Israel is 'strengthening' the Rafah campaign, after talks with U.S. officials that were intended to bridge a rift between the two countries.
“This operation will go on and increase, more forces on the ground, more forces from the air, and we will reach our goals: to deal a very hard blow to Hamas, to deprive it of its military capabilities, to create the conditions to return the hostages to their homes,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Thursday.in Rafah developed in recent months into a bone of contention within Israeli society and between his government and President Joe Biden’s administration.
If Netanyahu feels any relief from the American side, the respite might be offset by intensifying internal pressures related to the fallout from the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack. A group of advocates for the Israeli hostages held by Hamas released footage of five teenage women who were kidnapped while serving in the Israel Defense Forces as“I know that the video raises tough and sharp questions, including how did something like this happen,” IDF spokesman Rear Adm.
The families of the girls released that footage to spur Netanyahu to authorize a continuation of indirect negotiations with Hamas. The Israeli war cabinet agreed Thursday “to continue negotiations for the return of the hostages,” but a senior Israeli national security council official resigned last week after objecting to the government’s strategy.
Dr. Yoram Hemo warned that the defeat of Hamas is “a long way from being completed with the current approach, and I doubt it will be at all,” according to. He added that the attack would diminish Hamas’ incentive to release the hostages in exchange for a ceasefire, “turning the hostages into a yearslong issue, with everything this entails for national resilience, Israel’s freedom to act, and failing to reach the war’s goals.
“The assessment, as of now, is that Sinwar is not at all interested in the deal and that any Israeli initiative is doomed in advance to failure,” an unnamed Israeli official told
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