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March 3, 2025

Amid Cease-Fire Negotiations, Israel Has Found New Ways to Pressure Hamas

Jerusalem’ strategic calculus.

Over the weekend, Israel and the U.S. announced that they had agreed upon a framework whereby the cease-fire would be extended for 50 days, and in exchange Hamas would release the remaining hostages, both living and dead, in two separate batches. Hamas so far appears to be rejecting the proposal. Ron Ben-Yishai explains the strategic logic at play, and why Gaza’s terrorist rulers may feel themselves under a new kind of pressure:

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March 3, 2025

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