Rafah invasion: With defeat in sight, how can Netanyahu declare victory?

CIA director Bill Burns followed ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel down to the wire, only for the US and Israel to be caught flatfooted when the group announced it would accept a ceasefire presented by Qatar and Egypt, Middle East Eye reveals.

A dispute is raging whether Hamas accepted a ceasefire proposal underwritten by the US or counter-offered with its own offer.

Citing sources with detailed knowledge of the negotiations in Cairo and Doha, Middle East Eye’s Editor-in-Chief David Hearst gives an inside scoop into the high-stakes talks, and reveals why Hamas feels it has the wind at its back as Israel presses forward with its onslaught on Rafah.

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