Decision-makers on either side of the conflict are biding their time in order to secure the best ceasefire deal
Sharein the immediate future appear this weekend to have been dashed. There are further discussions scheduled for this week, but these feel more like a desperate attempt to keep the process alive than offering a real chance of peace., pressure from Washington and other powers, and much else has failed to push either the leaders of Israel or Hamas to make the concessions necessary to stop the 10-month-old war.The reason for this is simple.
This has hurt Hamas badly, and gone some way to mitigate the fear and trauma in Israel after the militant Islamist organisation’s surprise attacks on 7 October last year that killed almost 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and led to about 250 being taken hostage. Military experts – some in Israel, plus many in the US and elsewhere – advise ending the operation and bringing back the 100 or so hostages who are still being held in Gaza as soon as possible.
Sinwar does not appear to want a deal either. His 40-year career within Islamist militancy has been marked by unremitting dedication to the eventual destruction of Israel and much brutal violence.Now believed to be hiding in a tunnel under Gaza, Sinwar was held for 23 years in Israeli prisons before being released in 2011 in a prisoner exchange.
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