After ceasefire in Lebanon, Israeli opposition leader asks: Why not Gaza?
Speaking to Israel’s 103FM Radio, Yair Golan questioned why the government has not struck a deal to stop the fighting in Gaza. “The most important test is to end the war in the south [Gaza],” said Golan, who heads the opposition coalition the Democrats.
“If it is possible to reach an agreement with Hezbollah, why can’t we reach an agreement with Hamas and free the hostages?”
“The fighting continues only because Netanyahu is politically dependent on a fanatical and messianic group that wants to win the war,” he said.
Hamas hopes for Gaza ceasefire: Official
Reacting to the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters the Palestinian group “appreciates” Hezbollah’s right to strike a deal protecting its people.
Abu Zuhri also said Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire with Israel to stop the fighting in Gaza.
Efforts to broker a lasting ceasefire to the 14-month war in Gaza have so far failed, with Israel rejecting multiple proposals. The only time fighting was paused during the war was during a weeklong truce in late November 2023.
Palestinians welcome Lebanese ceasefire, but feel their own plight is ‘abandoned’
There is a little bit of hope in Gaza. Some Palestinians believe they’re next [for a ceasefire].
But most people feel abandoned, that no one is hearing them. We’re talking about more than a year of continuous war, with over 40,000 Palestinians killed. People in northern Gaza are starving, forcibly displaced … and no one is listening.
But of course, Palestinians are very happy for Lebanon because they feel what war means, what it means to go through all of this aggression from Israeli forces.
Iran has right to react to Israeli strikes, but eyeing developments in region
Tehran reserves the right to react to last month’s air strikes on Iran, but it also considers other developments in the region such as the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said.
He told reporters in Lisbon that Iran welcomed Tuesday’s agreement and hoped it could lead to a permanent ceasefire.
Israel struck targets in Iran on October 26 and since then, Tehran has promised to retaliate.
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