via AXIOS
Hamas through Qatari and Egyptian mediators gave Israel on Sunday a proposal for a new hostage deal, according to two Israeli officials and one source with knowledge of the proposal.
Why it matters: Israel rejected the proposal, but one of the Israeli officials said the offer shows Hamas is now ready to engage in negotiations on a new hostage deal, even as the fighting in Gaza continues. Hamas has said Israel must end the war before the group would negotiate a new hostage deal.
Hamas propaganda says that they're winning the war. This latest proposal indicates they're getting pounded like a piece of cold meat.
Israeli propaganda says that this operation, at least in part, is about the return of the hostages. Their conduct of the war indicates that they don't give a fuck.
I am 1000% behind the goal of destroying Hamas. What concerns me is that we're seeing more and more mission creep. Additionally I'm seeing more and more Israeli "thought leaders" talking about getting the Palestinians to immigrate to other lands.
That's dangerous for Israel.
I hope they know something I don't but from my chair that will inflame the issue. Don't get me wrong. I believe that the very framework of Hamas made it so that EVERY person was a part of that entity or they didn't eat. In other words I do think the entire population was part of their war effort DIRECTLY.
They still need to separate the hardcore from those that were "conscripted".
One other thing bothers me tremendously.
No one in that govt is talking about the intelligence failures that led up to Oct 7 or the botched response by security forces.
Unfortunately this mess will continue.
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