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CIAO DATE: 11/2014

Toward a Lasting Ceasefire in Gaza

October 2014

International Crisis Group

Abstract

Some two months after the devastating war that took the lives of 72 Israelis and more than 2,100 Palestinians, its underlying causes remain unresolved. In its latest briefing, Toward a Lasting Ceasefire in Gaza, the International Crisis Group analyses the recent fighting and argues that a more enduring ceasefire is possible. Even as the international community works with Israel and Egypt to facilitate the movement of goods and people to and from Gaza, advancing reconciliation between Hamas and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation is of c! rucial importance.