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These days present a quite unique phenomenon: the first-ever US parade of the babysitters. They vary in their expertise and attributes, but they all have the same objective – to prevent an Israeli violation, or even devastation, of Gaza’s delicate truce. After the hostilities finished, there have been few days without at least one of Donald Trump’s representatives on the scene. Just recently saw the likes of a senior advisor, a businessman, JD Vance and a political figure – all coming to carry out their assignments.

The Israeli government occupies their time. In only a few days it launched a wave of operations in the region after the killings of a pair of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops – leading, as reported, in many of local fatalities. Several leaders urged a restart of the conflict, and the Knesset passed a early measure to annex the West Bank. The American reaction was somehow ranging from “no” and “hell no.”

Yet in various respects, the US leadership seems more focused on upholding the existing, tense period of the ceasefire than on moving to the following: the rehabilitation of Gaza. Regarding that, it looks the US may have goals but no specific strategies.

At present, it is uncertain at what point the proposed international oversight committee will actually begin operating, and the same is true for the appointed military contingent – or even the identity of its personnel. On Tuesday, Vance stated the US would not impose the membership of the foreign force on Israel. But if Benjamin Netanyahu’s government continues to reject multiple options – as it acted with the Turkish suggestion recently – what follows? There is also the reverse issue: which party will determine whether the units favoured by Israel are even prepared in the task?

The matter of the duration it will require to disarm the militant group is similarly ambiguous. “The aim in the administration is that the multinational troops is going to at this point take charge in disarming Hamas,” stated Vance recently. “That’s going to take a period.” Trump only highlighted the uncertainty, stating in an interview on Sunday that there is no “rigid” timeline for Hamas to demilitarize. So, in theory, the unknown members of this yet-to-be-formed international contingent could deploy to the territory while Hamas members still wield influence. Would they be confronting a leadership or a militant faction? These represent only some of the concerns emerging. Others might question what the result will be for ordinary residents as things stand, with Hamas carrying on to target its own opponents and critics.

Latest events have once again underscored the omissions of Israeli reporting on each side of the Gazan border. Each publication seeks to analyze every possible aspect of Hamas’s violations of the ceasefire. And, in general, the situation that the organization has been stalling the return of the bodies of slain Israeli captives has taken over the news.

On the other hand, attention of non-combatant casualties in the region caused by Israeli attacks has garnered scant focus – if at all. Take the Israeli response strikes in the wake of Sunday’s southern Gaza occurrence, in which a pair of military personnel were fatally wounded. While Gaza’s authorities claimed dozens of deaths, Israeli television pundits questioned the “limited reaction,” which hit only infrastructure.

That is nothing new. Over the past few days, the press agency accused Israeli forces of infringing the truce with Hamas multiple times after the truce began, killing dozens of individuals and harming an additional 143. The claim appeared insignificant to the majority of Israeli reporting – it was simply missing. That included information that eleven individuals of a Palestinian family were lost their lives by Israeli soldiers recently.

The civil defence agency said the individuals had been seeking to return to their residence in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City when the bus they were in was fired upon for supposedly passing the “demarcation line” that marks areas under Israeli military command. That boundary is unseen to the human eye and shows up only on plans and in authoritative papers – often not accessible to average people in the region.

Yet that event scarcely got a mention in Israeli news outlets. A major outlet covered it briefly on its website, referencing an IDF official who explained that after a suspect car was spotted, soldiers discharged warning shots towards it, “but the transport continued to advance on the soldiers in a way that created an imminent threat to them. The forces engaged to neutralize the threat, in compliance with the truce.” Zero casualties were reported.

Amid this perspective, it is no surprise many Israelis think the group alone is to blame for breaking the ceasefire. This view could lead to encouraging calls for a tougher approach in the region.

Eventually – maybe sooner than expected – it will not be sufficient for all the president’s men to act as caretakers, advising the Israeli government what to avoid. They will {have to|need