The nascent cease-fire in the Gaza Strip is—finally—a fragile glimmer of hope for 1 million Palestinian children; hope that they can begin to recover and rebuild their lives after more than two years of horrific war. But that hope depends on sustaining the cease-fire , facilitating the immediate entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza at levels sufficient to match the enormous needs , and urgently restarting critical services, including education.

Two years of bombardments and fighting have inflicted catastrophic devastation across the territory—more than 20,000 children reported killed and thousands more injured , mass displacement, and the destruction of most homes , neighborhoods, hospitals , and schools . Famine was confirmed in August in Gaza City, and Gaza’s entire und

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