Israel’s assault in Gaza rages on with the Palestinian death toll closing in on 45,000. Meanwhile, a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into effect last month is under stress. What is next for the region?

Joining the discussion: 

• Mustafa Barghouti is a medical doctor and President of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society. He’s also Founder and Leader of the Palestinian National Initiative. 
• Sara Yael Hirschhorn is an historian and political analyst. 
• Abdel Bari Atwan is Editor-in-Chief of Rai al-Youm.  
• Ali Akbar Dareini is a researcher and writer at the Strategic Studies of Public Policy journal in Tehran.

Listen to the words of this surgeon who broke down in tears at a UN hearing as she recalled what she saw in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/nuOsuB251x

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The 45th session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council started on Sunday in Kuwait.

Heads of state and representatives of the member countries were expected to discuss the wars in the Middle East between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah. (Reuters) pic.twitter.com/99Af9bIqkO

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