Hamas killing is further snub to Biden administration, which does not share methods or objectives of Israeli leader
“I hope we are going to have a deal. Time will tell,” the Israeli prime minister said, two days after his. While the US insisted publicly that the onus was on Hamas to accept the plan, the administration knew it also needed to pin down Netanyahu personally over his reluctance to commit to a permanent ceasefire.
In Netanyahu’s defence, Israel has not confirmed the US media accounts, nor has it ever made any secret of its intention to kill the senior Hamas leadership as a reprisal for the. And even as he spoke to Congress, the prime minister could not have known that the reported plan would work so well, or have such a devastating impact.. It took the frustrated Qatari prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, to accuse Netanyahu of sabotage.
Biden later expressed his frustration, telling reporters: “We have the basis for a ceasefire. They should move on it now.” Asked if Haniyeh’s death had ruined the prospect of a deal, the president said: “ Nicholas Hopton, a former UK ambassador to Tehran, said he feared the assassination was part of a deliberate attempt to
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