The situation on the Israeli side is tense again. Not so long ago, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a heavy round of air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.
What's the big deal, you might ask, but imagine how you would feel if your family were caught up in this strife?
According to the Palestinian News Agency, at least 14 people were killed in the airstrike, including four children, and dozens more were injured. These numbers may be fleeting in the news, but behind them are real families, real tragedies.
The Israeli military said it had struck 25 targets, including rocket launches, buildings where militants were located and vehicles carrying Hamas members.
And Hamas is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and they have released videos of two Israeli detainees.
The two men, who were detained on October 7 last year, are now appearing in the video in the hope that Israel and Hamas will reach an agreement that will allow them to return home soon. This is not only a blow to two families, but also a challenge to the entire country.
Israeli Foreign Minister Katz said Israel would suspend its military operations against Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, if an agreement was reached with Hamas to exchange detainees.
Sounds like good news, right? But the airstrikes and clashes continue, which makes one wonder what exactly is meant by "reprisal".
In Tel Aviv, hundreds of protesters took to the streets demanding that the government reach an agreement with Hamas to release their detained loved ones.
One of the protesters, Dani Milan, said words full of dissatisfaction with the government's decision: "I call on all decision-makers to loosen the constraints on negotiations, ratify the agreement as soon as possible and bring back the detainees."
"This is not only an exertion of pressure on the government, but also an indictment of the brutal nature of war.
According to Israel's National Bureau of Statistics, nearly half of Israelis get their news from television, while more than 40% of Israelis watch news online. This shows that the media plays an important role in shaping public perceptions of conflict.
However, the Israeli media's coverage of the conflict in the Gaza Strip often ignores the suffering of civilians, which undoubtedly exacerbates one-sided domestic perceptions of the conflict.
Let us look again at the situation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli air strikes have destroyed not only buildings, but also civilian lives. Imagine an injured child being treated at Nasser Hospital, his eyes filled with fear and bewilderment.
He is just one of thousands of children affected by the conflict in the Gaza Strip. These innocent lives, their stories are rarely reported in the Israeli media, and their suffering is ignored on the political chessboard.
Not long ago, a massive protest erupted in Israel, with 630,000 people taking to the streets to protest against the government's push for judicial reform. This series of protests shows the divisions within Israeli society and the dissatisfaction of the population with the government's policies.
In this seemingly unsolvable conflict, we see the indifference of politics and the cruelty of war. Families of detainees appealed in desperation, protesters clashed with police in the streets, and government decisions did not appear to have eased the situation.
This is a caricature not only of the Israeli Government, but of the international community as a whole in dealing with the conflict.