Report: Israel, Hamas agree on 2-week truce

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Palestinian sources told Ynet on Thursday evening that Israel and Hamas have agreed on all the general outlines of the Egyptian ceasefire initiative to end the fighting in Gaza.

According to the report, the sides have agreed on the truce, on the supervision of the smuggling issue, on the crossings and on lifting of the blockade imposed on the Strip.

According to the sources, the two sides are expected to agree on a ceasefire which will likely begin within 72 hours and last up to two weeks.

During this period of time, the parties will discuss the Israel Defense Forces' withdrawal from Gaza and the withdrawal's timing. Palestinian sources estimated that the pullback into Israel would be swift.

According to the sources, on the issue of the supervision mechanism it has been agreed that the international forces' presence would be on the Palestinian side of the Philadelphi route.

On this issue the sides are expected to discuss the identity of the supervisors and the international force. Hamas is interested in Turkish forces, while Israel is expected to demand a reinforced Western presence.

Simultaneously, Egypt will begin using the supervision equipment sent by the United States. This mechanism is aimed at reducing the smuggling of weapons through Hamas tunnels in the Rafah area to a minimum.

Egyptian officers and supervisors who underwent training in Texas in the past few months will be in charge of operating the improved equipment, which is expected to begin functioning in the coming days.

The operation of the crossings, particularly the Rafah crossings, will be based on an agreement from 2005 which includes the presence of European monitors, Israeli cameras and a force on behalf of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas will also be present at the crossings, but the location of its representatives has yet to be determined.

Simultaneously, Israel is expected to demand that the Palestinian organizations stop manufacturing weapons inside the Gaza Strip.



Fear: Dispute will lead to renewed fighting

The question of how soon the crossings will open, as well as when the blockade will be lifted, depends on the response to the conditions expected to be raised by Israel – led by the Gilad Shalit issue.

In addition, according to the Palestinian sources, Israel will demand that Hamas or the other Palestinian organizations will refrain from attempting to execute terror attacks in Israel from the West Bank in response to the Gaza operation.

Ynet has learned that Israel demands that the number of people who will not be allowed to pass through the Rafah crossing will total 5,000. According to the sources, Egypt is extremely interested in reaching a deal, which will allow Cairo to open the crossing which has been used by elements in the Arab world to attack the country.

According to estimates, the circumstances created on the ground at the start of the discussions will influence their outcomes. However, if agreements are not made on all issues, the military escalation may be resumed within a week or two.

The inter-Palestinian dialogue is not expected to be discussed by Hamas and Egypt at this stage. The issue is expected to be postponed until an agreement is reached during the short ceasefire period.

The sources said that the renewed lull will last at least a year, and is expected to last even longer. According to the sources, a "weakened" Hamas will agree to a longer lull in order to recover from the current conflict.

If the agreement is executed, the agreement is expected to provide an answer to the Israeli demands in terms of the smuggling issue, the rocket fire and a serious discussion on the Shalit issue.

Hamas will gain the reopening of the crossings, the removal of the blockade and an official role at the crossings. Abbas will receive renewed access to the Strip, only at the crossings at first, and Egypt will be able to open the Rafah crossing.

Report: Israel, Hamas agree on 2-week truce - Israel News, Ynetnews
 
Israel is wanting peace.

Because the next step would be to enter into Gaza.

Where they know they will take massive casualities in street to street fighting with the Hamas Freedom Fighters.
 
I agree - Israel doesn't want peace.
Fuck that. The Palis continued to launch ketushas into Israel after Israel gave them Gaza and completely pulled out from it. Israel wants nothing more than peace. The Palis want nothing more than destruction.
 
Silly little war rules that will be broken when the proxies are told it would be convenient for them to break them.
 
Israel is wanting peace.

Because the next step would be to enter into Gaza.

Where they know they will take massive casualities in street to street fighting with the Hamas Freedom Fighters.

I guess you haven't noticed that the IDF is already inside of Gaza City looking for all the Hamas "freedom fighters" they can find. The problem is most of the Hamas "freedom fighters" don't seem to want to do any fighting.

You and Khaled Mashaal must be smoking the same stuff.

"Israel has totally lost it," said Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Thursday evening in a reaction to Said Siam's assassination earlier that day.

According to Mashaal, the hit is proof of Israel being "unnerved", since "it couldn't cope with the Palestinian resistance activists in the Gaza Strip battlefield."

