The Middle East has stepped back from the brink. The recent ceasefire between Iran and Israel, brokered in part through quiet diplomacy and international pressure – including the efforts of U.S. President Donald Trump – has helped restore a fragile calm in the region. With this major flashpoint stabilized, all eyes must now turn to the far more urgent and humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza.

More than 56,000 Palestinians have died in the 21-month-long war, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Half of the dead are women and children. With food aid barely........

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