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Terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh says Hamas accepts the current ceasefire deal that Egypt and Qatar brokered, but it’s probably too late to stop Israeli operations in Hamas’ final stronghold, Rafah — unless Presidentish Joe Biden has anything to say about it, that is.
It’spainfullyobviousthatHaniyeh,whohasrejectedeverypreviousceasefireagreement,nomatterhowlopsidedinHamas’favor,hasacceptedthisoneforjustonereason—and,yes,ofcourse,it’stheobviousreason.TheIDFisfinallymovingintoRafah,wherethelastofHamas’military/terroristunitsarecurrentlytrappedandsurrounded.
“Toolate,”myRedStatecolleagueBonchiepostedtoTwitter/XonMonday.“TheyrejecteditforweeksandnowwanttocallatimeoutwhenIsraelfinallystartsmovingin.”Andindeed,thatdoesseemtobetheattitudeinJerusalem—thankgoodness.Therearenodetailsyet,buttheHaaretzliveblogreportsthat“Israelisourcesbelieveannouncementisaploy.”
Overtheweekend,IsraeliforcesclosedtheKeremShalomcrossingintotheGazaStriptohumanitarianaidafterHa
