Reply #82: Both Israel and Hamas violated the cease fire on that day

[oberliner]

Israel and Hamas both respected the terms of the cease fire to the same extent.

After the violations of the cease fire committed by Israel and Hamas on the date you mentioned, they both went back to observing it for the remainder of the six month period.

I don't see how what resulted from Hamas deciding to end the cease fire is better than what would have resulted from them deciding to renew it for another six months.

Of course, if Hamas had decided to permanently and publicly renounce violence against civilians, there may have been positive results.