Middle East crisis live: fears grow for Israel-Gaza ceasefire after Netanyahu threat
Israel’s prime minister said he would end the ceasefire if Hamas failed to free Israeli hostages by midday on Saturday
Of the many factors that will determine the fate of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, one of the most difficult to quantify and predict is the level of popular support for Hamas.
My colleague Jason Burke, the Guardian’s international security correspondent, has written this analysis piece on the topic:
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