UPDATE….
Reports are that the Israeli Military has begun a operation in Rafah…..
The fighting hand of Hamas is at odds with the political hand on terms for a cease fire…
Right Now?
There seems to be NO CEASE FIRE Agreement..
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MSNBC is breaking with a report that the Political arm of Hamas has signalled a agreement with Israel on a 40 day cease fire with hostage and POW exchanges….
The fighting arm of Hamas has NOT been heard of….
We are waiting for confirmation from Israel and Hamas in TOTAL….
Netanyahu and Biden have just gotten off the phone….
Update….
MSNBC now reports that Israel does NOT accept the Hamas version of a deal….
Hamas is NOT just one thing….
Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a cease-fire to halt the seven-month-long war with Israel in Gaza, hours after Israel ordered about 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion there could be imminent.
There was no immediate comment from Israel on the deal, and details of the proposal have not yet been released. In recent days, Egyptian and Hamas officials have said the cease-fire would take place in a series of stages during which Hamas would release hostages it is holding in exchange for Israeli troop pullbacks from Gaza.
It is not clear whether the deal will meet Hamas’ key demand of bringing about an end to the war and complete Israeli withdrawal.
Hamas said in a statement its top leader, Ismail Haniyeh, had delivered the news in a phone call with Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s intelligence minister. After the release of the statement, Palestinians erupted in cheers in the sprawling tent camps around Rafah, hoping the deal meant an Israeli attack had been averted…..
Update….
The status of a possible Rafah Operation is unknown….
Note….
Hamas will STILL be looking to be the governing in any ‘Two state’ solution….
More.Update’s will be forth coming