Rushdie Abu-Aloof
Appearances
Global News Podcast
US says it's cautiously optimistic that a deal to end fighting in Gaza is within reach
Why the hope is bigger is simply because they said... Back in July the 2nd, when the talks collapsed, by then Israel didn't believe that they achieved most of the goals of the war, including destroying Hamas.
Global News Podcast
US says it's cautiously optimistic that a deal to end fighting in Gaza is within reach
Well, they didn't destroy Hamas completely, but they made a great damage to their military capability, and they killed the two most senior people, the masterminds of the 7th of October attack, Mohamed Deif and Yahya As-Sinwa, and the overall leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.
Global News Podcast
US says it's cautiously optimistic that a deal to end fighting in Gaza is within reach
Five months ago, when the Turks collapsed, Hamas was insisting in having the agreement saying that Israel will completely withdraw its forces from Gaza. The new proposal doesn't include this. Israel will not withdraw all of its forces from Gaza. They will have security control over the Philadelphia corridor between Gaza and Egypt, and forces will remain in Salah al-Din Road, the main road in Gaza.
Global News Podcast
US says it's cautiously optimistic that a deal to end fighting in Gaza is within reach
They will partially open the coastal road to allow hundreds of thousands of displaced people to go back to the north, but under Israeli monitoring. These two things, I think, is very significant, very important. Hamas didn't agree on them back in July. They are willing to agree this time, as I heard from a Hamas official yesterday, that they are ready to accept this in the first stage.