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Israel, the United States and Hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for the first sustained pause in conflict in Gaza, according to people familiar with its provisions.

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[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

From the BBC ...

Meanwhile, the White House has responded to a report in the Washington Post which said Israel, Hamas and the US were on the verge of a deal that would see the release of women and children seized by Hamas on 7 October in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting.

A White House spokesperson said no such deal had yet been reached but it was working hard to get one agreed.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 months ago

More than 100 countries — but, notably, not the United States — have called for a full and immediate cease-fire.

And yet the us brokered the deal.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 20 points 11 months ago

Just politics. If we'd called for a ceasefire after Bibi said "No ceasefire", everything we said behind the scenes about a 'humanitarian pause' would have fallen on deaf ears. Yet all of those countries, without such high-level diplomatic connections with Israel, are also entirely correct in calling for a ceasefire.

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[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 8 points 11 months ago

It's called diplomacy. Israel doesn't talk to Hamas, it talks to the US who has interests with the Qataris who they talk to. The Qataris talk to Hamas.

Brokered by the US? Yes. Yes it was.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

It is a "pause in conflict" so we should assume they'll continue later.

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[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

No they didn't. That's fake news from Washington Post of all places.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Israel pauses genocide for a few days to reduce momentum of protest/boycott movements.

ftfy

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Or work on better excuses for invading further south

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Every step matters.

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