The scene in Jabalia, Gaza, on March 13, 2025. | Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty Images At last, Israel and Hamas have reached a deal — of a sort. On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump announced that the warring parties in Gaza agreed to implement the “first phase” of the peace plan he presented in September. While this doesn’t quite mean the war is completely finished just yet, it appears to be an earnest attempt by Israel and Hamas to begin ending two years of bloody conflict, destruction, and despair.  Over two years of war — launched after Hamas invaded Israel and killed aro...

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