American, Other Global Leaders Adopting Many of Hamas Chief’s Demands of Israel as Their Own
As an example of the Washington-Jersualem rift, Netanyahu on Monday says ‘a date’ has been decided for an IDF operation at Rafah, where top Hamas leaders are holed up. A day later, Blinken says Washington has heard of no such date.
As global pressure on Israel grows, so does Hamas’s confidence that its war goals will soon be reached. The mastermind of its October 7 terrorist attacks, Yahya Sinwar, is banking on world leaders to help him reimpose Hamas’s rule over the Strip and to eventually eliminate the Jewish state by the sword.
On the eve of Wednesday’s Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan, Eid el-Fitr, Israeli officials tentatively agree to an American proposal for a hostage deal that includes a lengthened cease-fire. Hamas, for now, has rejected it, perhaps playing for time.
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