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These times present a very unusual occurrence: the pioneering US procession of the caretakers. Their attributes range in their expertise and attributes, but they all possess the common mission – to stop an Israeli breach, or even demolition, of the delicate peace agreement. Since the hostilities finished, there have been few days without at least one of the former president's representatives on the ground. Just in the last few days included the presence of Jared Kushner, a businessman, JD Vance and Marco Rubio – all coming to execute their roles.

The Israeli government keeps them busy. In just a few days it executed a wave of operations in Gaza after the loss of two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops – leading, based on accounts, in scores of local casualties. A number of officials demanded a resumption of the fighting, and the Knesset approved a preliminary measure to take over the West Bank. The US response was somehow between “no” and “hell no.”

Yet in several ways, the US leadership appears more intent on preserving the current, tense period of the peace than on progressing to the following: the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip. Concerning that, it seems the United States may have ambitions but little tangible strategies.

At present, it is unknown at what point the suggested international governing body will effectively begin operating, and the similar goes for the designated peacekeeping troops – or even the identity of its members. On a recent day, a US official declared the United States would not force the structure of the international force on Israel. But if Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration keeps to reject various proposals – as it acted with the Ankara's offer lately – what follows? There is also the opposite issue: who will determine whether the units preferred by the Israelis are even interested in the task?

The issue of how long it will need to disarm Hamas is similarly unclear. “Our hope in the leadership is that the international security force is will now take the lead in neutralizing the organization,” said Vance this week. “That’s going to take a period.” The former president only highlighted the lack of clarity, declaring in an interview recently that there is no “hard” schedule for Hamas to demilitarize. So, in theory, the unknown members of this yet-to-be-formed international force could arrive in the territory while Hamas fighters continue to remain in control. Would they be dealing with a administration or a insurgent group? These represent only some of the issues emerging. Others might question what the verdict will be for average residents under current conditions, with Hamas persisting to focus on its own political rivals and opposition.

Latest incidents have once again underscored the blind spots of Israeli reporting on both sides of the Gazan frontier. Every outlet seeks to scrutinize every possible aspect of the group's breaches of the ceasefire. And, typically, the situation that Hamas has been stalling the repatriation of the remains of killed Israeli hostages has monopolized the coverage.

By contrast, attention of civilian deaths in the region resulting from Israeli strikes has garnered little attention – or none. Consider the Israeli retaliatory strikes after Sunday’s Rafah event, in which two soldiers were killed. While Gaza’s authorities stated 44 casualties, Israeli television analysts complained about the “light answer,” which hit solely infrastructure.

This is nothing new. Over the recent few days, the media office charged Israel of breaking the ceasefire with Hamas 47 occasions after the ceasefire began, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding an additional 143. The assertion appeared insignificant to the majority of Israeli media outlets – it was just absent. That included accounts that 11 members of a Palestinian household were lost their lives by Israeli forces last Friday.

The emergency services said the group had been attempting to go back to their residence in the a Gaza City district of Gaza City when the bus they were in was fired upon for supposedly going over the “yellow line” that demarcates territories under Israeli military control. That boundary is invisible to the naked eye and appears solely on maps and in government records – sometimes not accessible to ordinary residents in the area.

Even this event scarcely got a mention in Israeli journalism. A major outlet mentioned it in passing on its digital site, quoting an IDF representative who explained that after a suspect transport was spotted, soldiers shot alerting fire towards it, “but the car persisted to move toward the troops in a way that created an immediate danger to them. The forces opened fire to remove the risk, in accordance with the agreement.” Zero casualties were claimed.

With this narrative, it is understandable a lot of Israelis think the group solely is to at fault for breaking the truce. This view risks encouraging calls for a stronger strategy in Gaza.

Sooner or later – perhaps sooner than expected – it will no longer be sufficient for all the president’s men to play caretakers, telling Israel what not to do. They will {have to|need