As international pressure for a ceasefire grows, Israel and Hamas have each reiterated their positions and aims.
Even as talk of a ceasefire is growing, the attacks by both sides continue.
On Saturday, TTP, which is responsible for thousands of deaths since it was established, declared a month-long ceasefire following growing military pressure on the group.
This rocked the post 1998 ceasefire and growing political consensus that divided "Green" Kurdish Iraq (the PUK ruled Eastern Kurdish province of Sulaymaniyah) with the "Yellow" KRI KDPP dominated Western provinces).
The terrible demagoguery that so many nations struggle with, the vicious wars, the fragile ceasefires, the growing numbers of refugees, and of people living under siege – much of this has slid from the top of the news agenda.
Chicago cut funding for the program in that city (still called CeaseFire) after police grew suspicious that employees, many of whom were former felons, had returned to a criminal lifestyle, and after Tio Hardiman, the organization's Illinois director, was arrested for punching his wife.
But the guerrillas' frustration with a one-sided process and a government that refuses to respond to their unilateral ceasefires is clearly growing.
If current efforts to forge a ceasefire deal fail, and the violence in Gaza worsens, protests may grow.
Thousands of demonstrators are expected to converge on central London tomorrow to demand a ceasefire in Gaza amid growing international anger over Israel's week-long bombardment.
The ceasefire agreement is opening the door for a favourable environment in which children can grow and develop, and benefit from the same opportunities as other children in Myanmar.
