killing more than seven hundred people since the ceasefire began, including deaths during a drone strike on a food-distribution center. Hamas shows no signs of disarming. Hamas continues to be the prominent governing force in Gaza, and expectations of alternative governance or public pressure on Hamas have not materialized.
"How would you describe the situation on the ground in Gaza now, and what, if anything, has changed since the ceasefire began late last year? You know, nothing has changed. Since October, when the ceasefire started, we have been able to say one very clear thing, and this is that Hamas is the prominent player in Gaza. On the eve of the ceasefire, people spoke about how maybe there would be a kind of alternative government, or maybe Hamas would consider disarmament, or maybe even the Palestinian public would be more critical toward Hamas,"
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