December 3, 2023

Hostilities have reignited in the Gaza Strip following the collapse of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas. 

This development has shattered the immediate extension of a ceasefire, a goal pursued by the U.S., Israel's biggest ally in the war. On the horizon looms the inception of Israel's offensive into the southern part of the Palestinian territory, a prospect that is sure to pose further challenges for Washington.

The Biden administration has been facing mounting pressure at home and abroad as Israel's military campaign, triggered by Hamas' October 7 attack, has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians and reduced much of the coastal enclave to rubble, contributing to a humanitarian catastrophe that has raised global concern.

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