O what is happening goes far beyond a technical violation of an agreement. When someone in the audience shouted that Israel should take 100% of Gaza, Netanyahu did not dispute it, he simply replied "first 70%, we'll start with that." The direction of travel is explicit in the prime minister's own words.
In March, the Israeli army quietly sent maps to humanitarian organizations showing it had already advanced 11% beyond the Yellow Line, controlling 64% of the territory rather than the 53% agreed upon. The ceasefire was being hollowed out quietly, long before this public announcement.
More than 900 people have been killed since the truce began, according to Gaza's health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the UN. It is hard to call this a ceasefire with a straight face.
Two million people already living in disastrous conditions after two years of war would be forced to compress themselves into an even smaller area. The territorial mathematics has a name when applied to civilian populations, and the international community keeps hesitating to say it.
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