Haaretz: “Hamas has accepted agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza.” But Benny Gantz slows down: “No response from the Islamists”

Although Israel does not miss the opportunity to point out that, in the event of an agreement, the ground offensive on Rafah will only be postponed, according to what the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports, Hamas has accepted the conditions posed by Tel Aviv and the mediators to reach an ceasefire in Gaza. The news comes at a time in […]

Despite Israel do not miss the opportunity to remember that, in case of agreement, the ground offensive on Rafah it has only been postponed, according to what the Israeli newspaper reports Haaretz Hamas has accepted the conditions set by Tel Aviv and by mediators to arrive at a ceasefire in Gaza. The news comes at a time when hopes of an agreement were once again waning, after Israeli officials made it known that the ultimate goal of ‘Jewish state‘all that remained was to invade the city in the extreme south of the Strip to definitively eliminate the leaders of the armed Palestinian party. “Contrary to what has been reported, Israel will under no circumstances accept an end to the war as part of an agreement for the release of our hostages,” the source told the Times of Israel – As decided by the political leaders, the IDF will enter Rafah and destroy the remaining Hamas battalions there with or without a temporary truce to allow the release of our hostages.” It is no coincidence, therefore, that at the same time as the indiscretion of Haaretz the member of the war cabinet, Benny Gantzsuggested everyone to “wait for official updatesthat they stay calm and do not fall into hysteria.”

The news released by Haaretz, however, restores credibility to the rumors published by the Egyptian media on the “progress” in the talks. “There are significant progress” in the negotiations on the proposal of cease-fire And release of the hostages in the hands of Hamas in Gaza, with the guarantee of the United States of a complete withdrawal of the forces of the ‘Jewish State’ from the Strip, some Egyptian and Israeli media reported on Saturday morning according to which the mediators have “reached an agreed formula on the majority part of the controversial points”. A reconstruction which was promptly denied by the official heard by Times of Israel is that Haaretzinstead, relaunches: from what we read, Hamas has received the warranty by American officials that Israel will leave the Strip.

According to the Israeli Channel 12the first phase of the agreement provides for the release of the hostages in exchange for US guarantees on a suit Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 124 days: assurances that reached the representatives of the armed party through Egyptian and Qatari mediators. The agreement is expected to include a promise, supported by the United States, that Israel it wouldn’t start the expected operation in Rafah. Specifically, during the first phase – lasting up to forty days – 33 hostages still in Gaza they would have been released and the Israeli army would have had to withdraw from part of the Strip. In the second phase, which would extend up to 42 days, all other hostages still alive would be released and the parties would agree on the conditions of a return to calm in Gaza. The third and final phase, dedicated to the delivery of lifeless bodies, would also last 42 days. The agreement also includes the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.