Trucks carrying aid bound for the Gaza Strip cross the border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, after a cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group went into effect, in Rafah, Egypt, on Oct. 12, 2025. STR/Reuters
The October 2025 cease-fire in the Gaza Strip may one day be remembered not as the end of a war, but as the start of a different experiment in conflict resolution. A year of relentless military strikes and unspeakable civilian loss has now given way to an equally audacious plan—not a treaty, but a blueprint.
Tanvi Ratna
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Tanvi Ratna is the founder of emerging tech policy think tank Policy 4.0. She was formerly on Capitol Hill in the GOP House Foreign Affairs Committee and also worked on campaign strategy for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. You can follow her work on X and Substack.
