In an address last week, former President Joe Biden announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which includes an exchange of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians currently imprisoned in Israel, and an increase in humanitarian aid in Gaza. The deal went into effect on Sunday Jan. 19, and the first hostages have been exchanged.

About 55 community members protested Washington University’s investments in Boeing on Mudd Field, and urged the St. Louis County Council to call for a cease-fire to the Israel-Hamas war, Jan. 23. 

There is no reason the U.S. should be aiding Israel and abetting war crimes. Yet the massacre of innocents goes on.

Regardless of whether he was talking about the Palestinian people or about Hamas, the people of Gaza have been facing near-constant bombardment and dwindling access to clean water, electricity, and food for the past month.