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US FAILED TO INFORM ISRAEL BEFORE HAMAS TRUCE ANNOUNCEMENT

_Jerusalem was surprised to hear of the terror group's acceptance of a
proposal that was different from the latest one on the table._

JNS | 5-7-2024 | Condensed

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DID NOT INFORM JERUSALEM IN ADVANCE OF
HAMAS’S “ACCEPTANCE” ON MONDAY OF THE LATEST HOSTAGE DEAL
PROPOSED BY EGYPT AND QATAR, AXIOS REPORTED ON TUESDAY, CITING THREE
ISRAELI OFFICIALS.

The officials told the U.S. news outlet that the government was caught
off guard by the Hamas announcement, the text of which it didn’t
receive from the mediators until an hour after the terrorist group
released its statement.

Upon reading the statement, Israeli officials reportedly were
surprised to see “many new elements” that were not contained in
the previous proposal to which Israel had agreed and was presented to
Hamas by the American, Egyptian and Qatari mediators 10 days earlier.

“IT LOOKED LIKE A WHOLE NEW PROPOSAL,” ONE OFFICIAL
TOLD AXIOS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT BARAK RAVID.

Two senior Israeli officials said that the Egyptians gave Hamas a new
proposal without coordinating it with Jerusalem. Another source
familiar with the negotiations said that the U.S. invited Israel to
Cairo over the weekend, but Jerusalem declined to send a delegation.
One Israeli official said that it was a mistake not to have an Israeli
team present at the talks.

According to the Israeli official, CIA Director William Burns
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involved in the negotiations knew about the new proposal, but didn’t
inform the Israeli side. The final version of the proposal was hashed
out in Doha on Monday morning with the Biden administration’s
knowledge.

Burns spoke on the phone with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on
Monday morning, a source said, but Gallant was also surprised when
Hamas released the statement.

“Israel got played” by the U.S. and the mediators, two Israeli
officials said. They drafted “a new deal” and were not transparent
about it.

The Israeli officials said they suspect that the Biden administration
gave Hamas guarantees via the Egyptians and Qataris about ending the
war, which the terror group demands but which Jerusalem says is a
nonstarter until Hamas is defeated, the hostages are released and Gaza
never again poses a threat to Israel.

“WE THINK THE AMERICANS CONVEYED THE MESSAGE TO HAMAS THAT IT WILL
BE OKAY WHEN IT COMES TO ENDING THE WAR,” ONE SENIOR ISRAELI
OFFICIAL SAID.

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A U.S. official told Axios that the stated goal of the Biden
administration is to “ensure that an initial six-week ceasefire
would be built into something more enduring. The agreement lays out
three phases for this purpose and it would be our aim to see all three
phases completed with all the hostages returned to their families.”

According to a report in Reuters, citing a senior Israeli official,
Jerusalem was only sending a team of mid-ranking officials to Cairo on
Tuesday to attempt to see if Hamas can be persuaded to change its
position on the latest offer, which Jerusalem cannot accept.

“This delegation is made up of mid-level envoys. Were there a
credible deal in the offing, the principals would be heading the
delegation,” the official told Reuters.

MEANWHILE, THE NEW YORK TIMES, CITING TWO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE
TALKS, REPORTED THAT HAMAS TOLD MEDIATORS ON MONDAY THAT SOME OF THE
33 HOSTAGES WHO WOULD BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF A CEASEFIRE
DEAL WOULD NOT BE ALIVE.

The first group of the more than 100 captives still held in Gaza since
the Oct. 7 massacre includes women, elderly men, the ill and wounded.
Israel initially demanded 40 hostages in the “humanitarian”
category, but came to believe that Hamas did not have that many who
fit the criteria.

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