{"id":44424,"date":"2024-05-06T19:52:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/hamass-announcement-adds-to-the-uncertainty-of-the-cease-fire-talks\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T19:52:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:52:48","slug":"hamass-announcement-adds-to-the-uncertainty-of-the-cease-fire-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/hamass-announcement-adds-to-the-uncertainty-of-the-cease-fire-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas\u2019s announcement adds to the uncertainty of the cease-fire talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/06\/multimedia\/06mideast-crisis-talks-explain-ljzh\/06mideast-crisis-talks-explain-ljzh-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,549&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hamas\u2019s announcement adds to the uncertainty of the cease-fire talks\" title=\"Hamas\u2019s announcement adds to the uncertainty of the cease-fire talks\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Israeli leaders have also vowed to conduct a major military operation in Rafah against Hamas\u2019s forces they believe to be fortified there. Mr. Netanyahu has repeatedly said Israel will invade Rafah with or without a cease-fire deal.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-32bad0cb\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Hamas wants Israel to withdraw all its forces, but Israel says it must maintain control of security in Gaza.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel withdrew its forces from Gaza after previous conflicts with Hamas in 2014 and 2009, but this time, Israeli leaders say it\u2019s not so simple<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, Palestinian gunmen overwhelmed communities and military bases near Gaza, killing an estimated 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israeli leaders have pledged to do whatever it takes to ensure such an assault can never happen again, and they say that means maintaining the Israeli military\u2019s freedom to operate in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israeli forces have also demolished many buildings inside Gaza\u2019s border area to create a buffer zone with Israel, prompting international criticism. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In public, at least, Hamas has rejected a long-term Israeli military presence in the Palestinian enclave, including a buffer zone. In March, a senior Hamas official, Ghazi Hamad, said the group was willing to accept a phased Israeli retreat as part of a prospective cease-fire deal, as long as Israel committed to ultimately withdrawing entirely from the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-61b864c3\"><span>Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s political calculations complicate his government\u2019s ability to reach an agreement.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu has repeatedly said he is committed to bringing home the hostages held in Gaza, but his political survival depends on far-right allies in his governing coalition who oppose the current proposed deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two of those allies \u2014 the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, and the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir \u2014 have denounced the proposed agreement, saying it amounts to a Hamas victory. They have called for Israeli forces to immediately begin a ground operation in Rafah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s coalition holds 64 seats out of 120 in Israel\u2019s parliament, meaning any defections could endanger his premiership and pave the way for elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Yair Lapid, the leader of Israel\u2019s parliamentary opposition, has said he would back Mr. Netanyahu in order to pass a deal that brings hostages home to Israel. But that would leave Mr. Netanyahu totally dependent on some of his harshest critics in the opposition \u2014 a political alliance unlikely to last long.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/06\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire-talks.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But Israeli leaders have also vowed to conduct a major military operation in Rafah against Hamas\u2019s forces they believe to be fortified there. Mr. Netanyahu has repeatedly said Israel will invade Rafah with or without a cease-fire deal. Hamas wants Israel to withdraw all its forces, but Israel says it must maintain control of security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/06\/multimedia\/06mideast-crisis-talks-explain-ljzh\/06mideast-crisis-talks-explain-ljzh-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[756,3701,7275,42913,66,9177],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44426,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44424\/revisions\/44426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}