The announcement this week that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a new ceasefire framework represents a welcome respite from the catastrophic war that has ravaged Gaza for two years. Yet, before we celebrate what many are calling a diplomatic triumph, we must reckon with two uncomfortable realities: this agreement bears disturbing similarities to the January ceasefire that collapsed within months, and it leaves virtually all the structural questions that initiated this conflict utterly unresolved.
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