The deal to bring an end to the fighting in Gaza is on the brink of collapsing — and there is no clear immediate alternative agreement that could be put forward in its place, according to two U.S. and two Israeli officials.

Both Israel and Hamas also disagree over Israel’s presence in both the Philadelphi Corridor, a stretch of land on the Egypt-Gaza border, and in a main throughway that leads to northern Gaza. Israel has said it wants to maintain its position in both places to ensure Hamas cannot smuggle goods in through Egypt and reposition its strongholds.

  • @mlg
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    627 days ago

    Lol right “Israel has signed on”

    The hell no they didn’t. They demanded a temporary ceasefire every single time, even after Hamas agreed with the remaining conditions. Then Netanyahu made a fresh speech about how he won’t sign anything until Gaza is nuked.

    I’m pretty sure there was even a whole report indicating that Israel didn’t expect Hamas to actually accept the terms so quickly because they were gonna use it as a way of indicating that Hamas doesn’t want to negotiate a ceasefire. Except they literally accepted all the details, and Israel looked stupid for pretending to agree to the terms.

    • @[email protected]
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      527 days ago

      The US even said it was “Israel’s deal” and the UN signed on to it and approved it. The only people who haven’t approved “Israel’s deal” is Israel lol.