According to an anonymous source present at this briefing, Burns indicated that Sinwar, the “key architect” of the October 7 massacre in communities in southern Israel, would not be concerned about “his own life” but rather is faced with the problem of responsibility for the extent of suffering in the Gaza Strip.
US intelligence believes that Sinwar is hiding in the tunnels under his hometown of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, and that he is the sole decision-maker in whether to accept a deal with Israel.
The pressure Sinwar has been under for two weeks would be unprecedented, including calls from his own top commanders who are tired of the fighting, Burns added, according to the source.
For its part, the Palestinian National Authority (PA) appealed, on Saturday evening, to Hamas, after the strike aimed at eliminating one of the group’s high-ranking commanders, Mohammed Deif, “to stop providing Israel with pretexts for the destruction of the Palestinian people”. placing the responsibility for the created situation on the shoulders of Hamas. At least 90 people were killed in the Israeli strike on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry of the Hamas government.
Burns, who has been in intense negotiations for months as a representative of the Biden administration to reach an agreement on the release of hostages held in Gaza, said it was up to both the Israeli government and Hamas to seize the moment. -key, more than 0 months after the start of the war, to reach a ceasefire.
The CIA director said there was a “slim possibility” of achieving this goal and that the chances of a cease-fire agreement were higher than they had been in recent months. However, Burns insisted that the “final phase” of negotiations is “always a difficult experience”.
American officials believe that Sinwar no longer wants to lead the Gaza Strip and that Israel and Hamas would have signed an “interim governance” plan, which would begin in the second phase of implementing the supposed cease-fire agreement. Moreover, under the terms of that agreement, neither Israel nor Hamas would control the Gaza Strip, according to an American official quoted by CNN.
At the same time, according to American officials, Qatar has made it clear that it will expel the political leaders of Hamas from their base that they have been using here for a long time if the Islamist group does not sign this plan.
For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing immense domestic pressure to conclude an agreement to bring home the hostages remaining in Gaza. Thousands of Israeli demonstrators periodically take to the streets of Tel Aviv to ask the government to focus on bringing the hostages home rather than on the military campaign, notes i24News.
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