Israel-Gaza violence: First flare-up since ceasefire is a reminder of its fragility |

After twelve days of conflict and almost four weeks of ceasefire, the tit-for-tat exchanges in Gaza and Israel last night would appear worrying on the face of it.

However, this is almost certainly more to do with recent political events than a return to sustained violence.

On Sunday, Israel‘s parliament approved, by one vote, the formation of a new coalition government, bringing to an end more than a decade of rule by Benjamin Netanyahu.

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