Israel and Hamas are bitter enemies. But they also agree on some things. Neither the government of Israel nor Hamas has any real interest in a “two-state solution” to the Israel-Palestine conflict. And neither side wants to stop fighting in Gaza — even as the territory is devastated around them.
Nonetheless, at some point, the fighting will stop. The day afterwards, the world will face a series of urgent questions. Who will rebuild the territory, who will govern it, how will it be supplied?
Even the Biden administration insists that Israel cannot reoccupy Gaza. But relations between Israel and the UN have essentially broken down. And the UN would be understandably wary of extending its responsibilities in Gaza, given that more than a hundred of its employees have been killed in the Israeli onslaught on the territory.