Ceasefire Fears Grow, Just Like Civilian Death Tolls
The Independent struggles to feign surprise that a 'ceasefire' is crumbling after Hamas claims 24 Palestinians were killed post-truce. This happens while Israeli families demand bodies returned, creating a false equivalence. Let's remember the pattern: Netanyahu’s 'peace' always seems to involve more bombs. Back in 2014, during 'Operation Protective Edge', Israel broke its own humanitarian
ceasefires multiple times, leading to mass civilian casualties. The framing that both sides are equally responsible for 'breaching' peace when one controls the airspace, borders, and F-35s (paid for by US taxpayers, naturally) is a rhetorical sleight of hand. One might wonder at the utility of these 'ceasefires' that routinely allow hundreds, if not thousands, of additional deaths before
crumbling. It’s almost as if the international community needs a pause button on the devastation, only to reset it for another round once the 'fears' have sufficiently 'grown'. How many more Palestinian lives must be extinguished before the media calls it what it is: not a 'breach' but a continuation?