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An Israeli soldier walks past M109 155mm self-propelled howitzers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the Syrian border in 2023. (Image: Ayal Margolin/Jini/Xinhua via ZUMA Press/APAIMAGES)

Israeli forces moved further into the Syrian Golan, forcing entire towns to evacuate. While Netanyahu celebrated what he says will be an “eternal” Israeli presence in Syria, U.S. officials insist Israel’s occupation of Syrian lands is “temporary.”

Palestinians search the rubble of the Harb family home, which was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, June 18, 2024. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images)

In the wake of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon, there has been speculation about a similar deal between Israel and Hamas to finally bring about an end to the genocide in Gaza. But are there reasons to think this time may be different?