Wars sometimes end decisively and sometimes peter out. In the case of the war that Israel has been fighting on multiple fronts since Oct. 7, 2023, there’s an argument to be made that it is now over—that it ended with the cease-fire signed between the United States and Iran on June 17. If so, this might be a moment for some accounting. How to evaluate these 984 days and assess what comes next? Of course, the fighting isn’t fully over. Israeli troops still occupy a little over half of the Gaza