Al-Monitor Discovers 'Truce' After Israel Kills More Palestinians
As Al-Monitor reports 'slow' truce progress, based on Reuters, Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Gaza on Monday. Two were hit by a drone missile east of Khan Younis, another by a tank shell. This comes six weeks after a 'fragile ceasefire deal' was globally acclaimed. One might wonder how many 'ceasefire violations' by the stronger party are permissible before the media stops calling it
'violence persists' and starts calling it 'ongoing aggression.' This relentless framing of asymmetrical warfare as mere 'violence' suggests a disturbing neutrality, erasing the context of occupation and disproportionate power. It's a journalistic sleight of hand, turning state-sponsored actions into a nebulous force-of-nature. How can a 'truce' progress when one side continues to kill using
precision munitions? Perhaps 'progress' means fewer headlines about these incidents.