Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, said: the “bigger problem” is not going to be phase one, but phase two or three of the ceasefire deal.
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The initial and only ceasefire should have been unconditional surrender byterroristsHamas and return of ALL the living and dead hostages
He said Hamas and Israel have been trying to take the moral high ground, with their captive and prisoner swaps.
“The problem for Israel is that despite having the upper hand, it’s not able to defeat Hamas,” not defeated any of theterroristgroups nor Iran
“But here we are and Israel is dictating the process – when and where aid goes in. And as long as those alternative housing units are not getting in, it’s making things quite difficult for the Palestinians.”
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect on January 19 after more than 460 days of the war.
Since then, Israel has violated the agreement multiple times, with its leaders discussing the possibility of an imminent return to all-out fighting in Gaza and the far-right ministers in Netanyahu’s cabinet even pushing for a military occupation of the enclave And Hamas the model terrorists
Since the deal, a total of 1,135 Palestinians have been freed from Israeli prisons. Israel is scheduled to release 502 more Palestinians this week.
After last week’s handover, the number of captives released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad has reached 25 since January 19