While media has been concentratingaerial on the US/UK aerial bombing runs?
The negotiating goes on between Israel and Hamas….
Hamas wants a permeant end to hostilities and ALL of their fighters back for the release of the remaining hostages….
They also want a rebuild Gaza assurance….
Netanyahu & Co. aren’t receptive to giving this much up……
The US House wants a bill to continue aid to Israel, but lawmakers from BOTH parties are beginning to want to stop that until Israel does do a ‘pause’ in the fighting….
President Biden IS coming under more pressure to get the Israeli’s to some sort of halt in the fighting….
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group comprising multiple militias backed by Iran, claimed responsibility for the Jan. 28 attack. Israel’s defense minister said the focus of Israel’s military operation will turn to Rafah — a city in southern Gaza that is now said to be home to almost half the enclave’s population.
Unspecified officials familiar with the hostage negotiations told the Wall Street Journal that divisions between Hamas’ leadership in the Gaza Strip and its exiled political leadership are impeding negotiations. The officials said that Hamas’ political leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, is prepared to accept a six-week pause in fighting and hostage exchange, but that Hamas’ exiled political leadership is calling for more concessions and a permanent ceasefire. Egyptian officials added that Hamas’ political leadership is also demanding the release of 3,000 Palestinian prisoners—including some who took part in the October 7, 2023 attacks—in return for 36 Israeli civilian hostages. Beirut-based senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on February 3 that Hamas and its allies rejected the six-week pause in fighting in a “united decision.” Hamdan added that Hamas and its allies are committed to a permanent ceasefire. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader demanded that any negotiations guarantee a “comprehensive ceasefire,” an Israeli withdrawal from and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, and a “clear political solution.”