Is this really the end of the war in Gaza?

More than 2 million Palestinians are waiting for the sun to rise and for this long, dark night — the most brutal war in the history of Palestine’s conflicts — to end. At this important moment, following the announcement in Washington on Monday, the hope that feels both near and far still faces many challenges. The most prominent of these is whether both Hamas and Israel will accept the plan to end the conflict — or whether they will impose conditions that prolong the implementation talks and undermine the opportunity.