Hours after Israel’s military told them to seek a new place of safety, Gazans in the southern city of Rafah took to the streets Monday night to celebrate: At the 11th hour, Hamas said it had accepted a proposal for a cease-fire. People cheered. Sweets were passed around.
A few hours later, it became clear that the celebrations were premature. The agreement accepted by Hamas turned out to be a counteroffer that Israel hadn’t seen and wouldn’t agree to, shattering hopes of an imminent end to months of hostilities.
On Tuesday, Israel seized control of the Gaza side of a key crossing to Egypt, an operation the Israeli military described as “very precise and limited in space,” even as high-stakes talks for a cease-fire continued in Cairo.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday that the operation would continue “until we eliminate Hamas in the Rafah area and the entire Gaza Strip, or until the first hostage returns.”
Hamas didn’t respond to an Israeli-Egyptian proposal to pause the fighting in exchange for a release of hostages because the proposal didn’t contain long-term guarantees.
On Monday, after Israel issued evacuation orders affecting 100,000 people in Rafah, Hamas leaders said they accepted a proposal to pause fighting. Statements from Israel indicated the two sides weren’t close to an imminent deal.
If Biden would stop interfering with Israel’s strategy and get out of the way, the war would have been over already. Everything Biden does helps Hamas slow walk the return of the hostages. The position of the United States should have been and should be that Hamas gets nothing until all the hostages are returned except for one thing - the full attention of the IDF.
@P4rtyHareSocialist2wks2W
How can you not call all Gazans hostages when they aren’t allowed to come and go freely, borders blocked, no food coming in, there are millions of hostages that Israel has in Gaza
@BlissfulFerretVeteran2wks2W
Be honest, the US is supplying arms while trying to dance with his nutso left
He should say he supports isreal, but election year politics are more lies than truth
IDF is moving forward like they consider the hostages dead, I would too
@ShamefulMothSocialist2wks2W
Denying the humanitarian aid to civilians in need, particularly in situation of armed conflict or occupation, is contrary to the principles of humanity, impartialitu and neutrality that underpin humanitarian action. International humanitarian law recognises the right of civilians to receive humanitarian assistance, and the occupying powers have an obligation to allow and facilitate the delivery of the humanitarian aid to the affected population.
Netanyahu's clear message to Israelis: Abandoning the hostages Is in the national Interest. Be sure that the subtext from his 'total victory' slogan is that a 'hostages-for-cease-fire' deal will prevent the IDF from getting the job done. "Netanyahu doesn’t want to bring the hostages back alive, we need to understand that already, we need to accept it.” "He wants them all dead, for his own reasons, to be martyrs,” Israel's Channel 13’s Gil Tamari said during a panel discussion that was broadcast live. After the repetitive recitals of the hollow slogan of "total victory," the person chiefly responsible for the Gaza-border communities Holocaust – the one who financed Hamas and shattered Israel's national security – Netanyahu,
@JaguarPeytonRepublican2wks2W
Hamas and Iran are the true enemies of the Palestinian people. Maybe one day they'll wake up and realize that. Hamas and Iran are responsible for every death and destroyed home in Gaza. No one else.
@ExuberantTrufflePatriot2wks2W
I'll keep this simple:
1. The Palestinians would like to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, but CAN'T.
2. Israel CAN wipe the Palestinians off the face of the earth, but DOESN'T.
@N0minati0nSamGreen2wks2W
The Warsaw uprising by the Jews is a perfect example of what we are seeing in Gaza, a people's being oppressed finally fought back and as a result the Nazis flattened the Warsaw ghetto, and thousands were outright murdered from your analysis let's hope this does not happen with future generations of the Palestinian people.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
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