Qatar announced Monday that Israel and Hamas agreed to extend the truce under the Hostage deal for another 48 hours.
“The State of Qatar announces, as part of the ongoing mediation, an agreement has been reached to extend the humanitarian truce for an additional two days in the Gaza Strip,” Majed al-Ansari, spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, wrote on X.
The four-day truce has held since Friday, and the two sides swapped another group of prisoners on Monday. The exchange on Monday included 11 Israeli hostages and 33 Palestinian prisoners.
The exchange fulfilled Hamas’ commitment to hand over 50 Israelis during the initial four-day truce and Israel’s to release 150 Palestinians. Hamas has also released 19 other hostages, including 17 Thai nationals, a Filipino, and a Russian dual citizen, as part of separate arrangements.
Qatar did not say what the terms of the two-day extension are, but Israel has said it would only extend the truce if Hamas releases 10 Israeli hostages each day. Israel is required to release more Palestinian prisoners during the extension.
Israel has made clear that its brutal military campaign in Gaza will continue once the truce is over. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told a group of soldiers on Monday that after the ceasefire, the fighting “will be bigger and take place throughout the Gaza Strip.”
“You will meet something that is a little more prepared, so they will meet the bombs of the air force first, and after that the shells of the tanks and artillery, and the paws of the D9 (armored bulldozer), and finally the shooting of the infantry fighters,” he said.
“Israel has made clear that its brutal military campaign in Gaza will
continue once the truce is over. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant
on Monday that after the ceasefire, the fighting “will be bigger and take place throughout the Gaza Strip.” THE WORLD IS WITNESSING GENOCIDE, ETHNIC CLEANSING,AND DOES NOTHING! NOTHING! This is one time I wish Iran had the bomb. Israel is expanding their reach. Bombed Syrian airports again. Threatens Iran again. Iran, you may be next. I do not put it past Israel to drop a tactical nuke on Iran. Who will stop them? The UN??? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Terms such as “genocide,colonial,ethnic cleansing,oppressor” are hackneyed in this regard
“Hackneyed” is the wrong word. I think you want “accurate” or “concise”.
Hackneyed,inappropriate, childish,simplistic.
I like how you strain to redefine an atrocity into something acceptable, by quibbling over wording.
“Nope ! No shootings ! Just a lot of Unexpected Bullet Absorptions.”
Says the one that comes here to support and justify Putin’s actions in Ukraine. Lol
Hypocrite.
Donald, just yesterday young Theodore Snider’s essay on Putin was published on antiwar.com :
https://original.antiwar.com/?p=2012350485
Please read it and adjust your ongoing narrative to reflect the reality it describes.
You seem upset. Where you this upset on Oct 7? War is hell.
Was not at all.
Most likely in denial like all the Hamas supporters. Against Ukraine’s fight for independence but all over Hamas and Palestine’s cause. Contradicting sentiment but we know the common denominator… Gotta be Anti US.
….After 50 days of relentless Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip and more than 20 days of ground operations, Israel was shocked to see Hamas release its captives from the besieged and occupied coastal enclave.
While passing through the city centre, which was destroyed before the start of the ground operation, looking for some food,
I found people gathering around a number of vehicles. At first, I thought they were getting food or assistance, but when I got closer, I found members of Al-Qassam Brigades with their arms and uniforms standing with a team from the International Red Cross (ICRC).
I asked a member of the ICRC team what was happening and was told: “We are picking up the Israeli captives.”
Just minutes later, members of the Palestinian resistance opened the doors of their vehicles and released the Israelis and three Thai workers, and handed them over safely and peacefully to the ICRC team amidst chants hailing Hamas and its military wing Al-Qassam Brigades.…..
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231127-hamas-embarrasses-israel-sends-a-strong-message-to-the-occupation/
Why “shocked”? There have been exchange of prsoners before, and Hamas is taking a beating niow.
Israel would not drop a nuke on Iran.
Any number lower than 4 would simply not do the trick.
(Also, even a single nuke will break humanity’s taboo on nuclear warfare held since 1945, which would cause tactical nuclear strikes to become an acceptable war tactic thus, causing a slow paced extinction of the human race).
The world did nothing when Assad genocided 600,000 of his own people, does nothing in light of many Genocides in Africa, Does nothing in response for actual Chinese concentration camps for its Muslim minority, does nothing for Ukranian refugees and dozen other tragedies worldwide.
The “world” does not like to act (liking a Tiktok video is not an action).
