Israeli security cabinet to vote on Gaza ceasefire deal

The devaluing of human life, especially Palestinian life, which wasn’t regarded as worth much before the war, has been dramatic,

Shalev said

The loss of life on this scale and the government’s disregard of the lives of the [Israeli] hostages eroded what we call in Hebrew, ‘arvut hadadit’, which refers to the sense of mutual responsibility that binds all Jews,

Shalev added

For 15 months, we’ve been told that we’re just on the verge of absolute victory, but we’ve achieved nothing other than destruction and killing,

Goldberg added

There’s definitely been a moral corruption within Israel,

said Dr Guy Shalev, the executive director of Physicians for Human Rights Israel, which has documented the denial of medical aid and torture of Palestinians

This may be more transactional than many suppose,

Mairav Zonszein, an Israel expert with the International Crisis Group, said, suggesting

By agreeing now, Netanyahu may have bought himself greater freedom to act in the West Bank and in determining whatever future that is agreed for Gaza,

she said, referring to far-right Israeli plans to annex the occupied Palestinian territory, which is dotted with Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law

You know what’s written [in the agreement] and you know what was written in the previous proposals, the ones that we nearly settled on with Hamas,

an Israeli official told the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, summing up the feelings of many

It’s appalling to think that we could have signed this so long ago,

said the official

There is no basis to Netanyahu's claims about the movement backtracking from terms in the ceasefire agreement,

Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP

Hamas is committed to the ceasefire agreement, which was announced by the mediators.

Hamas political bureau member Izzat al-Rishq said separately in a statement

We were expecting that the occupation would intensify the bombing, like they did every time there were reports on progress in the truce (negotiations),

said Mohammed Mahdi, who fled his home a few months ago and is sheltering in Gaza City

Hamas has reneged on parts of the agreement reached with the mediators and Israel in an effort to extort last-minute concessions

the statement reads