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Israel hasn’t agreed to it yet, so I assume they’ll keep up the killing until then.
I’ll trust it when it comes into effect, we’ve been down this road before.
You’re probably right that this so-called entity is deceitful, but stay hopeful.
What’s wrong with you, man? Be optimistic!
And who is this so-called “Israel” anyway?
Damn them!
This madness has to stop. Nothing can justify killing people like this
I'm guessing the war will continue anyway
Yeah, it has to be let through the security council, and then there is a 48 hour period where Israelis are allowed to appeal any of the Palestinians being released. Could see a load of settler freaks filibustering this for a long time.
And if it does go through I assume Hamas honour their side and release the remaining hostages after which the deal will be reneged since there will be little to no internal resistance to the genocide without the hostages. Hope that I’m wrong however.
If true, we must ramp up international pressure and document every step. Apathy will cost more lives if the world doesn’t act
I think there is more hope this time. Backing from many other countries and Trump's personal reputation being on the line make this different from the previous ceasefire. Hoping that it's enough to hold back the zionists.
Not even mentioning that Israeli "ceasefires" usually mean that Israel is allowed to bomb as much as they want to, besiege Gaza as much as they want to, but if Palestine does even the smallest retaliation, the ceasefire is over.
This is disgusting complacency; how can civilians keep being killed while the world bets on “agreements” with no guarantees? This must end now — no more excuses
How can they be allowed to keep going like this? This is madness