But then how does a ceasefire order from the UN in which Hamas gives up its hostages and Israel only has to stop shooting for Ramadan help?
Israel is then going to go back to shooting and Hamas will have lost all leverage.
And Israel will be able to say that they obeyed the ceasefire resolution to the letter.
Neither you nor I think Israel is actually going to stop once the hostages are released, do we?
Now that Israel is in direct contravention of a UNSC resolution other countries will find it harder to support them at all.
The NDP passed a bill here saying that ICC and ICJ rulings must be abided and we are seeing legal challenges here and elsewhere.
Israel refusing to abide by the UNSC is another stone in the wall of upcoming sanctions.
South African apartheid was ended through boycotts that all started this way as well. Its stupidly slow, but it works.
Had Israel ceased fire and both sides started releasing hostages I expect few would have been released before the end of Ramadan, but even if they had that would presumably also meant aid and journalists were allowed in which could have slowed the famine they are now experiencing.
Netanyahu will continue the genocide until he's turfed from office, hopefully on Monday with the vote on conscriptment, or until Biden puts his foot down and says he'll end all US support and legal protections, but so far all he's done is announce more bombs for the genocide.
The famine has started, people are starving to death. That will end zionism in the long term but not save those dying now.