(Al-Monitor) Ben Caspit - Contacts between Israel and Hamas, which is committed to Israel's annihilation, are definitely underway, but the sides are not on the verge of a historic agreement. They are aiming for a period of calm, leading to some alleviation of Gaza's economic crisis and relative quiet for Israel's Gaza border communities. Hamas will have a hard time enforcing a total cease-fire on the rogue factions in Gaza. Nonetheless, the sides are nearer an arrangement than an escalation.
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