Phase two: the grammar.

Passive Voice

August 4, 2026 · Ibid.

Under a gilt BOARD OF PEACE seal and a crooked framed portrait of Donald Trump, a soft-jawed envoy holds a pen over a draft statement on an easel reading '___ KILLED 26 CIVILIANS AND THE MEDICINE STORE', the subject of the sentence left as an empty ruled blank; a young aide with a lanyard points at the gap and asks who 'strikes' is.

Israeli strikes killed at least 26 Palestinians in Gaza over one weekend, days after Trump announced a Hamas disarmament deal. The cumulative toll since the October 2025 ceasefire reached 1,250 killed and over 4,100 wounded by August 3, with July the deadliest month of the year. Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov condemned the escalation without naming Israel; one overnight strike destroyed a medicine warehouse attached to Al-Aqsa Hospital, which the Israeli military said stood beside a Hamas weapons depot.