Israel and Hamas seem to actually trying to keep things going….
Of course?
Hamas STILL has over 50 hostages to release….
As expected?
American President Trump is NOT gonna buck the other Arab countries efforts to rebuild Gaza, which is a ANOTHER derat for Israeli RightWingNuts that Netanyahu has to deal with….
Efforts to start a rebuild move ahead… slowly….
The US is quietly trying to keep a toe hole in Iraq and Syria against Iran and Turkey efforts against groups it’s supports…
Reality Check….Trump understands that the Palestians ain’t leaving Gaza…..
Earlier this month, the president said he favored taking control of Gaza and displacing the Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave. Over the course of several days, he repeatedly waved aside objections to the idea, including flat-out rejections from the leaders of Egypt and Jordan.
At the time, Mr. Trump said that he would be able to persuade the leaders of those two countries — and potentially others in the region — to accept the Palestinians through the force of his will.
“They say they’re not going to accept,” Mr. Trump said. “I say they will.”
But in a telephone interview with a Fox News host on Friday, Mr. Trump seemed to concede that his efforts at persuasion had failed and the refusal by Egypt and Jordan to accept displaced Gazans would make the idea unworkable….
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The comments were a striking reversal for one of the most brazen foreign policy proposals ever made by a sitting president. And they came after weeks of back-and-forth that included several high-ranking Trump administration officials trying to downplay the proposal, followed by the president insisting that he was serious…
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In the interview, Mr. Trump seemed resigned to the reality that Gaza would have to be rebuilt without U.S. ownership and without moving its people out, though he also appeared to interpret Israel’s long occupation of the territory as ownership….
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Hamas produces the body of Shiri Bibas…..
Hamas on Friday said it had turned over to the Red Cross the body of a woman that Hamas officials believe belonged to Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother whose capture with her two young sons during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack became a symbol of the country’s anguish.
Ms. Bibas’s remains were initially believed to have to been repatriated to Israel on Thursday, with those of her two children, as part of a negotiated exchange for Palestinian prisoners. With a DNA test, Israeli officials then determined the body was that of another person and not Ms. Bibas.
The International Committee of the Red Cross did not immediately comment on whether it had played a role in retrieving remains on Friday. The Israeli military said that news reports of the repatriation were under review.
Mousa Abu Marzouk, head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said in a text message that the body returned on Friday was believed to be that of Ms. Bibas. Another Hamas official, who requested anonymity to discuss a sensitive arrangement, confirmed the handoff and similarly said it was Hamas’s understanding that they had turned over the right body this time….
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after authorities determined that a body released by Hamas was not an Israeli mother of two small boys, as the militant group had promised. Hamas turned over four bodies yesterday as part of the ceasefire deal. They were supposed to have been those of Shiri Bibas, her sons, Kfir and Ariel, and Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 when he was abducted during the October 7 2023 attack by Hamas that ignited the war. Israeli authorities said they had positively identified the remains of the two boys and of Lifshitz. However, the fourth body was determined to be that of an unidentified woman from Gaza.
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Hamas suggested a mix-up of remains might have occurred after Israeli bombing of the area where both the Israeli hostages and Palestinians were present. The group said it would “conduct a thorough review.”
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Despite the tense exchanges, there were indications that the ceasefire deal’s next step — the release of six living Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners — would proceed as planned. Israel will free 602 Palestinian prisoners and detainees from jails as part of the swap.
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The Bibas family accused Netanyahu of failing to protect their loved ones during Hamas’s 2023 attack and of failing to bring them home. “There is no forgiveness for abandoning them on October 7, and no forgiveness for abandoning them in captivity. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, we did not receive an apology from you in this painful moment,” Ofri Bibas, the sister-in-law of Shiri Bibas, said in a statement.
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Netanyahu said he has ordered the Israeli military to carry out anintensive operation against what he called “centres of terrorism” in the West Bank. The Israeli prime minister also said on social media that he had ordered Shin Bet and police to increase “preventative” measures against attacks on Israeli cities. It followed a series of explosions on three parked buses in Bat Yam, a city outside Tel Aviv, on Thursday night. Authorities said they were a suspected terrorist attack. No injuries were reported.
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Over half a million children have been left without education across Gaza and the West Bank, according to the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The NGO warned that vital aid for children in the region is being scuppered by increasing violence.
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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince held a meeting of leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council states, Egypt and Jordan. The meeting hosted by Mohammed bin Salman had been described as “an informal brotherly gathering” by the state-run Saudi Press Agency. It came ahead of an Arab League summit likely to discuss the Gaza Strip after US President Donald Trump proposed America “take over” the territory and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents, a plan that Arab countries have universally rejected.
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The leader of Sinn Fein will boycott St. Patrick’s day events in US over Gaza. Mary Lou McDonald, president of Sinn Fein and First Minister Michelle O’Neill, said they would not attend the celebrations after Trump’s call to exile Palestinians from the enclave…
Feb 21, 2025 – ISW Press
Iranian Brigadier General Ebrahim Jabbari—adviser to the IRGC commander—threatened to attack “all [US] bases and ships in the region” during a speech at the Great Prophet 19 military exercise on February 20.
Note…
While Donald Trump seems to gewtting ‘Wins’ in his ‘slash and burn’ actions at home?
His Foreign Affairs moves abroad have NOT been too successful ….
Anyone wanna think against Trump or/and America…. Gets a piece of the rebuild billions for Gaza?
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