Timing Is Everything for Israel-Hamas Truce
Photographs of Israeli hostages held in Gaza on March 7.
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Time is running out to reach a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war before Sunday, when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts and religious and nationalist sentiments often spike.