“ Axios, citing its sources, reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not agree with US President Donald Trump on his decision to resume strikes on the Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, although he initially wanted to do so. Source: “European Truth” with reference to Axios Details: Interlocutors in Israel told Axios that even before the latest incident in Rafah, Netanyahu was looking for an opportunity to contact Trump, who is on an Asian tour, to get a “green light” from him for a military response to previous incidents. On October 28, Israel sent the White House and the CIA a video showing evidence of a staged “search for the bodies of the hostages” as proof that Hamas was violating the agreement, and warned that Israel must respond. Senior officials from the Trump administration responded that, in their opinion, this was not a gross violation of the agreement and asked Israel to refrain from radical measures that would call into question the entire ceasefire agreement, the interlocutor from the US shared. Shortly thereafter, Netanyahu held an emergency meeting with the military to discuss response options. According to a source in Israel, that meeting ended without a resolution and Netanyahu concluded by noting that coordination with the US would be needed to determine what steps Israel could take. However, events in Rafah seem to have changed his calculations. As far as is known, Netanyahu never spoke with Trump before announcing the renewed strikes on the Gaza Strip. In the evening of October 28, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would resume strikes on the Gaza Strip. This was preceded by a firefight in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. Most of that area is under the control of the Israel Defense Forces, but Hamas militants are present in some underground tunnels. Hamas fighters used anti-tank weapons and opened sniper fire on Israeli forces, after which a heavy firefight ensued and the Israeli Air Force launched airstrikes. In the combat wing of Hamas, after this clash, they announced that they were suspending the transfer of the bodies of the dead hostages to Israel. What happened before: Israel and Hamas last week accused each other of violating the agreements reached with the help of the Trump administration and Middle Eastern mediators. After that, the US held negotiations with the Israeli side. The Trump administration privately expressed fears that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might withdraw from the peace agreement.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, photo: White House Source: “European Truth” with reference to Axios
Details: Interlocutors in Israel told Axios that even before the latest incident in Rafah, Netanyahu was looking for an opportunity to contact Trump, who is on an Asian tour, to get a “green light” from him for a military response to the previous incidents.
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On October 28, Israel sent the White House and the CIA a video showing evidence of a staged “search for the bodies of the hostages” as proof that Hamas was violating the agreement, and warned that Israel must respond.
Senior officials from the Trump administration responded that, in their opinion, this was not a gross violation of the agreement and asked Israel to refrain from radical measures that would call into question the entire ceasefire agreement, the interlocutor from the US shared.
Shortly thereafter, Netanyahu held an emergency meeting with the military to discuss response options.
According to a source in Israel, that meeting ended without a resolution and Netanyahu concluded by noting that coordination with the US would be needed to determine what steps Israel could take.
However, events in Rafah seem to have changed his calculations. As far as is known, Netanyahu never spoke with Trump before announcing the renewed strikes on the Gaza Strip.
In the evening of October 28, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would resume strikes on the Gaza Strip.
This was preceded by a firefight in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. Most of that area is under the control of the Israel Defense Forces, but Hamas militants are present in some underground tunnels.
Hamas fighters used anti-tank weapons and opened sniper fire on Israeli forces, after which a heavy firefight ensued and the Israeli Air Force launched airstrikes.
The combat wing of Hamas announced after this clash that they were suspending the transfer of the bodies of the dead hostages to Israel.
What happened before:
- Israel and Hamas accused each other last week of violating the agreements reached with the help of the Trump administration and Middle Eastern mediators. After that, the US held negotiations with the Israeli side.
- The Trump administration privately expressed fears that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might withdraw from the peace agreement.