Gaza Truce Leaves No Clear Winner After 50-Day Conflict
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Fifty days of war between Israel and Hamas ended with about 2,100 Palestinians dead in the Gaza Strip, more Israeli soldiers killed than in any conflict since 2006 and neither side able to claim a knockout.
While Israeli leaders said Hamas suffered a devastating blow, the truce doesn’t guarantee that Gaza’s ruling militant movement won’t regroup for another round of fighting. For Hamas, whose rocket attacks briefly drove U.S. and European carriers away from Israel’s international airport, the pact gives its rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, new powers in the territory from which his forces were expelled seven years ago.