According to the Israeli broadcaster, officials expect the „Peace Commission” to determine that Hamas has violated the ceasefire agreement, which could remove the obstacle to another attack.
Author: MEE staff
Israel believes that fighting in Gaza could resume within the next two months, potentially before the October elections, according to a report by Israel's Channel 12.
Citing Israeli officials, the broadcaster said on Saturday: Israel expects the US-led „Peace Commission” to conclude within the next two to three months that Hamas has violated the agreement by refusing to disarm.
Such a decision could pave the way for Israel to resume its raids in parts of Gaza that are not currently under its control, raising the possibility of a renewal of protracted fighting, the report said.
Channel 12 also quoted a political source as saying that the committee's director general, Nikolay Mladenov, had considered declaring Hamas a violator of the agreement two months ago, but postponed the move at the request of mediators.
„If nothing changes within three months, Mladenov will accuse Hamas of violating the agreement,” the source said.
The Peace Commission, chaired by US President Donald Trump, was established in January as part of a US initiative aimed at securing a settlement in Gaza.
This followed a ceasefire agreement reached in October aimed at ending two years of genocide in Gaza, a conflict in which Israel has killed nearly 72,000 Palestinians, destroyed much of the territory and created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Despite the ceasefire, Israel has since repeatedly violated the agreement: killing more than 1,000 Palestinians, expanding the so-called „buffer zone” and maintaining strict restrictions on humanitarian aid.
Hamas refuses to negotiate disarmament until Israel fulfills its obligations under the first phase of the agreement.
