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Thhese days present a very unique situation: the first-ever US procession of the babysitters. Their attributes range in their skills and traits, but they all share the same goal – to stop an Israeli violation, or even destruction, of the delicate truce. After the war ended, there have been few days without at least one of the former president's representatives on the territory. Only in the last few days saw the likes of Jared Kushner, a businessman, a senator and a political figure – all coming to perform their assignments.

The Israeli government occupies their time. In only a few days it initiated a wave of operations in Gaza after the killings of two Israeli military troops – leading, as reported, in dozens of Palestinian fatalities. Several officials demanded a renewal of the fighting, and the Knesset enacted a initial measure to incorporate the occupied territories. The American response was somehow ranging from “no” and “hell no.”

However in several ways, the US leadership seems more focused on upholding the present, tense period of the peace than on moving to the next: the reconstruction of Gaza. Concerning this, it seems the US may have goals but little specific proposals.

Currently, it remains unclear at what point the proposed global administrative entity will truly assume control, and the similar applies to the appointed security force – or even the identity of its personnel. On Tuesday, Vance declared the United States would not force the structure of the international unit on the Israeli government. But if the prime minister's administration continues to dismiss multiple options – as it acted with the Ankara's offer recently – what occurs next? There is also the reverse point: which party will determine whether the units preferred by Israel are even interested in the task?

The issue of how long it will require to disarm the militant group is similarly vague. “The aim in the administration is that the global peacekeeping unit is going to at this point assume responsibility in disarming Hamas,” remarked Vance this week. “That’s may need a while.” The former president further emphasized the lack of clarity, stating in an interview on Sunday that there is no “fixed” schedule for Hamas to demilitarize. So, theoretically, the unknown elements of this not yet established international force could arrive in the territory while the organization's militants still remain in control. Are they dealing with a leadership or a insurgent group? These are just a few of the issues surfacing. Some might ask what the result will be for everyday civilians in the present situation, with the group continuing to attack its own opponents and dissidents.

Latest incidents have yet again emphasized the blind spots of Israeli media coverage on both sides of the Gazan boundary. Every outlet strives to examine every possible angle of Hamas’s breaches of the peace. And, typically, the fact that Hamas has been hindering the return of the bodies of killed Israeli captives has taken over the headlines.

By contrast, coverage of non-combatant deaths in Gaza caused by Israeli strikes has obtained little focus – if any. Take the Israeli response actions following a recent Rafah incident, in which two soldiers were lost. While local officials reported dozens of fatalities, Israeli television commentators questioned the “moderate response,” which hit only facilities.

This is typical. During the previous few days, Gaza’s information bureau accused Israeli forces of violating the ceasefire with the group 47 occasions after the agreement began, resulting in the loss of 38 individuals and harming another 143. The allegation seemed unimportant to the majority of Israeli media outlets – it was merely ignored. That included accounts that eleven individuals of a Palestinian family were killed by Israeli forces a few days ago.

Gaza’s civil defence agency stated the individuals had been attempting to return to their residence in the a Gaza City area of Gaza City when the bus they were in was targeted for supposedly crossing the “yellow line” that marks zones under Israeli military command. That limit is invisible to the ordinary view and is visible just on charts and in authoritative documents – sometimes not available to ordinary individuals in the area.

Yet that incident scarcely rated a reference in Israeli journalism. One source mentioned it in passing on its digital site, citing an IDF representative who explained that after a suspect vehicle was identified, troops fired alerting fire towards it, “but the car persisted to move toward the forces in a fashion that created an immediate danger to them. The soldiers shot to eliminate the risk, in accordance with the ceasefire.” Zero injuries were stated.

With this narrative, it is no surprise numerous Israeli citizens feel the group solely is to at fault for violating the truce. That belief risks prompting appeals for a more aggressive approach in Gaza.

Sooner or later – maybe sooner rather than later – it will no longer be adequate for all the president’s men to play kindergarten teachers, telling Israel what to avoid. They will {have to|need