{"671304":{"#nid":"671304","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Experts Shed Light on Israel-Hamas War","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the month following Hamas\u0027 attacks in Israel, the war between the two sides has continued to escalate. As casualties increase, humanitarian concerns grow, and calls for a cease-fire mount, the situation remains volatile.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the war began with the killing of an estimated 1,200 Israelis and the taking of more than 200 hostages by Hamas, the Gazan death toll is estimated to have surpassed 11,000, and over 1.6 million residents have been displaced. Israel has rejected cease-fire calls to this point, but a deal with Hamas resulted in a four-day pause in fighting in exchange for the release of 50 hostages. Israel has begun to release about 150 Palestinian prisoners \u2014 primarily women and children \u2014 and is allowing up to 300 aid trucks into Gaza. An additional\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/11\/27\/hamas-israel-hostage-fighting-pause-extended-gaza\u0022\u003Etwo-day pause\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was also brokered, including the release of an additional 20 Israeli hostages.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe deal offers hope that \u201cthere are lines of communication open, which, as we\u0027ve just seen in the U.S.-China context, is important in and of itself between hostile or adversarial actors,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/rachel-whitlark\u0022\u003ERachel Whitlark\u003C\/a\u003E, political scientist and associate professor of international affairs in the\u0026nbsp;Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s not clear that the current developments signal anything about what might happen with the additional hostages being held by Hamas or those being held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. And the deal will likely allow Israel to continue its military campaign to rid itself of a neighbor committed to its destruction, perhaps more aggressively given that these hostages have been released.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou can read the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/28\/georgia-tech-experts-shed-light-israel-hamas-war\u0022\u003Erest \u003C\/a\u003Eof the story \u2014 including comments from the Nunn School\u0027s Lawrence Rubin \u2014 on the Georgia Tech News Center, where it originally appeared.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the war unfolds, Tech experts offer their thoughts on what happened, what comes next, and how the U.S. will be involved.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As the war unfolds, Tech experts offer their thoughts on what happened, what comes next, and how the U.S. will be involved."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2023-11-29 20:42:47","changed_gmt":"2023-11-29 21:13:19","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672475":{"id":"672475","type":"image","title":"Map of Israel and the Gaza Strip.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EMap of Israel and the Gaza Strip.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1701292053","gmt_created":"2023-11-29 21:07:33","changed":"1701292053","gmt_changed":"2023-11-29 21:07:33","alt":"Map of Israel and the Gaza Strip.","file":{"fid":"255715","name":"israel-gaza-169.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/29\/israel-gaza-169_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/29\/israel-gaza-169_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":425377,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/11\/29\/israel-gaza-169_0.jpg?itok=rgjoqS9N"}}},"media_ids":["672475"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:steven.gagliano@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteven Gagliano\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["steven.gagliano@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}