The Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal hangs by a thread.

 

 "The basic problem, going forward, is that neither Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, nor Hamas’s reconstituted leadership, truly wants the truce to endure. Netanyahu was strong-armed, metaphorically kicking and screaming, into agreeing the deal by Donald Trump and his special Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.

Almost before the ink was dry, Netanyahu was reportedly reassuring disgruntled ministers that the ceasefire was temporary and that he had no intention of fully honouring its terms. He is said to have promised hardliners Itamar Ben-Gvir, who resigned in protest, and Bezalel Smotrich, who is threatening to do so, that he will soon resume the war."

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The Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal hangs by a thread. This is what must happen for peace to last | Simon Tisdall | The Guardian