Gee, didn’t Israel end all hope of negotiation with the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh? I was assured by all of the bien pensants of the media and the elite Left that Benjamin Netanyahu had deliberately torpedoed talks for hostage exchanges with the hit in Tehran, as well as other killings of Hamas, Hezbollah, and IRGC commanders.
Looks like Yahya Sinwar took an entirely different meaning from Netanyahu’s message. According to CNN, the new leader of Hamas may want to survive this war for a bit longer than his current predicament would allow:
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar wants a ceasefire deal — at least, that’s the message Egyptian and Qatari mediators have conveyed to Israeli officials in recent days ahead of a critical summit later this week, an Israeli source familiar with the matter said.
Whether the Israeli prime minister wants one remains shrouded in uncertainty.
Netanyahu…
