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Netanyahu and Biden speak as Hamas drops upfront end of war demand
Yonah Jeremy Bob and Tovah Lazaroff
July 4, 2024

Hamas has dropped its demand for an upfront pledge that Israel ends the war, a move that prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to send a team led by Mossad Director David Barnea to participate in further negotiations IN DOHA for a deal, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Netanyahu spoke with US President Joe Biden and informed him that Israel would participate in talks based on the latest draft of the three-phase deal which Israel received on Wednesday. It’s a proposal that deals with the release of the remaining 120 hostages and the issue of a Gaza ceasefire. The terror group is still expected to demand a commitment to a permanent ceasefire, possibly even before the completion of phase one, but would allow that first phase to get underway without such a pledge. READ MORE

GATESTONE Bassam Tawil: Why Are Hamas’s Crimes Ignored by Western Media? The Palestinian Authority and other Arab governments have been reminded in recent days of the reasons why entering the Gaza Strip after the war would be risky, if not impossible, unless Hamas’s military capabilities are first destroyed and the terrorist group is completely ousted from power. According to reports from the Gaza Strip, Hamas has murdered a number of Palestinians who it believed had indicated willingness to be part of a new government that would replace the terrorist group after the war. The most recent victim of Hamas’s measures to prevent the emergence of new leaders in the Gaza Strip is a prominent member of the Abu Amra clan. 

ARUTZ SHEVA ‘The sword is coming’: The dramatic warning before the massacre in the Gaza region One of the closest and most focused warnings before the Hamas-perpetrated massacre in the Gaza envelope was revealed this evening (Thursday) on Channel 12 News. According to the report, the warning ahead of the massacre was written by the same female sergeant from 8200. Like others, it was ignored. In an email sent by the sergeant shortly before the massacre, she wrote that “The sword is coming. The time to warn the people is now.”