Netanyahu says ‘last-minute crisis’ with Hamas holding up approval of Gaza truce and hostage deal - AP
Netanyahu says ‘last-minute crisis’ with Hamas holding up approval of Gaza truce and hostage deal - AP
Netanyahu says deal to release hostages held in Gaza has been reached after last minute snags
A U.S. official with knowledge of the negotiations said Hamas made a last-minute revision that relates to the distance Israeli forces would withdraw from at least one largely populated area in Gaza that the official would not identify. The issue is expected to be resolved quickly and enable the ceasefire to begin as planned this weekend, according to the official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
In a briefing Thursday, David Mencer, an Israeli government spokesman, said the Israeli delegation of negotiators remained in Qatar, “continuing its efforts to reach a solution.”
Izzat al-Rishq, a senior Hamas official, said the militant group “is committed to the ceasefire agreement, which was announced by the mediators.”
Lies. US officials are known to be liars and blame Israeli last-minute changes on Hamas. Watch Hasan’s interview with Jeremy Scahill (starting at 22:15). He provided an exclusive look at the signed ceasefire document by Hamas and other parties on Monday while Blinken and others continued to lie till Wednesday that Hamas was delaying. And the reason the Palestinians wanted the document to be signed and to be exact is because of precisely what Israel is trying to pull off here: renege on the deal and claim it’s Hamas. Change the terms late into the deal. Not adhere to what was actually agreed.
This is good context, and god-damn Hasan is really cooking recently.
Yeah this, the firefighter interview, the Bernie interview. It’s been great. He also said if the ceasefire holds, and if international parties are then allowed, he’s interested in going into Gaza. Scahill obviously cautioned him about the dangers associated with doing that (i.e. Israel can claim at any point that Hamas has violated the ceasefire and start bombing again) but they both agreed on the importance of international observers, journalists etc to document what has happened. They agreed to talk off-camera more about that.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: