Israel Backing Off Hostage Talks, Draws Up Civilian Evacuation Plans For Rafah Assault

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by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
Prospects for a new Israel-Hamas ceasefire are fading fast, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week slammed Hamas’ “delusional” demands. Key among these was a call for total withdrawal of Israeli military forces from the Gaza Strip.
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But a new Times of Israel report says that Israeli negotiators are not seeking to come up with new terms for a deal, but are instead trying to pressure Hamas to withdraw the “delusional” terms.
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“The main target now is to create pressure from the Americans and other countries on Qatar, and from there on Hamas, in addition to the military pressure, to bring them down from their delusional demands,” said an official cited in the report.
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