It appears that Hamas does not have control over all the people under its name….
The Israeli’s WILL have to deal with this….
One should expect more of this random attacks against IDF soliders unfortunately…
Israel should not over respond ….
Gaza residents said the sound of heavy explosions reverberated throughout the night and into Wednesday morning. It was the second time since the ceasefire came into force less than three weeks ago that Israel has paused its enforcement of the deal and launched heavy strikes on the enclave. This time, almost half of the dead were children, health officials said. In videos shared from journalists in Gaza, parents wept over the bodies of babies wrapped in shrouds and doctors could be seen checking young boys and girls for pulses before informing parents of their deaths.
As the strikes began Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump reaffirmed the U.S.-brokered ceasefire was still in place — and that he expected Israel to “hit back” if a soldier is killed by enemy fire — but the latest violence and high civilian death toll is likely to bring the already tenuous ceasefire under further strain.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not specify which alleged violations of the agreement brought on the “powerful” strikes that he directed his military to carry out on Gaza, but they came amid a worsening dispute over whether Hamas is playing games with the return of the bodies of deceased hostages and hours after an Israeli soldier was killed in Gaza.
Hamas said in a statement that it had “no connection to the shooting incident in Rafah and affirms its commitment to the ceasefire agreement.”….
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Jared Kushner…Trump’s Son-in-Law….
…. as in Trump’s first term, Kushner’s diplomatic work often overlapped with his business dealings, raising questions about financial conflicts. In fact, his potential conflicts are even more conspicuous today. Kushner’s key role in brokering the Gaza deal, which includes a framework for the territory’s postwar redevelopment, cannot be separated from the investment firm he owns, Affinity Partners, which is overwhelmingly financed by the very Arab petrostates critical to the agreement and potential reconstruction – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Together, these three states provided crucial support to Kushner after he left the White House in January 2021, investing billions of dollars that allowed him to launch and expand his private equity firm.
Six months after the end of the first Trump administration, Kushner’s newly created company secured a $2bn investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. It was an unusually large stake, considering that Kushner and his firm had little experience or track record in private equity. In fact, the kingdom’s crown prince and de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, overruled a group of advisers who had objected to investing in Kushner’s new project. The advisers warned that due diligence conducted on behalf of the Saudi Public Investment Fund had found the firm’s early operations “unsatisfactory in all aspects”. But leaked internal documents published by the New York Times showed that Prince Mohammed dismissed those concerns, and he was more focused on using the infusion of Saudi cash to cultivate a “strategic relationship” with Kushner.
It’s no surprise that the prince would want to reward Kushner for his steadfast support during Trump’s first term – and hedge the kingdom’s bets in case Trump returned to power….
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