Feel like once the hostages are handed over Israel will start bombing again

He's already said he will remove any immediate threat so he'll justify more killings

Trump did say that but it wasn’t an official ceasefire at that point.

It is an official ceasefire now. The IDF announced at 12pm local time (10am UK time) that the fighting in the Strip has stopped, starting the countdown for Hamas to release the remaining hostages.

The sooner the religious nutjobs are kicked into touch the better. On all sides.

The plight of the hostages doesn't seem to have impacted Netanyahu's actions till now, he has basically acted as if they are irrelevant to his plans.

So a lack of hostages is unlikely to make any difference.

However, the pressure being put on Israel by Trump (who he pissed off with his attack on Qatar) may have an impact and it seems to have led to this deal in the first place. What would they do without the support of the USA?

On the other side we have to hope that Hamas actually give up their weapons and step down. There seems to be less of an incentive for them to actually do that because I don't think they care about stopping the killing. They may see it as a chance to recuperate.

Everyone needs to keep everything crossed for a very long time yet. Here's hoping for the smooth handover of hostages as a first baby step.

By extension, the constant attacks by settlers on Palestinian villages are therefore also acts of aggression that broke previous ceasefires.

Neither Hamas or Israel have covered themselves in glory here, but let’s stop acting like Israel is the wronged party and it’s all just about getting the hostages back.

Wasn’t it Israel that broke the last ceasefire, with some weak and completely unverified claims from them that Hamas started it?

Isn’t it Hamas that have broken every ceasefire? As they did on October 7 2023 and had done many times before?

I don’t trust either much but I trust Hamas less given that they are, in fact, terrorists.

How?

In the jan-march ceasefire, Israel killed Gazans pretty much every day, including young kids.

In the same time period ONE rocket was fired from Gaza (don't know if it was Hamas or not) and it didn't reach the border.

So tell me how that's 'Gaza' breaking the ceasefire with 'rockets and bombs'. I think you might be getting the sides mixed up there.

I think a lot of Palestinians would dispute that there was peace for them on 6/10/23.
Netanyahu wants as much Palestinian territory as possible (preferably all) under Israeli control. Israeli settlers have, over the years, been encroaching on Palestinian land and illegally occupying it by force. Supported and encouraged by the Israeli government and IDF, these land grabs often result in violent attacks on Palestinian civilians. Palestinians also have to live constantly under the yoke of Israel. Oppression, fear, control, stolen land and ruined livelihoods. What kind of ‘peace’ is that?

And yet it is Gaza that has broken every attempted ceasefire thus far with rockets and bombs.

But easier to blame Israel for everything, isn’t it?

I cannot fucking wait to leave this country and go home. 🇮🇱

Trump told them to stop bombing earlier this week and was ignored. They’re literally still bombing then now. Doesn’t strike me as a government massively keen on stopping the war.

It's not even a matter of Israel breaking the ceasefire, they keep putting off at beginning so they can bomb more. Either that or they're breaking it already 🤷. They were supposed to literally cease their bombing as soon as it was agreed, as soon as it was agreed, so 11:00 p.m. last night, clearly that didn't happen.

In the last ceasefire from January to March, Israel killed Palestinians pretty much every day. Breaches of the ceasefire were reported every single day. Hamas, for all their many faults (like being terrorists scumbags), actually stuck to it.

So I share sense of anxiety that Israel will simply continue after the hostages are released. The people going on about how Trump should win a Nobel peace prize today are entirely deluded. If the proposed ceasefire actually works, and if his plan results in an independent state of Palestine (Which he doesn't even want), then sure. But it's far too early.

I don’t think Israel will stop.

Well the pro Israel people get judged by the behaviour of the Israel leadership so 🤷🏼‍♀️

I agree.

Israel will continue bombing and when they release all the Palestinian terrorists they will also take up arms and continue, sadly

Also I’m sick of the Palestinian people being judged by the behaviour of Hamas. I can only imagine the hatred people have for them in Gaza. If my babies were lying under rubble I’d hate Hamas and Israel.

I think it’s the beginning of things getting better but not the end. Trump won’t want to look like a fool so if Netanyahu does starting bombing again he risks losing American support. I think the tide had started to turn against Israel anyway, they’ve exhausted all good will that existed for them.

It’s so one sided for some people, so black and white.
They claim with such certainty that Netanyahu doesn’t want peace - I wonder if they think Hamas wants it?

Quelle surprise

It’s not funny looks that will break the ceasefire but Hamas not returning the hostages as agreed.

I’ve just googled it and it seems to be an allegation made by Tucker Carlson. He doesn’t seem to have provided any verifiable sources for it either though.

Agree. I do wonder what Netanyahu has been promised, though.

And once the bombing stops the Hamas leadership will return from their hideout in Qatar and start using the re-building aid to construct rocket launchers to fire on S Israel.

(as they had been doing for decades. That’s why people had ‘safe rooms’ to cower in on Oct 7th.)

Anyone here have a reinforced ‘safe room’ in their house? I don’t.

I hope hope hope that this process works but both sides are entrenched.