“The lucky are those who have someone to bury them when they die,” Dr. Mohammad Abu Moussa, a radiologist at one Gaza hospital, said of those killed by Israeli airstrikes.
Prodded by the U.S., Israel agreed to the pause in hostilities and the release of 150 imprisoned Palestinians in exchange for 50 hostages held in Gaza.
“When it comes to food, when it comes to freedom,” said one Washington resident whose brother is trapped in the besieged enclave, “the feeling of guilt is killing me.”