As attention swings to Lebanon, the war in Gaza risks being prolonged, with both Israel and Hamas seeing the conflict in Lebanon as a way to end the Gaza conflict
Palestinians inspect the site of Israel i strikes on houses in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 2.more people this week, and diminishing already dim prospects for a ceasefire a year into a war that has shattered the enclave.
Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas official, said prospects for a Gaza ceasefire deal, which would see the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinians jailed by Israel, were distant before the escalation in Lebanon. A regional conflagration could lead to pressure on Israel to strike a deal in Gaza, he said.
Inside Gaza there has been no sign of a let-up in Israel’s offensive against Hamas. On Thursday, local medics reported at least 99 Palestinian deaths in the past 24 hours. Hamas officials and Western diplomats said in August that negotiations had stalled due to new Israeli demands to keep troops in Gaza.
An official briefed on the Gaza ceasefire talks told Reuters nothing would happen until after the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5, “because nobody can effectively pressure Netanyahu, which is the key impediment to a Gaza ceasefire deal". Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel at the start of the Gaza war in support of Hamas, causing the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents whom Israel says need to return home.
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