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Gaza Truce Unlikely to Last Much Longer
(Guardian-UK) Dan Sabbagh - Gaza's truce is unlikely to last much longer. The pause will be extended for a few days, as the current agreement allows for an extra day's truce for every 10 hostages Hamas is willing to release. But the IDF has been unambiguously signaling its desire to restart the military campaign. "I can't see the truce lasting more than a week," said Col. (ret.) Miri Eisin, a former Israeli military intelligence specialist who runs the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism. "The IDF wants to dismantle Hamas' terror capability and military capability, and the only way to do that is through a systematic and careful ground operation....It could be another month or two." All the signs point to the fact that Israel believes a military victory is possible.