Lead: Ceasefire Reached?
Israel and Hamas have agreed "in principle" to terms of a ceasefire. According to CBS News, "a draft deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and hostage release has been agreed to in principle and, if all goes well, will be finalized by Israel and Hamas this week."
The deal would call for Israel to withdraw from Gaza, which Israel has said repeatedly it does not want to do. As CBS News points out, the "implementation and enforcement would be left to the Trump administration. Privately, U.S. officials acknowledge this plan for governance is aspirational." Meaning, Israel could say that they will withdraw but not actually do it. They have reportedly not held up their ceasefire deal in Lebanon.
Then again, it could be the very idea of President Trump that forces Israel to comply. As Gaza reporter Muhammad Shehada put it: "the deal Netanyahu is about to accept now is the SAME deal Biden offered 8 MONTHS ago in May (& Hamas accepted on July 2). The only thing that changed is that Biden never pressured Netanyahu to accept. Trump now did & it worked instantly!"
Glenn Greenwald points out that the media is saying this without saying this with headlines like this.
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