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Will Israel implement all parts of the deal if Gaza captives are returned?

As details of the Gaza ceasefire emerge, some observers have expressed concerns that Israel might lose interest in maintaining a deal once it obtains the release of the captives held by Hamas.

“If reports are to be believed, then Israel will not get back all of its hostages until it pulls out of Gaza and essentially ends the war,” Dan Perry, Tel-Aviv based political analyst, told Al Jazeera. “I would not expect that Trump would look kindly to Israel pulling out of implementing the second and third phase of the deal.”

Additionally, “in Israel the discourse around this is that the war is being ended in exchange for the release of the hostages. That’s how it’s being understood and it’s supported by around three quarters of the people. It would be complex for [Netanyahu] to try and walk away from this,” Perry added.


‘Huge challenges’ ahead for UN in delivering aid to Gaza

The United Nations is in a very interesting position on what they’re going to do now going forward.

As we know, part of the deal is that aid is going to be allowed in and that is absolutely vital – getting aid across Gaza, particularly to northern Gaza, which has had that siege under way … for such a long period of time.

The problem is that the main UN agency that can distribute this aid is UNRWA, and that is the UN agency that deals with Palestinian refugees. But Israel has withdrawn its cooperation with UNRWA and in fact, is going to ban it from Israeli territory in just a matter of days.

So UNRWA then probably won’t be able to operate. There are going to be huge challenges in delivering that aid [and] huge challenges for the UN, which wants to have a central role in what happens after the conflict.

Will they be allowed any such role?


Qatari PM says ceasefire agreement is a ‘start’

Sheikh Mohammed says the Gaza deal came after extensive diplomatic efforts, but the ceasefire is a “start”, and now mediators and the international community should work to achieve lasting peace.

“I want to tell our brothers in the Gaza Strip that the State of Qatar will always continue to support our Palestinian brothers,” the Qatari prime minister said.