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 ReutersHatem KhaledHamas said it agreed to a ceasefire deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar on Monday, just as Israel prepares to launch a controversial military operation in Rafah—a city in the southern Gaza Strip that's currently home to tens of thousands of war refugees.
That agreement doesn't appear to have satisfied Israel, however. An unnamed official told Reuters the agreement was "softened" from what Israel has demanded, reportedly adding that it was too "far-reaching" for Israel to give its own green light.
Details on what the agreement entailed were not released, and it remains unclear if the deal will have any impact on Israel's planned operation in Rafah.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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As the death toll in Gaza soars to more than 34,700, Israeli authorities have taken Al Jazeera off the air in Israel and ordered Palestinians in eastern Rafah to evacuate ahead of an Israeli offensive. "The Israeli government is trying to conceal what's happening in Gaza and trying to intimidate Al Jazeera … and delegitimize the whole coverage," says Al Jazeera's managing editor Mohamed Moawad, explaining this is "a strategy" to "try to make sure that the story doesn't reach the world." Over the past eight months, Al Jazeera has been one of the only international outlets with reporters on the ground inside Gaza, where at least three of its employees have been killed by Israel's monthslong assault. Israel has been threatening to ban Al Jazeera for "incitement" via "a series of intimidations" for months, culminating in "a criminal act," says Moawad. He calls on the international community, including the U.S. government, to condemn Israel's suppression of a free press.
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