'Israel believes that Hamas has again torpedoed a ceasefire deal'

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00:00 Well, that's no surprise.

00:02 Defense Minister Yoav Galant yesterday was in Gaza with the troops, and he said that

00:08 it appears Hamas is not interested in cutting a deal and that a Rafa, an operation in Rafa

00:14 was essentially, he implied, imminent in the near future.

00:19 So it's not surprising that he sent those messages to Austin.

00:24 Israel believes that Hamas has again torpedoed a ceasefire deal.

00:32 Hamas is blaming Israel.

00:35 The sides disagree on whether this deal should end the war definitively and require Israel

00:43 to withdraw all his troops from the Gaza Strip.

00:46 That is the Hamas demand.

00:48 Of course, Hamas, they are trying to survive this war.

00:52 They want to continue to govern the Gaza Strip, and Yachasin War wants to stay in charge.

00:57 So it's no surprise that Hamas is pushing for an end to the war where they believe they

01:01 can regroup and rebuild.

01:02 Israel, of course, is uninterested in Hamas staying in power.

01:08 Their whole goal of this war is to dismantle Hamas, and the United States doesn't want

01:13 Hamas to stay in control.

01:16 So this deal now appears to be another stalemate.

01:20 Hamas saying they're going to return to Cairo to discuss, to look at this deal again.

01:26 They have not submitted their official written response to Israel.

01:31 So it appears that we're again at a stalemate, and it may be why we're seeing Israel evacuate

01:38 the eastern part of Rafah, another part of its threat, its credible threat, to launch

01:43 a major military assault on the city despite U.S. opposition.

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