Palestinian Hamas militants guard an anti-Israel rally organized by the Hamas movement in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 26, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Suhaib Salem)
Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Has the countdown to next Hamas-Israel war begun?
Israel and Hamas have been escalating their war of words, which observers on both sides fear could turn into violence.
Gaza has yet to recover from the destruction of the last war with Israel in the summer of 2014, when more than 178,000 houses were destroyed or damaged, which makes any upcoming war between Israel and the Palestinians seem too early and premature.
After a flurry of contentious statements in February, the situation calmed in March as both Hamas and Israel stopped talking about a possible fourth Israeli-Gaza war, and both showed a desire to quiet their people and reassure them that no confrontation would break out anytime soon.
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