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THREE DAYS REMAIN UNTIL the ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas (mediated by the US with late urgency before the Trump administration is installed), and the IDF is using these hours to get in a few last-minute bombing sprees. And while Palestinians might celebrate their impending relief and respite, for so long as their land remains occupied, their lives surveilled and subject to destruction at whim, this ceasefire is far from a closing chapter. From the New Republic:
Meanwhile, Gaza itself will remain a frozen graveyard, a place where the few outlets for Palestinian despair will either be exile, suicide, or martyrdom in the ranks of a Hamas rebuilt with the spoils of rage. The party has potent symbols with which to recruit and rebuild, among them its former leader Yahya Sinwar’s last acts of defiance, fiercely fighting the Israeli Defense Force. Brutalization, hardening, coarsening: These too are potent instruments for the renewal of the conflict. And they run both ways, afflicting perpetrator and victim alike. A legion of Israeli soldiers will return to their families and think of their time in this zone where anything was allowed. And perhaps they will consider how much of their own behavior reminds them of their most notorious enemies.
Read the full article: The Ceasefire Won’t End the Bloodshed in Gaza