Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty ImagesIt’s been one month since US president Donald Trump announced his Gaza ceasefire plan, forcing both Israel and Hamas to endorse the 20-point plan despite significant reservations. The initial signs were promising, with the release of all 20 living Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity just a few days later - a dramatic development that few Israelis believed would happen. Israel is reluctant to flood Gaza with aid as long as Hamas is keeping hold of some of the bodies. Vance raised the prospect of rebuilding and repopulating Rafah, at the southern tip of the enclave, which is under complete Israeli control, with the relocation of tens of thousands of homeless war refugees. Israel last week started placing large yellow concrete blocks demarcating the temporary “yellow-line” border between eastern and western Gaza.
