Bloomberg said that Israel felt it had to accept the truce agreement and exchange prisoners with the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, while the Arabs and the European Union hope that the ceasefire will be extended, while Washington wants to fight the war in a different way after the end of the temporary truce.

The agency continued, in a report prepared by Fiona MacDonald, Simon Marks, and Gwen Ackerman, that the weapons will subside, food and medicine will enter those who need it, prisoners will be exchanged, and things will appear as if the war has ended, but this is not certain.

The report recalled the statements of the occupation Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, after approving the prisoner exchange deal, that Israel is in a state of war, and will continue the war.

He pointed out that Netanyahu's words call for Arab and European disappointment, after many calls for a short ceasefire that may later lead to something more permanent.

On the American side, Washington's position is somewhat different, as it realizes that the fighting is likely to resume, but it wants Israel to exercise more restraint after the return of fighting.

Diplomats say that after one ceasefire agreement, another one could follow, and the Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, said: “I hope that the agreement will be the basis for long periods of pause, ending in a complete ceasefire.”

But the administration of US President Joe Biden believes that the goal shared by Washington and Tel Aviv is that Israel needs to fight, but more carefully, which means a long period of fighting.

The agency quoted four senior American officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, saying that Washington had informed Israel that killing a very large number of Palestinian civilians would make it difficult to continue the campaign against Hamas until its end.

Some Israelis have expressed concern that the four-day ceasefire — which is expected to begin Thursday morning and may be extended if more hostages are released — could cause problems for their military.

Much of life in Israel is at a standstill, the economy is suffering, with hundreds of thousands on reserve duty, and a few non-combat fights may create a desire for more and may slow the military momentum.

It quoted analyst Yossi Yehoshua in the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth as saying: “The soldiers in the field who are at the peak of the highly accomplished offensive effort will enter a static situation and the commanders will have to prevent them from neglect or complacency.”

The agreement reached in recent days is not much different from the agreement that Israel rejected weeks ago. But two things have happened since then.

Families of prisoners campaigned effectively to put the issue above military victory, and weeks of air attacks and ground fighting achieved some gains.

Since the prisoners were victims of Israel's failure to defend its borders and protect its citizens on October 7, there was a growing feeling that abandoning them again by rejecting the deal would be unjustified.

“It is very clear to decision makers that they cannot stop,” said Yaakov Amidror, a former Israeli national security adviser.

He told reporters: "Israeli feelings will not allow them to do this. If they stop after four, five or six days of the ceasefire, this will be the end of this government."

Amidror acknowledged that the truce may allow Hamas to replenish and restore its forces, but said that this would not change the balance of power or significantly affect Israeli losses.

Even if this truce goes as intended in Gaza, what is unknown is how it will affect the exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah across the Lebanese border, which appears to have intensified in recent days.

According to the agency, the war is not officially part of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The fires may stop anyway, which could allow tens of thousands of Israelis who evacuated the north to return to their homes. Or perhaps Hezbollah sees the truce as an opportunity to redouble its attacks.

Whatever the results of stopping the fighting, there are countries angry at the inability to force Israel to stop its war on Gaza, led by Jordan, where its Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi said: “Why can’t anyone do anything about this?”

Source: Sama News