Gaza after the Ceasefire

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London Review of Books

Society & Culture

4.4 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Since the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza six months ago, 904 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2700 wounded by the Israeli army. Last week, Trump’s Board of Peace released a report complaining of a ‘funding gap’ after reports emerged that it had received only a ‘tiny fraction’ of the $17 billion its members had pledged to rebuild the region.In this episode, Adam Shatz is joined by Muhammad Shehada and Jehad Abusalim to discuss the ongoing crisis on the ground in Gaza, the economic and political vision of the Board of Peace and the role of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, a transitional body of Palestinian technocrats, in the so-called reconstruction. From the LRB Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subslrbpod⁠⁠⁠ Close Readings podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/crlrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ LRB Audiobooks: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/audiobookslrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/storelrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.3	Welcome to the LRB podcast. I'm your host, Adam Schatz. The subject of this week's episode is the situation in Gaza, where a so-called
0:56.4	ceasefire has been in effect since the 10th of October 2025.
1:02.1	Gaza isn't on the front page much these days. It's been eclipsed by the Iran War and Israel's
1:08.5	war on Lebanon. But to speak of a return to quote-unquote normal life in
1:14.4	Gaza would be a delusion. Since the signing of the ceasefire, 904 Palestinians have been killed by the
1:22.1	Israeli army and more than 2,700 wounded. In the last 24 hours, five more Palestinians have been killed,
1:30.2	including a six-month-old child.
1:32.6	Conditions are beyond grim,
1:34.6	800,000 still living intense,
1:36.7	more than 90% of schools destroyed.
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