A ceasefire is a start. Now the brutal narrative must change

Who would not want a ceasefire? With the exception of arms manufacturers and politicians desperate to maintain power - whether material, moral, legal or human - at any cost.

- Selma Dabbagh

There are extraordinary scenes of jubilation in Gaza's streets, children expressing their exuberance on social media about returning to homes and schools, the flow of people back to the north.

Journalists removing their helmets under clear skies, rescue workers celebrating. Ceasefire means an end of the bombing, a pause in the of swarms of drones, quadcopters and 900kg (2,000lbs) bombs that vaporise buildings together with residents, contents, neighbours.

Ceasefire signifies the opportunity to find survivors, the chance to restock medical centres and hospitals, to free up schools from the dispossessed and return them to being centres of learning.