The Times of Israel reports: “In Gaza City this week, a vast landscape of gray rubble stretched as far as the eye could see against a vibrant blue sky marred by dust and dark pillars of smoke.

Since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on October 10, IDF forces have pulled back to the so-called Yellow Line. The boundary, steadily being demarcated by concrete blocks coated in yellow paint, now separates Israeli-held territory from the 47% of the Strip left in Hamas’s hands.

More than a month into the agreement, the ceasefire remains shaky, and marks only the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan in Gaza. The second phase — which includes the disarmament of Hamas — remains stalled, with no indication of when, or even whether, it will begin.

‘Hamas is not disarming; they are actually rearming,’ Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said on Wednesday morning. ‘It’s a big problem, and it’s something that we will not accept.’…”