Gaza Strip: A fragile cease-fire

By: Tangoman

Gaza : Palestine | 12 months ago

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As the six-month cease-fire between Hamas and Israel comes close to an end, there is little to suggest that it has produced positive results. Set to expire on 19 December, 2008, the cease-fire has in reality already collapsed weeks ago.

On Tuesday 2 December, in what was the latest violation of the agreement, the IDF launched an air strike on southern Gaza, killing two Palestinian civilians. Palestinian militants, in turn, had fired mortar bombs at Israel earlier on the same day. Such developments, for their part, followed weeks of Palestinian rocket attacks across the border, which began after Israeli air raids on Gaza.

Despite its success during the first months, the cease-fire's failure was evidenced by the quick escalation of hostilities between the two sides and another Gaza blockade by Israel. Now, with still over two weeks to go before its expiration, what the Gaza Strip witnesses is a renewed cross-border conflict, a new round of mutual accusations and a humanitarian crisis. And so this fragile cease-fire ended.

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