Hamas says it won't take part in Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal talks

[ColinC]

106. Sort of. I think the situation is fairly complicated.

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There was clearly a breakdown of civility within the time of the ceasefire while both sides tried to maintain a non-war environment until the ceasefire expired. During the ceasefire there were absolutely no accusations of breaking it, but from my understanding those reported “breakdowns” (ie artillery fire, etc)contributed to the ceasefire expiring.

I’m claiming that the breakdown of civility in the reported cases are equivalent to breaking the ceasefire regardless of whether it was claimed before the ceasefire ended. However I hear you on the fact that nobody claimed the ceasefire was broken before it expired, therefore one can credibly argue the ceasefire was not officially broken.

Again: the semantics of what qualifies as a broken ceasefire alludes me, but you have one clear definition you provided which I can respect -even if I might not entirely agree with that definition by itself.