Checklists, Oct. 10 -- the Gaza ceasefire's first phase puts power brokers on the clock

Gaza City -Noon passed and with it a line on the map shifted, not to peace, but to a pause that people in Gaza tried to turn into movement. Families headed north along broken roads. Some carried mattresses. Others pushed wheelchairs and carts piled with blankets and plastic jugs. Israeli troops pulled back to what military spokespeople called agreed positions. The thud of artillery that had set the rhythm of life for two years was replaced, at least for a day, by the scrape of shoes and the grinding sound of bulldozers clearing lanes for trucks. A ceasefire took effect, the first phase of a ceasefire that negotiators built in checklists rather than sl...