Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return to a more or less completely destroyed northern Gaza. Meanwhile, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to be holding, with a few exceptions in the form of Israeli violations leading to the deaths of several Palestinian individuals.

The hostage-prisoner exchange is proceeding more or less as planned as well.

However, the war in the West Bank is ratcheting up, with serious concern for ethnic cleansing.

Meanwhile in Syria and Lebanon, the situation seems to be stabilising, with the US reentering as the dominant party and Lebanon getting on with the politics of politics.

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