A senior Hamas official in Beirut Osama Hamdan told Lebanon’s LBC TV on Friday that the new Gaza deal “must include permanent ceasefire.” Commenting on the proposed agreement on hostage release and a “prolonged pause in fighting,” he said that Hamas is “still studying” it, adding that without a permanent ceasefire, “there is no way that this will be acceptable to the resistance.” “We have tried temporary truces and it turned out that the Israelis don’t respect these truces but always violate them,” Hamdan explained, emphasizing that the military group also demands the release of “Palestinian prisoners being held for acts related to the conflict with Israel, including those serving life sentences.” NN: A temporary piece is in the works.. In the middle east peace deals are made to be broken
Major U.S. Strike in Middle East Could Begin Within Hours
Sky News Arabia is reporting Friday morning that major US strikes against Iran-aligned targets may begin within hours, while NBC is once again reporting that Biden’s counterattack plan in response to the killing of three Americans last weekend is expected to unfold over days and possibly even weeks. The speculation over the scope of the expected attacks has grown with each passing day that there are no strikes. An overnight Israeli attack on parts of Damascus triggered initial speculation it could have been the start of the US operation, but it appeared another Israeli ‘one-off’ hit on Syria. NN: Like i said peace deals are made to be broken.