10/8/2025–|Last update: 00:56 (Mecca time)
It seems that the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip will be in front of a decisive week, as the brokers try to prevent the expansion of military operations and return to the negotiating table, while Benjamin Netanyahu -who is required for the International Criminal Court -is trying to hold the stick in the middle to preserve his government.
In light of warnings of the exacerbation of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and the extensive international opposition to the Israeli plans aimed at occupying the Palestinian sector, the talk about new efforts made by the brokers to resume negotiations on the ceasefire.
The newspaper “Yisrael Hume” reported that the American envoy Steve Witkev, the Qatari Prime Minister and the Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani met today and discussed the possibility of reaching an agreement to end the war and “resolving the deep differences between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).”
The “Axius” news website also said that the meeting held in Spain comes at a time when Qatar and the United States are working to formulate a proposal for a comprehensive agreement that will be submitted to Hamas and Israel within two weeks.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Finance Minister suggested Smotrich to withdraw from the government unless Netanyahu went to occupy the Strip, displace the population, and restore it.
Although Smutrich did not say this publicly, his statements carried a clear threat to withdraw from the government – according to the expert on Israeli affairs, Dr. Muhannad Mustafa – who said that Smotrich is facing great pressure from his right -wing electoral base.
Netanyahu is betting on a deal
During his participation in the “Path of Events” program, Mustafa said that Netanyahu is betting on the acceptance of Hamas with a new agreement, otherwise he will ascend the war in order to preserve the government because the last cabinet meeting removed two of the goals of the war: the displacement of the population and the establishment of what is called the human city, which is what Smotrich did not like.
The dispute between Smutrich and Netanyahu lies in the fact that the latter is trying to prolong the state of war even if without a military escalation to achieve political gains that help him erase the (memory) of October 2023, while the minister wants the occupation, displacement and settlement immediately similar to what he is doing in the West Bank, says Dr. Mustafa.
Therefore, the war stands in front of a decisive week as Israel will continue to mobilize in order to push Hamas to accept its conditions, at a time when the brokers will try to bring Hamas to the negotiating table again.
According to political researcher Saeed Ziyad, this week may witness the introduction of more assistance in conjunction with attempts to persuade Hamas to express more flexibility that may be blamed for later.
But he believes that Hamas will not abandon the three basic principles of ending the war, the return of the population to their areas and homes, and the introduction of aid in a way that ends the famine that kills the sector, which put Israel under great international pressure.
However, Hamas’s failure to accept an agreement means – in the opinion of the political researcher – that Israel begins its military operation, during which it will pay a heavy price from the lives of its soldiers, especially if international criticism of its behavior in the sector declines.
Zamir in front of a dilemma
The same opinion was the military expert, Major General Fayez Al -Duwairi, said that the Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir will face a dilemma because he took the position under the slogan “zero dead” in the ranks of his soldiers, while he will now lose many of them with this possible escalation.
Zamir was seeking to surround Gaza and pushing the Palestinians to get out of it towards the aid areas, but Netinho did not accept this plan and asked for a thick fiery cover in Gaza City and the central camps, in order to preserve the survival of Smotrich in the government.
The new plan approved by the cabinet appears to be blurry for Kisir, whose forces will deal with a million Palestinians living in Gaza City alone, which means that it will be in front of the war of cities that will be paid by the soldiers, not Netanyahu, Smutrich, nor the Jews, the Haredim – as Al -Duwairi – who said that the occupation army would not have continued the war until today had it not been for the American military chain of transmission.
Because of these potential losses, the chief researcher of the American Foreign Policy Council, James Robbins, believes that a deal currently will be the best choice for both sides.
Robbins believes that the waving of the occupation of Gaza moved the water of the negotiations again and pushed the mediators to search for a formula to completely end the war, because not reaching an agreement this time means that the great military escalation will be the only alternative.
Smoretic rejects a Haden contract or partial deals, and he stressed the necessity of the war until the decisive victory and the occupation of the sector, whatever the cost, is the cost.
Given the desire of US President Donald Trump to resolve the tragic humanitarian situation in the sector, work is currently underway to prevent escalation and facilitate the entry of more assistance and end the crisis from its roots instead of searching for a truce, in the opinion of Robbins.