New Uncertainty Shadows Gaza’s Cease-Fire Deal

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Phase 2 of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, heightened South Asian tensions following a suicide bombing in Pakistan, and parliamentary elections in Iraq. A Precarious Phase 2 It’s been one month since the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal in Gaza went into effect, and world leaders are now turning to the second, far more complex phase of the U.S.-brokered peace framework. These conversations kicked off in earnest on Tuesday, when G-7 foreign ministers gathered in Ontario, Canada, to hash out how to carry out the next stage. But as Phase 2 provides no timelines…