As Gaza fighting intensifies, Israelis and Palestinians bury their dead

[A]s much as they loathe one another, they are also codependent: Hamas uses its defiance of Israel to portray itself as the true voice of Palestinian resistance, and Israel’s right-wing government exploits Gaza’s unruliness to argue that it lacks a partner for peace talks.

—   David M. Halbfinger and Isabel Kershner: As Gaza fighting intensifies, Israelis and Palestinians bury their dead (The New York Times)