Fighting in Gaza Resumes After Truce Expires

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The Facts

  • After a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas ended Friday morning, hostilities between the two began again, with Israel striking Gaza and Hamas launching rockets into Israel. Israel also dropped more leaflets over southern Gaza calling for civilians to evacuate.

  • Over 100 have already been reported killed from bombing on Friday (per the Gaza Health Ministry), with strikes taking place across the entire strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Hamas broke the truce and did not release all women captives as agreed, nonetheless, negotiations mediated by Egypt and Qatar have continued.

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The Spin

Pro-Israel narrative

Though, of course, Israelis are glad to see some of the hostages now safe and sound back in Israel, the country must not allow Hamas to regroup. Hamas seized upon the temporary pause to mark Israeli positions and prepare itself for continued attacks on Israeli forces in Gaza. Indeed, the pace at which Israeli forces maneuvered in Gaza threw Hamas's military leadership off-kilter, and Israel will have to work intelligently in its campaign of fully eliminating the terrorist group so it can never launch an attack like Oct. 7 again.

Jerusalem Post

Pro-Palestine narrative

Israel continues to demonstrate that its war is not against Hamas but against the Palestinian people as a whole. Nowhere in Gaza is safe, and Israel has effectively rendered the north of the strip unlivable. Unfortunately, the temporary ceasefire only gave civilians a few days of relative rest, and now Israel has returned to killing Palestinians at an unprecedented rate. The US, Israel's biggest ally, must exert more pressure to end the war.

Middle East Eye

Metaculus Prediction

Establishment split

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