Gaza ceasefire hopes rise after Hamas abandons key demands

“The largest amount of anger from the Palestinians is clearly at the Israelis, but after that, there is probably a lot of ire aimed at Hamas, because the October attack gave the excuse to the Israelis to carry out this bombardment of Gaza. It’s hard to see anything since as a success for the day-to-day lives of Palestinians,” said HA Hellyer, senior associate fellow at London’s Royal United Services Institute.