Posted on 10/07/2025 10:20:39 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
After two years of war, there is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza and return the Israeli hostages, living and dead, to their families.
It is an opportunity, but it is not certain that it will be seized by Hamas and Israel.
It is a grim coincidence that the talks are happening exactly two years after Hamas inflicted a trauma on Israelis that is still acute.
The 7 October attacks killed around 1,200 people, mostly Israeli civilians, and 251 were taken hostage. The Israelis estimate that 20 hostages are still alive and they want the return of the bodies of 28 others.
Israel's devastating military response has destroyed most of Gaza and killed more than 66,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians and including more than 18,000 children.
The figures come from the health ministry that is part of the remains of the Hamas administration. Its statistics have usually been regarded as reliable. A study in The Lancet, the medical journal based in London, suggested they were an underestimate.
Watch: Hopes and fears in Gaza and Israel over potential ceasefire
Israelis and Palestinians both want the war to end. Israelis are war-weary and polls show that a majority want a deal that returns the hostages and ends the war. Hundreds of thousands of reservists in the armed forces, the IDF, want to get back to their lives after many months in uniform on active service.
More than two million Palestinians in Gaza are in a humanitarian catastrophe, caught between the firepower of the IDF and hunger and in some areas a man-made famine created by Israel's restrictions on aid entering the Strip.
The version of Hamas that was able to attack Israel with devastating force two years ago has long since been broken as a coherent military organisation. It...
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The ball is in whose court? Explain.
Yeah right. Like Hamas wants the war to end. Their whole existence is predicated on the destruction of Israel.
So fat freakin chance.
Hamas will not leaving Israel no choice.
Dam butlab dam.
It’s the phonetic spelling of an Arabic phrase that encapsulates why there can never be peace in the Middle East so long as there’s an Arab Muhammadan left alive.
This tells you everything you need to know about this article and the author.
We all know what will happen as soon as the blockade is lifted and the streets are unsupervised by IDF troops in Gaza. Arms smuggling and production will resume. Recuitment into Hamas will resume. Opression of the locals, graft, hijacking of aid ...
Any peace treaty will inevitably be broken. Israelis will again be raped, murdered or taken hostage. Their bound victims (or their dead bodies) will be paraded through the streets as Gazans cheer.
Does anyone doubt this?
Israel would in a heartbeat but Hamas would not. They’re terrorists and being supplied by the surrounding islamic countries to keep world pressure on Israel whom they hate passionately. Hamas CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
Jew-hating British scumbag:
"After two years of war, there is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza, what, oh, yeah, and return the Israeli hostages, whatever, blah blah... More than two million Palestinians in Gaza are in a humanitarian catastrophe, caught between the firepower of the IDF and hunger and in some areas a man-made famine created by Israel's restrictions on aid entering the Strip."
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