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Thhese times present a very unique occurrence: the inaugural US parade of the overseers. Their qualifications differ in their expertise and characteristics, but they all have the same objective – to prevent an Israeli breach, or even devastation, of Gaza’s fragile truce. After the war ended, there have been scant days without at least one of Donald Trump’s representatives on the scene. Just this past week saw the likes of a senior advisor, Steve Witkoff, a senator and Marco Rubio – all coming to execute their duties.

Israel engages them fully. In just a few days it executed a wave of attacks in the region after the deaths of a pair of Israeli military personnel – leading, as reported, in many of Palestinian injuries. Multiple officials called for a resumption of the conflict, and the Israeli parliament passed a preliminary measure to take over the occupied territories. The American response was somewhere between “no” and “hell no.”

However in more than one sense, the US leadership appears more concentrated on maintaining the current, unstable stage of the truce than on advancing to the subsequent: the rebuilding of Gaza. Regarding that, it seems the US may have ambitions but no concrete plans.

At present, it is unknown at what point the planned multinational administrative entity will actually take power, and the identical goes for the proposed peacekeeping troops – or even the composition of its personnel. On a recent day, a US official said the US would not impose the composition of the international unit on the Israeli government. But if Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet keeps to reject multiple options – as it did with the Turkish offer recently – what happens then? There is also the contrary question: who will establish whether the forces supported by the Israelis are even willing in the task?

The matter of how long it will need to disarm Hamas is equally ambiguous. “The expectation in the leadership is that the global peacekeeping unit is going to now take charge in demilitarizing Hamas,” remarked the official lately. “It’s may need a while.” Trump further reinforced the ambiguity, declaring in an interview recently that there is no “hard” schedule for Hamas to disarm. So, hypothetically, the unknown members of this still unformed international force could deploy to the territory while Hamas members continue to wield influence. Would they be dealing with a administration or a militant faction? These represent only some of the questions surfacing. Some might question what the verdict will be for average residents in the present situation, with the group persisting to attack its own opponents and dissidents.

Latest developments have afresh underscored the gaps of Israeli reporting on both sides of the Gaza boundary. Every outlet attempts to analyze each potential angle of Hamas’s breaches of the peace. And, in general, the fact that Hamas has been stalling the repatriation of the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages has dominated the news.

By contrast, attention of non-combatant casualties in Gaza resulting from Israeli attacks has received little notice – if any. Take the Israeli counter attacks following a recent southern Gaza event, in which two troops were lost. While local authorities reported 44 deaths, Israeli television analysts criticised the “moderate answer,” which targeted solely installations.

This is typical. Over the past weekend, Gaza’s press agency charged Israel of infringing the peace with the group 47 times after the agreement was implemented, resulting in the loss of 38 individuals and injuring an additional 143. The claim was irrelevant to most Israeli media outlets – it was simply ignored. Even information that 11 individuals of a Palestinian household were lost their lives by Israeli troops a few days ago.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said the individuals had been seeking to go back to their residence in the a Gaza City district of the city when the transport they were in was targeted for supposedly going over the “boundary” that marks areas under Israeli army control. That yellow line is not visible to the ordinary view and is visible solely on plans and in authoritative papers – sometimes not available to ordinary people in the area.

Even this event hardly rated a mention in Israeli news outlets. Channel 13 News mentioned it shortly on its digital site, citing an Israeli military spokesperson who said that after a suspicious transport was spotted, soldiers shot cautionary rounds towards it, “but the car continued to advance on the soldiers in a way that posed an direct threat to them. The troops engaged to neutralize the risk, in line with the ceasefire.” Zero fatalities were reported.

Amid such perspective, it is no surprise many Israelis believe Hamas alone is to at fault for violating the ceasefire. That belief could lead to prompting demands for a tougher approach in the region.

Sooner or later – perhaps sooner than expected – it will not be sufficient for American representatives to act as kindergarten teachers, instructing Israel what to avoid. They will {have to|need