A proposed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is raising hopes across the Middle East.
Mourners carry the body of Mustafa Marhi, an Islamic Jihad fighter killed in a raid by Israeli forces in the village of Kafr Dan, near the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Palestinian men killed by Israeli fire during a raid in the northern West Bank village. A total of six men were killed by Israeli forces during Tuesday’s raid on the village according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
But hopes for a cease-fire have been dashed before, and both Palestinians and Israelis are braced for disappointment. Hamas is determined to end the war still standing, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to destroy the group before ceasing the fighting.‘We want a solution’ The war, and the multiple failed attempts to secure a cease-fire deal, have deepened despair in the territory, which is compounded by the constant insecurity, the unnerving uncertainty about the future and, for some, the boredom of a life put on hold by the fighting.“They negotiated a lot, to no avail,” said Etaf Abdel Bari, who was also sheltering in Deir al-Balah. “We are not a toy in their hands.
“We already have like six or seven cycles of hope and despair, hope and despair, but what can we do? We are clinging on to any hope there is,” he said.
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