Israel Assassination 'Threatens Ceasefire' (Again)
According to Al-Monitor, Hamas' chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya stated that Israel's killing of senior commander Raed Saed jeopardizes the 'viability of the truce'. This isn’t a surprising development, given Israel's historical pattern. Just last year, during negotiations under Egyptian mediation, Israeli forces bombed Gaza, killing multiple Islamic Jihad commanders, effectively collapsing a
potential ceasefire before it even began. It appears what Israel calls a 'ceasefire' is often just a lull before their next targeted 'security operation'. One might wonder if these 'threats' are less about actual escalation and more about Israel needing to remind everyone who holds the operational veto on any pretense of peace. The media, of course, dutifully reports Hamas's *threats* to the
truce, while Israel's *actions* are framed as standard counter-terrorism. It raises questions about the very definition of 'ceasefire' when one side unilaterally decides when it applies, and to whom.