We asked the people of Gaza how they saw their future – this is what we found | Nils Mallock

Support for Hamas is declining - no obvious alternative has emerged, but our poll shows there are reasons to be hopeful

• Nils Mallock is research fellow at the XCEPT research group at King's College London

After coming the closest yet to falling apart, the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is back on its fragile track. Just days ago, an escalating dispute threatened the deal after both sides expressed frustration about the other's fulfilment of their respective obligations. Donald Trump's recent proposal to resettle Gaza's population of two million Palestinians also rattled the truce.

The turbulences of the month-old ceasefire expose a deeper political uncertainty: after 15 months of fighting, no clear vision exists for what comes next. Who should govern and rebuild Gaza? What will its future relationship with Israel be?

Nils Mallock is research fellow at the XCEPT research group at King's College London, a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics, and regularly briefs the UK Foreign Office on policy-related issues

This article was co-authored by Jeremy Ginges, professor in behavioural science at the London School of Economics and author of various studies on intergroup conflict and conflict resolution