Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
Peace advocates on Tuesday cautiously celebrated Israel agreeing to a cease-fire with the Lebanese political and paramilitary group Hezbollah while also stressing the need for an immediate end to the Israel i assault on the Gaza Strip. Despite concerns about whether the truce will actually happen, the Friends Committee on National Legislation , a U.S.-based Quaker group, welcomed the plans for it and called on 'all parties to ensure this agreement is swiftly enacted.
In Gaza, the death toll is at least 44,249, with 104,746 wounded, according to local officials. Israeli forces have also decimated civilian infrastructure and displaced most of the enclave's 2.3 million residents, who are struggling to access necessities, due to limits on aid. Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court last week issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu, former Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and a Hamas leader.
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