Future of the GAZA caffeine arrest unclear: Netanyahu ignores security chiefs

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken a significant step in order to bring negotiations on a possible revival of the Gaza ceasefire under his personal control. He has appointed a close political confidant as the new negotiator for the second phase of the current ceasefire, which replaces the previous negotiator.

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"In the coming days, Israel will enter negotiations on phase B, which is a political phase and deals with the conditions for the end of the war," an Israeli source told CNN. "The Israeli efforts are directed by the secretary for strategic matters, Ron Dermer, and he will do so in the presence of the special representative of the US President for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff."

Change in negotiation

Dermmer replaces David Barnea, the head of the Israeli secret service Mossad, who had the talks in January that led to the current agreement. The Israeli government has not yet confirmed whether Barnea will remain part of the negotiation team.

ceasefire and hostage negotiations

The talks about the second phase of the ceasefire, which are supposed to include the withdrawal of all Israeli troops from Gaza and the release of all living hostages, should have started over two weeks ago. Although Netanyahu now explains that the talks would begin, it remains unclear how determined the prime minister is to successfully complete it. His finance minister, Bezhalel Smotrich, has threatened to leave the government coalition, should not return to the war in Gaza as soon as the current ceasefire is on March 1st

New pressure on Hamas and hostage exemption

The change to Israel's negotiation approach takes place, while Hamas has announced to release the corner of four hostages on Thursday, including the two youngest Israelis, Kfir and Ariel Bibas. The militant group is expected to release six living hostages on Saturday and four more corpses in the coming week - all of this in exchange for Palestinian prisoners who are recorded in Israel.

Influence of Israel on the security authorities

The replacement of Barneas is pushed to the brink, the Israeli security firm, with which Netanyahu is often into conflict. Ronen Bar, the head of the Israeli security service (Shin Bet), will not be part of the new negotiation team. Allied Netanyahus have asked to relieve cash after reporting that the Shin Bet is investigating members of the Prime Minister's office because it was inappropriately lobby - which is contested by his office.

Future of the conversations and military options

A second Israeli source said that the government wanted to "push for more hostages and phase one now", and explained: "At the moment, the goal is to get as many living hostages as possible", especially in view of the strongly struck health of three hostages that were released at the beginning of the month.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that phase two could possibly be delayed if they believe that "there is a constructive dialogue with a possible horizon for an agreement." He added that if Israel believes that "the negotiations are not in any direction", the military will resume the war in Gaza.

news from Cairo

Hamas negotiators in Cairo seem to accelerate the handover of her obligations as part of the 42-day phase-one agreement and have presented a schedule for the return of the last 14 hostages, 33 of which should be released in phase one-everything should be completed by next week.

change in the attitude of Hamas

This represents a turn of the terrorist group that had only threatened to completely derail the talks last week by declaring that they would no longer hand over hostages because Israel had failed to meet the conditions of the agreement, including approval for the import of prefabricated houses and heavy equipment to Gaza.

Trump's proposal and reactions

The Netanyahus office recently said that only a small amount of caravan and heavy device had been brought to Gaza and said that this would "have no influence on the feasibility of the Trump plan for voluntary immigration and the creation of another Gaza-for which Prime Minister Netanyahu is still fully committed."

President Donald Trump has proposed that the United States "own Gaza" and the 2.1 million Palestinians who live there are moving to "beautiful locations" in other countries in the Middle East. This proposal was welcomed by Netanyahu, but sharply criticized by Palestinian and Arab leaders who characterize him as an ethnic cleaning.

challenges for Netanyahu

It remains unclear what Hamas ’decision has influenced to commit himself to the release of the hostages again. President Trump had threatened that "hell will break off" for Hamas, shouldn't the group release all hostages until last Saturday - a period that has passed without an incident.

Trump's envoy width outlined the challenges that Netanyahu stands in front of: "It is just a little more complicated how we bring the two sides together, because phase two provides for the end of the war, but also that Hamas is no longer represented in the government and leaves GAZA.