caitlin on the illusion of a ceasefire in gaza;

The Gaza ceasefire (if you can even call it that) is already in grave peril.

Hamas has announced that it will be postponing the release of any more Israeli hostages in response to repeated ceasefire violations from Israel and consistent failure to meet its terms of the agreement. The IDF has been routinely killing Palestinians in Gaza ever since the so-called “ceasefire” went into effect, with 110 killed in less than three weeks according to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.

The first obstacle to the ceasefire holding was always that it depends on good behavior from individual IDF troops, many of whom (A) quite like murdering Palestinians and (B) hope the ceasefire ends so they can murder more. These troops could also be reasonably confident that they would incur no consequences from their superiors for those killings.

In response to the Hamas announcement, President Donald Trump told the press that if “all” hostages are not returned by Saturday at 12 PM, the truce should end and Israel should “let hell break out.” ...........more.........