Key Points
The viability of a US-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza was cast into doubt on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only be willing to agree to a partial cease-fire deal that would not end the war, comments that sparked an uproar from families of hostages held by Hamas...
In an interview broadcast, the Israeli leader said he was prepared to make a partial deal this is no secret that will return to us some of the people, referring to the roughly 120 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip..
Hamas has insisted it will not release the remaining hostages unless theres a permanent cease-fire and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza..
The group said that its insistence that any deal should include a permanent cease-fire and the withdrawal of all Israeli forces out of the entire Gaza Strip was an inevitable necessity to block Netanyahus attempts of evasion, deception, and perpetuation of aggression and the war of extermination against our people...
Netanyahu and Hamas both have incentives to keep the devastating war going despite the catastrophic toll it has had on civilians in Gaza and the mounting anger in Israel that after so many months Israel has not reached its aims of returning the hostages and defeating Hamas...
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