Hamas's conditional acceptance of the Gaza peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump is a welcoming development and a hopeful step towards revival of dialogue after nearly two years of unrelenting war. The ceasefire proposal, though tentative, represents a fingers-crossed attempt to bring the warring parties back to the negotiating table and chart an amicable way forward for a region long engulfed in bloodshed and despair.

Yet, even amid cautious optimism, Israel's actions........

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