Why a Gaza ceasefire isn’t enough The death and destruction being inflicted on the Gaza Strip is impossible to describe. Sitting here in Gaza, it is hard to even understand what is happening. Last week, we witnessed another attack on a United Nations compound where civilians were sheltering — 17 dead, 120 injured — and an attack on a market in Shujaiya during the hours of what was supposed to be a ceasefire — 18 dead, nearly 200 injured. Today in Rafah, Israel shelled another school run by UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, where thousands were sheltering, killing ten. Even the US State Department issued a rare condemnation of Israel , calling the attack “appalling” and “disgraceful.” This is a nightmare. But it is one we know we cannot wake up from. Israel’s Gaza Doctrine of illegally targeting densely packed civilian areas and homes is inflicting untold horror. Israel is deliberately punishing civilians in order to exert political pressure on Hamas . They...
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