‘It will not be the last war’: Palestinians and Israelis reflect on Gaza ceasefire

Many people fear that with no political solution, violence will return again and again

After four wars in 13 years, or four battles in a single conflict punctuated by intermittent periods of calm, many Israelis and Palestinians on Friday expressed a weary sense of deja vu about the latest Gaza ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

Life will return, because this is not the first war, and it will not be the last war," said a shop owner, Ashraf Abu Mohammad, in Gaza. The heart is in pain; there have been disasters, families wiped from the civil registry, and this saddens us. But this is our fate in this land, to remain patient."