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No end in sight to Israel’s Gaza war without US and domestic pressure on Netanyahu

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Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip gathering in Tel Aviv on May 28 to mark 600 days of their captivity.

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza gathering in Tel Aviv on May 28 to mark 600 days of their captivity.

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It is now 600 days since the start of the Gaza war, and the Israeli government still portrays itself as the conflict’s chief victim.

The war broke out after

an Oct 7, 2023, massacre

perpetrated by the Hamas militant organisation, in which approximately 1,200 mostly Israeli civilians perished.

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