Israeli hardliners are NOT happy with the announcement that that ‘pause’ is for food and aid to get thru to Gaza….
Meanwhile?
Hamas has come back to the table with the position that they would accept a agreement that has Israel withdrawing in whole from Gaza….
THAT IS something Israel seems to NOT want no matter what…..
Their and the US goal is to remove Hamas from control of Gaza…..
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir denounced the plan, sayingon X that “whoever decided on a ‘tactical truce’ … is an evil and a fool who should not continue in his position.” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called the pause announcement “delusional” and “detached,” adding that the “‘humanitarian aid’ that continues to reach Hamas keeps it in power and may put the achievements of the war down the drain.”….
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On Sunday, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh marked Eid al-Adha with an address to Palestinians that framed Hamas’s response to cease-fire negotiations as “consistent” with the principles underpinning a proposal outlined by President Biden last month. Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that some of the changes proposed by the militant group were “not workable.”
In his speech, Haniyeh said: “What we gave to the mediators is consistent with the principles proposed by Biden and with the Security Council resolution. … We are ready to conclude an agreement that includes a permanent cease-fire and withdrawal of Israelis.”
On Tuesday, Hamas said it submitted to Qatari and Egyptian mediators its response to the U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal, which the U.N. Security Council separately approved in a rare diplomatic victory on Gaza for the Biden administration in the U.N. body. In its response, the militant group said it emphasized the need for complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza….
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National security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Saturday that the United States has “given feedback” to Hamas’s response to the latest cease-fire proposal, and he anticipates a “back and forth” between mediators and Hamas. He said some of Hamas’s changes were expected and can be managed, and some were inconsistent with the proposal backed by Biden and the U.N. Security Council. Sullivan said the next step is for Qatari and Egyptian mediators to engage Hamas to “go through … what can be worked with and what really can’t be worked with. And then essentially try to get the feedback from Hamas on that feedback.” He said he hopes to be able to report this week where the negotiations stand but that diplomatic efforts may be slower over the next few days given the Eid holiday….
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Here’s what we know:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled he was surprised by the military saying it would pause daytime operations in an important aid corridor. Military officials emphasized that the Rafah offensive would continue.
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Netanyahu says he didn’t know about plans to pause fighting, but analysts say he probably approved them.
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Israel announces a daily pause in its fighting near a key Gaza border crossing.
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Aid groups welcome the pauses in fighting, but say Israel must do more to ease hunger.
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‘There won’t be any Eid’: On a major Muslim holiday, Gazans find little to celebrate….
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Jun 16, 2024 – ISW Press
The IDF announced on June 16 it has begun executing a daily 11-hour “tactical pause” along a route east of Rafah to increase humanitarian aid delivery into the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF stated that it decided to suspend military activities daily between 0800 and 1900 local time along an approximately 10.5 kilometer route that leads from the Kerem Shalom crossing along Salah ad Din Road to al Fukhkhari, south of Khan Younis. The IDF stated that there will be no changes to how humanitarian aid enters the Gaza Strip.