The Biden administration has not internalized that for Israel, the defeat of Hamas is an existential issue. It is not like America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which were conducted thousands of miles away.
It seems the US and the world are bracing for Trump’s return to power, and everyone is following his speeches and media statements as potential political positions, not just election promises.
Mass criminal trials could overwhelm Israel's already sluggish courts. An ad hoc war crimes tribunal established under the current government could lack credibility. Freeing the suspects as part of a deal to release hostages held in Gaza would trouble many traumatized Israelis.
Palestinian sources quoted by Kan say Marwan Issa was killed along with a commander of one of its brigades, Razi Abu Tomeh.
The negotiations would mark the first time both Israeli officials and Hamas leaders joined the indirect negotiations since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
