Gaza

NPR - Over the weekend, Israel and Hamas both accused the other of violating the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The ceasefire has been holding for a little over six weeks. Yesterday, Israel also struck Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, for the first time since June, killing a Hezbollah commander. This action has led many to worry about the nearly year-long ceasefire in place there.

 

Much of the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire has been completed. The next phase involves setting up an International Stabilization Force in Gaza, according to NPR’s Kat Lonsdorf. But there are still many questions about who will make up that force and how they will be trained. Lonsdorf says it may sound contradictory to still be discussing a ceasefire when there are so many people being killed and both sides have accused each other of violations, but the agreement is holding, and there hasn't been a full return to war.