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Thhese times present a very unusual situation: the first-ever US march of the babysitters. Their qualifications differ in their skills and traits, but they all possess the common objective – to stop an Israeli violation, or even devastation, of the fragile peace agreement. Since the hostilities finished, there have been scant days without at least one of Donald Trump’s representatives on the ground. Only in the last few days featured the arrival of Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, a senator and a political figure – all coming to perform their roles.

Israel engages them fully. In only a few days it executed a wave of attacks in Gaza after the loss of two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers – resulting, as reported, in dozens of local fatalities. A number of leaders called for a resumption of the conflict, and the Israeli parliament passed a early decision to take over the occupied territories. The American reaction was somehow ranging from “no” and “hell no.”

Yet in various respects, the American government seems more intent on upholding the present, unstable period of the peace than on advancing to the following: the reconstruction of Gaza. Concerning this, it appears the US may have goals but little concrete plans.

For now, it is unknown at what point the proposed global oversight committee will truly begin operating, and the identical goes for the appointed security force – or even the composition of its personnel. On Tuesday, a US official stated the United States would not dictate the membership of the international unit on Israel. But if the prime minister's cabinet continues to dismiss one alternative after another – as it acted with the Turkish proposal recently – what follows? There is also the opposite question: which party will determine whether the forces supported by Israel are even prepared in the task?

The question of the duration it will require to demilitarize Hamas is just as vague. “The expectation in the government is that the global peacekeeping unit is going to at this point take charge in neutralizing Hamas,” said the official this week. “It’s may need a period.” Trump only reinforced the ambiguity, saying in an discussion on Sunday that there is no “hard” timeline for Hamas to disarm. So, in theory, the unnamed members of this not yet established global contingent could enter the territory while the organization's members continue to hold power. Are they facing a leadership or a militant faction? These represent only some of the issues surfacing. Others might wonder what the result will be for ordinary Palestinians as things stand, with Hamas persisting to attack its own political rivals and dissidents.

Latest incidents have afresh highlighted the blind spots of Israeli reporting on both sides of the Gaza boundary. Every publication seeks to analyze each potential perspective of Hamas’s infractions of the ceasefire. And, typically, the reality that Hamas has been hindering the repatriation of the bodies of killed Israeli hostages has taken over the headlines.

Conversely, coverage of civilian casualties in Gaza caused by Israeli attacks has received little focus – if any. Take the Israeli response strikes after Sunday’s Rafah incident, in which two troops were lost. While local officials reported 44 deaths, Israeli news analysts questioned the “limited answer,” which focused on only installations.

This is not new. Over the past few days, Gaza’s information bureau charged Israeli forces of violating the truce with Hamas multiple times since the truce was implemented, killing 38 individuals and wounding another many more. The assertion was insignificant to most Israeli media outlets – it was merely missing. Even reports that eleven members of a Palestinian household were killed by Israeli forces a few days ago.

Gaza’s rescue organization stated the individuals had been seeking to return to their home in the a Gaza City district of the city when the vehicle they were in was fired upon for allegedly passing the “boundary” that marks zones under Israeli army control. That yellow line is invisible to the naked eye and is visible only on maps and in official records – not always accessible to average people in the area.

Yet this occurrence scarcely got a note in Israeli media. Channel 13 News covered it in passing on its digital site, citing an Israeli military spokesperson who stated that after a suspicious vehicle was detected, forces discharged warning shots towards it, “but the vehicle kept to approach the soldiers in a fashion that created an imminent danger to them. The soldiers opened fire to eliminate the danger, in accordance with the truce.” Zero injuries were claimed.

With this narrative, it is little wonder a lot of Israeli citizens believe the group alone is to blame for breaking the truce. That belief could lead to fuelling appeals for a tougher strategy in Gaza.

At some point – possibly sooner than expected – it will not be enough for all the president’s men to take on the role of supervisors, telling Israel what to refrain from. They will {have to|need