Phase 1 of the Israel-Hamas cease fire is complete. Phase 2 appears dead in the water, as practically anyone and everyone had predicted.
Hamas still holds a handful of living hostages, including two seen being exploited at an earlier Hamas rally during a Phase 1 exchange for prisoners. They want to leverage the few remaining hostages still living to force Israel to fully withdraw from Gaza and let Hamas rebuild. A key step to the second phase involved a withdrawal from Hamas’ main supply line at the Egyptian border, but Israel has declared today that it has no intention of allowing Hamas to resupply:
Israel will not withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor — the border separating Egypt and Gaza — as stipulated by the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, an Israeli official confirmed to ABC News.
“We will not allow Hamas murderers to once again roam…
