Netanyahu postpones Gaza ceasefire deal over Hamas 'last minute crisis'
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Netanyahu's office said Thursday his Cabinet won't meet to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal until Hamas backs down from what it called a "last minute crisis."

Netanyahu’s office accused Hamas of reneging on an earlier agreement granting Israel a veto over which prisoners convicted of murder would be released in exchange for hostages. This disagreement has delayed the Israeli Cabinet’s approval of the ceasefire deal.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    There never was going to be one. He doesnt want it. His administration doesnt want it.

    • kofe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      7 months ago

      Hamas reneged and is claiming it is a crisis that Israel isn’t releasing convicted murderers. I have zero fucking evidence for this but it absolutely wreaks of Russia aiding Iran et al into keeping this going until Trump is in office and can claim it as a win.

  • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 months ago

    The last minute crisis was he learned that there were still some people in Gaza alive.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      Except the Americans, maybe. To them, that Israel is an honest actor is an (often literal) article of faith.

      Edit: Three days on, this story hasn’t exactly held water. I still doubt long-term peace is on Netanyahu’s agenda, because of the whole “lost election = jail” thing, but apparently a ceasefire on the way fits in somehow.