#头条创作挑战赛#
The time came to the late night of January 23, the 109th day of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the 699th day of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
On this day, a strange signal was that for the first time since the start of the war, Israel proposed to Hamas a truce of up to two months.
1. The US media suddenly broke the news: Israel proposed an agreement to Hamas for a truce of up to two months in order to release all the hostages
On the evening of January 22, local time, according to the Russian Satellite News Agency, on the same day, the American news website "Axios", citing Israeli officials, reported that Israel proposed to Hamas a proposal for the phased release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip, including a truce of up to two months.
According to the report:
Two Israeli officials said Israel had transmitted to Hamas, through Qatari and Egyptian mediators, a proposal for a truce of up to two months under a phased release agreement for all remaining hostages in Gaza. ”
Obviously, this is heavy and spooky news.
As far as the outside world is concerned, many people subconsciously think that Israel will not be able to move, and they are ready to accept it when they see it.
Of course, there are also many who believe that the source is the American media – so this may be a double song to paralyze, probe and divide the Middle East resistance.
Moreover, it cannot be ruled out that this is likely to be just a unilateral release by the US media in cooperation with the US authorities, just like in early December last year, Blinken urged Israel to end the conflict in early January 24, with the aim of easing or managing the situation in the Middle East in order to better deal with the Russia-Ukraine war and the situation in the Asia-Pacific region
In other words, the United States may not have persuaded Israel, and neither Israel nor Hamas is willing to a truce at this stage, not to mention that there is always a huge gap between the core demands of the two sides for a ceasefire........
So, which one is it?
How will Hamas respond?
How will the situation develop next?
2. Hamas rejected Israel's proposal for a two-month ceasefire, while the United States and Britain once again attacked the Houthis in Yemen
On January 23, local time, according to Al Jazeera, the Palestinian resistance group Hamas rejected Israel's proposal for a two-month ceasefire.
Obviously, this is not shocking.
This is because Hamas had already told Qatar to temporarily freeze the temporary ceasefire and hostage negotiations after the bombing of Alururi, the deputy leader of its Politburo, was killed in the Lebanese capital on January 2.
In addition, in recent times, a number of media have reported that the Israeli withdrawal continues to withdraw from northern Gaza - even on the 23rd, the American Institute for the Study of War updated the Israeli deployment map in the Gaza Strip to confirm the withdrawal of the Lion Cubs.
At this point, the Gaza ground forces were basically left with only the 98th, 99th and 162nd divisions, as well as some scattered brigades, adding up to 13 brigades.
On the other hand, a few days earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the war against Hamas would continue until 2025 and that he was clearly opposed to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. At the same time, Israeli Defense Minister Yov Galant claimed on the 19th: "There is no complete solution to the resistance movement in Gaza, and we must be prepared for the possibility of a deterioration of the situation on the northern front." ”
Moreover, on the very same day, Channel 12 Hebrew News: Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip, the number of soldiers killed in the army in 24 hours has reached a record high.
Hebrew Channel 12: We are facing a catastrophe where the army has more than 50 dead in the fighting in the Gaza Strip today.
The Times of Israel revealed more details: 21 Israeli soldiers were killed after two buildings collapsed in a deadly incident in Gaza. Presumably, it is likely that Hamas detonated the explosives in two buildings, which collapsed and hit them. In other words, it is very likely that the Israeli army was carefully ambushed by Hamas!
It can be said that it is obviously too early to say that Hamas has turned the tide of the war.
However, the Hamas of shotguns is by no means comparable to the past, and Israel really seems to be a little impressed, but it is quite unwilling to stop there:
- Mainly in the street fighting mode, it is difficult for Israel to give full play to its full strength.......
What's more, both Hamas and Israel fear that the other side will use the temporary truce to regain strength. At the same time, he was worried that if he made another truce, he would lose his determination to accomplish his strategic goals and lead to the loss of his previous achievements.
At the same time, the Middle East resistance represented by Iran and Yemen's Houthis is increasingly contradictory to the United States and Britain!
ON JANUARY 22, LOCAL TIME, THE HOUTHIS ISSUED THE LATEST STATEMENT: THE YEMENI NAVY CONDUCTED A MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST A U.S. MILITARY CARGO SHIP (OCEAN JAZZ) IN THE GULF OF ADEN.
The Yemeni armed forces persist in their military operations — imposing a blockade of Israeli navigation in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea until a ceasefire is achieved in Gaza and the siege is lifted. And once again reiterated that it will retaliate against the US-UK air strikes in Yemen.
Iran, on the other hand, killed four senior military officers in Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital the day before yesterday.
Subsequently, the U.S. Central Command issued a statement saying that U.S. Central Command forces and British armed forces, with the support of Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, carried out attacks on eight Houthi targets in Yemen's Houthi-controlled areas supported by Iran.
And according to the American media "CNN", this marks the beginning of the "Poseidon Archer" operation, which indicates a more organized and possibly longer-term military operation by the United States in Yemen. ️
To this, Yemeni Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Salia quickly responded:
"The US-British coalition carried out 18 airstrikes on Yemen in the early hours of this morning, including 12 in Sana'a province, 3 in Hodeidah, 2 in Taiz and 1 in al-Bayda.
The Yemeni armed forces confirmed that they would respond to and punish the attack. ”
Obviously, the situation in the Middle East is simply a mess.....
In the final analysis, the current situation in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the situation in Gaza are closely linked, and the essence of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has spread to regional conflicts. And with Iran's fierce retaliatory response on the 16th, there is no doubt that this is a great encouragement to the resistance movements in Gaza and Yemen.
It has been pointed out that, to tell the truth, it is very difficult for the United States to resolve the Middle East issue under such circumstances, because the best window for peace is being lost.
Either the U.S. Central Command will withdraw from the Middle East in disgrace, or force Israel to abandon its strategy of encroaching on Palestine and truly promote the establishment of an independent Palestinian state;
Or, at the risk of falling into the quagmire of war and becoming a proxy in disguise and watching the main competitors take advantage of the rapid growth......
Of course, neither of these is clearly what the United States wants.
The crux of the matter, though, is that times have changed. It's like the United States didn't want to withdraw from Afghanistan, but in the end, reality slapped it in the face, prompting it to be forced to stage the "Great Afghan Evacuation"
August 2021, Biden: The U.S. has had extraordinary success in Afghanistan, even though we're evacuating now
epilogue
There are all kinds of signs that in the second half of 2024, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is expected to return to the negotiating table.
As for the United States, it is likely that it will actually be forced to withdraw from Iraq......