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They believed this out of religious fervor. They believed it because they hoped to inspire Hezbollah and Iran to join the battle with their own full-scale attacks. And they believed that Israel, for all its high-tech wizardry, was weak.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has brought cautious calm to the region as aid begins to flow into the Gaza Strip.
The president is addressing the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, and will then fly to Sharm El-Sheikh for a peace summit.
The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.
While President Donald Trump has declared the Israel-Hamas war over, some Middle East experts say the process to end the two-year conflict is just beginning.
Anticipation built across Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Sunday as the ceasefire held into a third day. Preparations were underway for the freeing of 48 hostages still in Gaza and