"Israel thought to finish the job by carrying out air strikes, but today is the 20th day [of the operation] and Israel has gained nothing. It didn't crush the resistance and didn't dictate the reality," he said.

"Israel has more fatalities than Hamas," added Mashaal.

Mashaal reacts to Siam hit: Israel has 'totally lost it' | Confronting Hamas | Jerusalem Post
 
Israel may be winning on the ground. But they are losing in the media and world public opinion.

And that's what really counts.

Don't believe me?

Just ask the N. Vietnamese. They never won a battle, but they won the war.
 
Israel may be winning on the ground. But they are losing in the media and world public opinion.

And that's what really counts.

Don't believe me?

Just ask the N. Vietnamese. They never won a battle, but they won the war.

I think that's because if the Palis protest about what Hamas is doing they are killed instead of given air time.
 
Israel may be winning on the ground. But they are losing in the media and world public opinion.

And that's what really counts.

Don't believe me?

Just ask the N. Vietnamese. They never won a battle, but they won the war.
Israel is always lost in the media and world opinion. The pain is almost like an old friend by now.
 
Israel may be winning on the ground. But they are losing in the media and world public opinion.

And that's what really counts.

Don't believe me?

Just ask the N. Vietnamese. They never won a battle, but they won the war.

The only place where public opinion will matter is in the US and Israel is winning that battle. The US didn't pull out of Vietnam because of what the Europeans or the Arabs thought, we pulled out of Vietnam because of what the American public thought. Furthermore, even where there is strong anti Israeli feeling, there is no support for the Hamas regime except in Syria and Iran: sympathy for Palestinian civilians has not translated into support for Hamas, not even in the West Bank. The war in Gaza will not be won by spraying graffiti on a synagogue in Paris.

In any case, this talk of a cease fire seems to have been premature. From the safety of Damascus, Mashaal did the bidding of his Iranian and Syrian masters and rejected any cease fire.
 
The only place where public opinion will matter is in the US and Israel is winning that battle. The US didn't pull out of Vietnam because of what the Europeans or the Arabs thought, we pulled out of Vietnam because of what the American public thought. Furthermore, even where there is strong anti Israeli feeling, there is no support for the Hamas regime except in Syria and Iran: sympathy for Palestinian civilians has not translated into support for Hamas, not even in the West Bank. The war in Gaza will not be won by spraying graffiti on a synagogue in Paris.

Ever major city in the US is having protest marches about Gaza.

They are growing every day.

The anti Vietnam war movement started out in the same way.
 
The only place where public opinion will matter is in the US and Israel is winning that battle. The US didn't pull out of Vietnam because of what the Europeans or the Arabs thought, we pulled out of Vietnam because of what the American public thought. Furthermore, even where there is strong anti Israeli feeling, there is no support for the Hamas regime except in Syria and Iran: sympathy for Palestinian civilians has not translated into support for Hamas, not even in the West Bank. The war in Gaza will not be won by spraying graffiti on a synagogue in Paris.

In any case, this talk of a cease fire seems to have been premature. From the safety of Damascus, Mashaal did the bidding of his Iranian and Syrian masters and rejected any cease fire.

Seems Israel wanted a permanent ceasefire, but the terrorists at Hamas wanted a 12 month renewable ceasefire, with all the tunnels open so they could get more weapons and then in a year start shooting again.

Like everyone in the world is stupid but them.... :lol:
 
Israel is wanting peace.

Because the next step would be to enter into Gaza.

Where they know they will take massive casualities in street to street fighting with the Hamas Freedom Fighters.

Hey smart guy! They already entered into Gaza and if you have noticed they are kicking ass! You might have been the same person that would have said the the Iraq Surge strategy wouldn't work, yet it worked amazingly, beyond what anyone could have imagined, to quote Obama!
 
Israel may be winning on the ground. But they are losing in the media and world public opinion.
Boo hoo they never ever win in the media! Euro leftist and large Euro Muslim community have an unholy alliance in which they cry loudly against western culture and of course Israel!

And that's what really counts.
Not as much as you think! :confused:

Just ask the N. Vietnamese. They never won a battle, but they won the war.
10 years of war! 58,000 US casualties! America was more afraid of another invasion by the Chinese aka the Korea War then NVA! 2 totally different circumstances!
 

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