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Hey, would the people who claimed that Israel destroyed the Al-Ahli hospital lie to the media? And would the global media, especially in the US, allow that to happen?
Oh, let’s not always see the same hands.
Earlier today, I predicted that Hamas would rush back to negotiations after Israel began its Rafah evacuation in order to stall the final consequences of the October 7 massacre. Sure enough, Hamas leadership in Doha announced that they had accepted a cease-fire proposal from Qatari and Egyptian negotiators:
Hamas said on Monday that it had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar, just as it appeared that the negotiations had fallen apart and Israel was heading for a military operation in Rafah.
The Islamist faction said in a statement that its chief, Ismail Haniyeh, had informed Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s intelligence chief that it had accepted their proposal.
But did they? As it turns out, this looks more like a counterproposal than an acceptance of the terms to which Israel agreed earlier:
There were no immediate details about what the agreement entailed. However, later on Monday, Hamas official Taher Al-Nono told Reuters the proposal reportedly included, in addition to a ceasefire, the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, the return of the displaced, and the release of Palestinian prisoners.
