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To get around the issue, media reports had suggested that the US would issue a letter supporting Israel's right to act,
Even its imperfect implementation in 2006 brought over 16 years of relative peace and stability. Both sides are ready for that."
Resolution 1701 was often criticized, Abercrombie-Winstanley pointed out The (Israeli army) will be able to move more units back to Gaza, and definitely this might bring a change,
he said, hoping it would push Hamas to release the hostages A deal could then take time and the war could become a frozen conflict,
Ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza is only for one purpose: to release hostages,
he told AFP, referring to the 97 people - some of them already dead - still held in Gaza after being kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel It was clear to the (Israeli) army from the minute that they escalated against Hezbollah that it wanted to limit the operation because the cost could be much higher than the utility,
Israel needs to seize the moment and really get the American administration on board to deal with Iran,
Israel feels like it’s in a position more than any other time to keep Iran weak and vulnerable, and to try and keep the pressure up further on its nuclear program,
It's not safe to go home,
Israeli Eliyahu Maman said as the truce silenced the rocket-fire For every violation, ... we will attack with might."
We have learned from the past, ... and we have designed this deal to be long-standing and to stay in effect - to continue to sustain the peace and also to ensure the security of the State of Israel."
Gaza will never be a threat to the state of Israel again...We will reach a decisive victory there. Lebanon is different,
said Israel's Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter, a member of the inner security cabinet and a former head of the Shin Bet intelligence agency I think it's in his political interest for the war to go on because the end of the war in Gaza could really threaten this coalition,
They say if it rains in one place, it foretells good things for people in another place. We hope that after Lebanon, efforts will be focused on Gaza to end the war,
said Aya, 30, a displaced woman who now lives with her family in a tent in the central Gaza Strip Are we at the beginning of the end (of the Gaza campaign)? Definitely not. We still have a lot to do,
he told a group of foreign correspondents this week We are going to stay in Gaza for a long time,
There'll be no real pressure now on Israel over Gaza,
We feel this is a missed opportunity to tie in the hostages in this agreement that was signed today,
said Rubi Chen, whose son, Itay Chen, was taken hostage from an Israeli military base The State of Qatar welcomes the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon and hopes it will serve as a model for a similar agreement to end the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip,
Qatar’s foreign ministry said in a statement We believe that this is the beginning of an opportunity for a more stable Middle East in which Israel’s security is assured and US interests are secured,