For almost a year, Hezbollah vowed not to stop battling Israel until it agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza. “I don’t think a ceasefire in Lebanon has changed much for the dynamics of a Gaza ceasefire,” said Tahani Mustafa, senior Palestine analyst at International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank. The outgoing Biden administration maintains that there might now be “newfound opportunity” to drive forward a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. More than 250 people were taken hostage and about 1,200 killed during the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023. “For the love of God, stop, stop, stop (the war).”

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