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These days present a very unique situation: the first-ever US procession of the caretakers. Their attributes range in their qualifications and characteristics, but they all possess the identical mission – to stop an Israeli violation, or even devastation, of the delicate peace agreement. Since the war concluded, there have been scant days without at least one of the former president's delegates on the scene. Just in the last few days featured the likes of Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, a senator and a political figure – all appearing to carry out their assignments.

Israel occupies their time. In only a few days it launched a wave of operations in the region after the deaths of a pair of Israeli military personnel – resulting, as reported, in scores of local fatalities. A number of officials called for a renewal of the war, and the Knesset enacted a preliminary measure to annex the West Bank. The American stance was somewhere ranging from “no” and “hell no.”

Yet in more than one sense, the US leadership seems more focused on maintaining the current, uneasy period of the ceasefire than on progressing to the subsequent: the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip. Regarding that, it looks the US may have aspirations but little tangible proposals.

At present, it is uncertain at what point the planned international administrative entity will truly begin operating, and the same goes for the proposed peacekeeping troops – or even the composition of its soldiers. On Tuesday, a US official said the US would not impose the structure of the foreign force on the Israeli government. But if the prime minister's administration continues to reject various proposals – as it did with the Ankara's proposal recently – what happens then? There is also the opposite issue: who will establish whether the troops favoured by Israel are even interested in the mission?

The issue of how long it will take to demilitarize Hamas is just as unclear. “The expectation in the leadership is that the global peacekeeping unit is going to now take charge in disarming the organization,” remarked the official this week. “It’s may need some time.” Trump further highlighted the ambiguity, stating in an conversation a few days ago that there is no “fixed” timeline for the group to disarm. So, theoretically, the unknown participants of this not yet established international contingent could deploy to Gaza while Hamas fighters still hold power. Are they confronting a administration or a insurgent group? Among the many of the concerns surfacing. Others might question what the result will be for everyday residents under current conditions, with Hamas continuing to target its own opponents and critics.

Recent events have afresh highlighted the blind spots of local reporting on both sides of the Gazan boundary. Each source attempts to scrutinize all conceivable perspective of the group's infractions of the peace. And, usually, the situation that Hamas has been delaying the return of the bodies of deceased Israeli captives has dominated the news.

Conversely, attention of civilian casualties in Gaza stemming from Israeli attacks has received little notice – if any. Take the Israeli counter actions following Sunday’s southern Gaza event, in which two soldiers were fatally wounded. While Gaza’s authorities reported dozens of deaths, Israeli news commentators questioned the “light response,” which focused on solely facilities.

That is not new. During the previous weekend, the information bureau charged Israeli forces of breaking the truce with the group multiple occasions after the agreement came into effect, resulting in the loss of dozens of individuals and wounding another many more. The claim appeared irrelevant to most Israeli reporting – it was simply missing. That included accounts that 11 members of a local household were fatally shot by Israeli soldiers last Friday.

The rescue organization reported the individuals had been trying to return to their dwelling in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City when the vehicle they were in was fired upon for allegedly going over the “boundary” that marks zones under Israeli military command. This boundary is not visible to the human eye and appears only on plans and in official records – often not accessible to ordinary people in the territory.

Even this occurrence hardly rated a note in Israeli news outlets. One source referred to it briefly on its online platform, citing an Israeli military representative who stated that after a questionable vehicle was detected, forces discharged warning shots towards it, “but the car kept to approach the forces in a fashion that caused an imminent threat to them. The soldiers shot to remove the risk, in accordance with the ceasefire.” No injuries were claimed.

Given such perspective, it is little wonder a lot of Israeli citizens believe the group exclusively is to blame for violating the truce. That perception threatens fuelling demands for a tougher strategy in the region.

Sooner or later – maybe in the near future – it will no longer be enough for American representatives to take on the role of supervisors, advising Israel what to refrain from. They will {have to|need