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SHRlKE posted...

From a political point of view theyve pulled a blinder in making Israel looking like theyve broken a ceasefire that never existed and Israel never agreed to while trying to garner more international support which seems to be working tbh based on all the Hamas accept ceasefire news articles out just before the Rafah attack begins.

Maybe they wanted to see if the international community would help pull the Israeli's gun from their head first, so they could accept a cease fire in good faith, but had to take it at the last minute because they really feared Netanyahu would attack Rafah if they didn't.

Israel has literally taken all of Palestine hostage at this point. They've said they'll only accept their terms, and if the Israel terms aren't accepted (and sometimes, even if they are), they're going to come in and clear out Palestine completely. Netanyahu's own words, more or less. Israel has offered an option of "take our not really peaceful genocide, but some of you live, as long as you leave" or "we'll just kill you all in the genocidiest genocide of Palestinians we can muster, your choice."

Your "from a political point of view" sounds a lot like an assumption that Hamas isn't operating from good faith (they're Hamas, probably not, but maybe they are because they don't have any other choice) and that Israel is operating from good faith (the fuck they are, because they almost never have been).

SHRlKE posted...

It seems Israel want to go into Rafah no matter what.

You even seem to acknowledge it at the end. That confuses me.

If you're not saying that Israel is operating in good faith while Hamas is "playing political games," then I've misunderstood you. But it sure felt like you think Hamas is pulling a fast one and Israel is just operating normally and is going to be ambushed politically by this, since they were pursuing military action until an actual cease fire is signed and delivered (which they knew it wasn't, and they're the ones stalling while dropping bombs).