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Global powers are trying to stabilise Gaza with the help of its tormentor.

KIRYAT GAT, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 20: U.S. Army personnel, IDF personnel and others international officials monitor screens displaying maps and imagery of the Gaza Strip during a media tour inside the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) on November 20, 2025 in Kiryat Gat, Israel. The American-led military facility 13 miles north of the Gaza Strip is where U.S. and Israeli soldiers, along with foreign diplomats and NGO representatives, are monitoring the ceasefire in Gaza and discussing the future of the Palestinian territory. Critics have noted the lack of formal Palestinian representation in the CMCC. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Ahmed Al-Najjar writes about the day his phone stopped working, and why that means so much more than it seems.

The writer's hand holding his glitching phone, with an illegibly fuzzy screen.

The new US humanitarian plan will ‘save us’, just like the previous ones did.

A photo of a red cup of tea and a packaged biscuit from WFP on a table