As for Israel and Palestine. Since they are unable, unwilling to solve their many disputes, the “world” must force a solution that will be considered unacceptable by both sides.
Also, finding an alternative for oil will reduce the importance of the middle east to a more manageable size.
Last suggestion: Have Elon Musk transfer all mid-east holy sites to Antarctica.
The world did nothing when Assad genocided 600,000 of his own people
Other than flooding the region with weapons arming anyone willing to overthrow Assad. Artillery barrages. Missile strikes. Deadly Ceasars sanctions (still ongoing). Squatting on their land (still ongoing). I recall dead McCain actually being photographed with a headchopper. No attempted regime change by Uncle Sam and no “genociding” of his own people by Assad.
“As for Israel and Palestine. Since they are unable, unwilling to solve their many disputes, the “world” must force a solution that will be considered unacceptable by both sides.” Interesting idea. What did you have in mind?
The obvious proposal is implementation of the UNR 181 borders, including Jerusalem as an internationally administered city.
Well that didn’t happen in 1947/1948 and it is certainly not going to happen in the future. That plan is 75 years old and clearly obsolete. It is time to ditch it and come up with something that might work.
I can’t think of anything else that “might work,” if by “work” you mean bringing peace to that particular area. People have been enthusiastically murdering each other in large numbers there for 5,000 years. Just as they’ve been doing elsewhere. War seems to be part and parcel of the human condition, although adding the modern nation-state to the mix put it on steroids.
100 % agree. Neither can I think of a workable peace plan for that area. And for world, something north of $2 trillion is spent worldwide every year on the military of the nations. It would be nice to find a better use for that money. But sadly that will not happen.
“…when Assad genocided 600,000 of his own people…”
I’ll take exception to the validity of this statement and number. As I have read, the 500-600k number often cited INCLUDES Syrian military & police, plus foreign fighters & Daeshi’i militants.
Used this way, an x00,000 number artificially inflates the case against President Dr. Assad.
And you can tell Yoav is really enjoying himself, …. The aetiology of antisemitism is no mystery.
Israel’s 9/11. Egypt warned Israel. Israelis moved IDF away from where HAMAS attacked. Now will the Israeli govt. use this as the US govt. used 9/11 as justification?
This is the result of the refusal to put Israel in its place. The international powers have never stopped Israel from crossing any red line. The USA stopped any UN resolution that criticized Israel in the least. MSM protected Israel, any critic of radical Zionists was called anti-Semitism, Israel got away with murder abusing the human rights of the Palestinian people, the illegal occupations in all their brutality is condoned by the so-called value democracies. Gaza and WB brutal conditions are never mentioned critically in MSM.
MSM journalists are complicit in the mass murder of the Palestinian people. Even now nations like France and Germany ban demonstrations in favor of the Palestinians, and demonstrations in support of Israel are allowed and I would not be surprised if they are funded by the CIA and MI6. All of them are war criminals, they are complicit by funding it making the massacre possible.
The world took away victory from Israel i 1967 and 1973,and whined and cried each time Israel punished terrorists.
Jeez, did you just take Rambo’s plaintive cry to Colonel Trautman in ‘First Blood’ (“Why wouldn’t they let us WIN ????”) and shoehorn it onto the Apartheid State of Israel LLC ????
Get something straight the Palestinians owned the land the colonial powers simply turned over to the Israeli Zionists. Why do you think the Palestinian people would just leave? Some 750 000 Palestinians were expelled, their properties confiscated and they dare fight back? What would you do? The Irgun Zionists were the terrorists against Palestinians before there was an Israel.
Please provide a rational explanation and policy to bring peace to the Palestinian and Israelis. Explain why it is legal to rob Palestinians in the occupied WB of their properties to give them to Zionist settlers ? What if someone did that you, would you like them for doing that to you or would you want to kill them?
I know, you will not respond rationally.
Critic of Israel is not anti-Semitism it is really anti-Zionism.
… And Hamas will be ready to eliminate more rookie Israeli soldiers…!
No doubt some IDF soldiers will die in the up coming battles. There is also no doubt that many Hamas fighters will also go down, there will be more civilians lost and more housing destroyed. Is the few deaths of the IDF soldiers, which you celebrate, worth the cost?
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2023/11/27/the-magician-hat-and-great-simulacrum-palliative-balm/
The Magician’s Hat, and the Great Simulacrum of Palliative Balm
Alastair Crooke