New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- Ten months after the ceasefire that was supposed to end the war between Israel and Hamas, Gazans are still burying their dead. On August 4th a funeral was held in the Sabra district of Gaza city for 112 people killed by an Israeli air strike in November 2023. Thousands are still missing. Israel still does not allow heavy machinery, needed for excavating the ruins and rebuilding, into the strip. The slow pace at which bodies are being retrieved from beneath the rubble is a stark reminder of the lack of any progress in Gaza.

An announcement from Donald Trump seemed to herald a breakthrough. On July 30th the American president proclaimed "a historic agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed gro...