Hell and high water: Gaza waits for a ceasefire of its own
Al Jazeera
Conflicting emotions in Gaza as the people there watch the ceasefire in Lebanon take effect.
Families in the rain-soaked devastation of Gaza describe watching the news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon with feelings of relief, hope and, for some, the sense of having been entirely abandoned.
A general frustration has settled on the central city of Deir el-Balah, where people are exhausted from nearly 14 months of relentless Israeli assault.
Several people who spoke to Al Jazeera on Wednesday said that while they were pleased for their “brothers in Lebanon for reaching a truce”, they are waiting for their own truce.
The people in Gaza, they said, have endured hundreds of times more than what they can bear.
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